By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Shaily Mahendra, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been selected as a 2013 DuPont Young Professor. Mahendra is one of 14...
Year: 2013
Professor Jason Speyer named first holder of Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aerospace, aviation guidance expert worked on NASA's Apollo missions By Bill Kisliuk Jason Speyer, a distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
UCLA Electrical Engineer to Develop Next-Generation Collision Avoidance Systems
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The system’s computational and physical components are designed together from the start, and will result in safer systems that are faster and less expensive to design. By Bill Kisliuk and Matthew Chin UCLA electrical...
UCLA Researchers Win International Award for Groundbreaking Water Treatment Membrane
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]New material holds great promise for cleaning up wastewater from the oil and gas industry By Matthew Chin A groundbreaking membrane material developed at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has...
UCLA Researchers Discover Sperm Move Along a ‘Twisting Ribbon’
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Opening the door to more sophisticated investigation of sperm locomotion and biophysics, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have identified previously unobserved...
Study Finds Bacteria Organize According to ‘Rich-Get-Richer’ Principle
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Research could help battle bacterial infections that do not respond to powerful drugs By Bill Kisliuk Bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out...
UCLA Bioengineers Simplify Fluid Flows by Removing Complex Math
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A research team led by UCLA bioengineers has developed a way to program and control the shape of fluids flowing through pipes or conduits without the need to solve complex and time-consuming fluid-motion...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Six students currently affiliated with the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science were recently awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The NSF program...
Bioengineering Junior Named 2013 Barry Goldwater Scholar
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Flip through issues of Total Wellness and you’ll be impressed. Impressed by the breadth of topics that explore new trends in nutrition, fitness, and leading a healthy lifestyle. And impressed by its...
UCLA Researchers Capture Wasted Heat, Use It to Power Devices
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA researchers capture wasted heat, use it to power devices By Matthew Chin and Bill Kisliuk FINDINGS: Imagine how much you could save on your electricity bill if you could use the excess heat your computer generates to...
UCLA Engineers Craft Material for High-Performance ‘Supercapacitor’
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Taking a significant step toward improving the power delivery of systems ranging from urban electrical grids to regenerative braking in hybrid vehicles, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of...
UCLA Engineering to Lead $1.6 Million Study of Bacteria Colonies
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk A collaboration led by the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been awarded a $1.6-million grant to study the formation of colonies of bacteria, with the goals of improving...