By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Three students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in April. This year’s recipients are graduate...
Year: 2014
In Memoriam: Aaron Cohen, Longtime UCLA Engineering Benefactor, 77
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Aaron S. Cohen ’58, a Southern California engineering entrepreneur and an influential and generous supporter of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, passed away on March 21. He...
DiStefano Authors New Text on Computational Systems BIology
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Distilling nearly 50 years of instruction in dynamic biosystems engineering and computational systems biology, Joseph DiStefano III, a distinguished professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli...
UCLA Engineering Team Increases Power Efficiency for Future Computer Processors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Have you ever wondered why your laptop or smartphone feels warm when you're using it? That heat is a byproduct of the microprocessors in your device using electric current to power computer processing...
Researchers Create Coating Material to Prevent Blood Clots Associated with Implanted Devices
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A team of researchers from UCLA and the University of Michigan has developed a material that could help prevent blood clots associated with catheters, heart valves, vascular grafts and other implanted...
UCLA Researchers Create Google Glass App for Instant Medical Diagnostic Test Results
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk A team of researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like...
Computer Science Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Alexander Sherstov, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, is one of two UCLA faculty members to receive a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship from the...
NSF CAREER Awards to Two Professors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two assistant professors of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Rob N. Candler and Tyson Condie, have each recently received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National...
Two UCLA Engineering Professors Elected to National Academy of Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin and Bill Kisliuk Two faculty members from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional...
UCLA Researchers Improve Process for Manufacturing Highly Efficient Solar Cells
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]New technique holds promise for commercial production of perovskite photovoltaics By Bill Kisliuk Working on the cutting edge of a newly emerging area of solar-cell research, UCLA engineers have invented a new process for...
20 Years Later, UCLA Researchers Lead the Charge in Seismic Studies
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Los Angeles might have a few faults — including the kind where earthquakes occur — but it also is home to some of the world's leading earthquake researchers. Six full-time faculty members in UCLA's Civil...
UCLA Engineering Professor Mona Jarrahi wins Presidential Early Career Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Mona Jarrahi, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and...