By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held its inaugural Bruin Engineers Reunion June 9-11, with more than 175 alumni and their guests in attendance throughout the weekend. The annual Bruin...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]National Science Foundation grant could help lead to developing better treatments for genetic disease UCLA computer scientists Sriram Sankararaman and Ameet Talwalkar have received a $718,000 grant from the National...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In March, the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at UCLA held the first Colloquium on Catastrophic and Existential Risk. Some 40 scholars from around the world gathered to discuss catastrophic risks facing...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Superhydrophobic surfaces with the right microscopic structures could be the key to reducing friction on marine vessels, as CJ Kim, UCLA professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, explained in a recent article in...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Milken Institute report notes strong positive impact on Los Angeles economy UCLA is No. 1 in the nation when it comes to the number of startup companies launched as a result of campus research, according to the rankings by...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Kendra Nyberg, a bioengineering doctoral student, will receive a 2017 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, recognizing her accomplishments as a teaching assistant for the undergraduate physiology class “Science & Food:...
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By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Audrey Pool O’Neal, a lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and former senior manager with General Motors, has been named director of the Women in Engineering program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In a surprising discovery, researchers determine that the atomic structure of irradiated materials is closer to liquid than glass -- which may have significant implications for the selection of materials for nuclear...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Overuse has led to superbugs that resist even some powerful antibiotics The anxiety over antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which are responsible for 23,000 deaths a year in the United States, is likely to grow in California,...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering alumnus Adam Cheyer MS ’93, co-founder of Siri, Viv Labs and Change.org, is featured in the latest UCLA Optimists discussion, titled “Life in The Future.” The panelists cover how artificial intelligence...
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Adding to the severity, the drought coincided with a transition from row crops to more thirsty tree crops A new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Houston reveals significant groundwater loss in...