By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more By Matthew Chin A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
Year: 2015
UCLA researchers develop ‘metasurface’ laser for terahertz range
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA graduate student researcher Luyao Xu, first author of research demonstrating a VECSEL in the terahertz range. Advance could create new class of lasers for possible use in aerospace and law enforcement...
Two Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Inventors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors – James C. Liao, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical...
Al Couvillon, longtime UCLA Engineering supporter, 75
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lucien “Al” Couvillon, Jr. '62, MS '66, who made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and was a longtime member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
Ozcan Wins International Commission for Optics Prize for Researchers Under 40
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received the International Commission for Optics (ICO) Prize....
UCLA Civil Engineers to Study Effects of Radiation on Concrete Constituents in Nuclear Power Plants
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Research is supported by a $1 million, three-year Department of Energy grant By Matthew Chin A team led by civil engineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a $1 million,...
Making a Home from Materials on Mars
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA team aims to build prototype habitat with materials found on Red Planet for NASA contest’s next stage By Matthew Chin Buoyed by their success in the first stage of a recent NASA challenge, a team of UCLA engineers and...
Gerla Named to Postel Chair in Networking
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Mario Gerla, distinguished professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Networking. The chair was established by the late...
New 3-D Printing Method Creates Complex Micro Objects
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA bioengineers develop a way to make objects smaller than a human hair By Matthew Chin Bioengineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method of 3-D printing that...
Lab to Real Life: Di Carlo Launches Biotech Firms
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]For bioengineering professor Dino Di Carlo, publishing a paper is not the endgame in doing research, and earning a degree is just the beginning for students. Di Carlo has helped launch three biotechnology companies based...
UCLA Engineer Magazine Fall 2015
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The Fall 2015 issue of UCLA Engineer magazine is now online. In 2015 the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science celebrates 70 years of groundbreaking research and rigorous engineering education. A...
Tyson Condie Named Symantec Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Tyson Condie, an assistant professor of computer science at UCLA, has been named the holder of the Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science. The chair was established in 2009 through an endowment from information security...