Yousef Bozorgnia, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has developed earthquake ground motion models that are used worldwide for the seismic analysis and design of buildings, bridges, infrastructure and critical facilities.
Year: 2017
Nanodiamonds show promise for aiding recovery from root canal
Researchers at the UCLA School of Dentistry and UCLA Engineering found in a clinical trial that nanodiamonds protected disinfected root canals after the nerve and pulp were removed, thereby improving the likelihood of a full recovery. The findings are a milestone for the use of nanodiamonds in humans.
UCLA-led team looks to speed up secure quantum communications
UCLA Engineering has received a four-year, $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to explore secure quantum communications and memory.
UCLA Big Bang Theory scholars
The students are the latest recipients of the Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment, which provides need-based support to UCLA students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
Engineers from the University of Washington and UCLA have developed a flexible sensor “skin” to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration to grasp, manipulate objects
UCLA ECE team receives $4 million to develop “internet of things” for the battlefield
A team of UCLA electrical and computer engineering faculty are part of a major Army Research Laboratory-funded initiative to develop an internet of things tailored to the specific challenges of the battlefield
Mahendra receives Paul L. Busch award for technology to clean water of pollutants
Shaily Mahendra, a UCLA associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Samueli Fellow, has received the 2017 Paul L. Busch Award from the nonprofit Water Environment & Reuse Foundation.
New method to measure cell stiffness could lead to improved cancer treatments
UCLA biophysicists have developed a new method to rapidly determine a single cell’s stiffness and size — which could ultimately lead to improved treatments for cancer and other diseases.
Supercharged AI optimizes drugs to combat common agriculture parasites
Researchers from UCLA, Iowa State University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have discovered an effective drug combination that could optimize the eradication of roundworms, common agricultural parasites that infect livestock.
Water, water everywhere?
UCLA 2016-17 in review: Rural California communities have better access to clean drinking water, thanks to Yoram Cohen
Materials science graduate student receives DOE research award
UCLA Engineering graduate student Nick Julian has received a prestigious Graduate Student Research Award from the Department of Energy Office of Science.
Data mining for new medicines: 3Qs with Yizhou Sun
Yizhou Sun and her students are looking design scalable algorithms that take a much deeper look at those millions and millions of connections and nodes in them.