By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lara Dolecek, a UCLA assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF CAREER award is the organization’s most...
Year: 2012
Electrical Engineering Professor receives Sloan Research Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Jin Hyung Lee, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; with joint appointments in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences; and...
UCLA Engineers Create Tandem Polymer Solar Cells that set Record for Energy-Conversion
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential. Organic polymers can...
New Café by the SEAS is a big hit
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In January, Café by the SEAS opened in a new larger and brighter space on Boelter Hall’s 5th floor breezeway, just across from its previous location. The new location has been a hit with students. More tables and outlets...
Lixia Zhang Named to UCLA’s Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Lixia Zhang, a professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the holder of the school's Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer...
UCLA-Peking University summer Program Emphasizes Hands-On Research with Global Perspective
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin For students at UCLA, particularly in engineering and the sciences, two popular options for summer is participating in an undergraduate research program, or a study abroad program. A joint program between...
UCLA Engineering professor’s startup begins full-scale operations after receiving $2.5 million
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has garnered a great deal of media attention and...
Professor’s Cell Phone Microscope Honored as Best Innovation of 2011
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout A groundbreaking imaging technology developed by UCLA Engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan that can turn a simple cell phone into a powerful microscope has been named the top innovation of 2011 by...