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Robotics group featured in Voice of America’s Spanish Language site

Robotics group featured in Voice of America’s Spanish Language site

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Voice of America’s Spanish language site, Voz de América, recently featured Professor Veronica Santos and her Biomechatronics Laboratory. Santos, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, described...

UCLA among the nation’s best for commercializing campus research

UCLA among the nation’s best for commercializing campus research

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...

UCLA-led team develops technique to control laser polarization

UCLA-led team develops technique to control laser polarization

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A research team led by UCLA electrical engineers has developed a new technique to control the polarization state of a laser that could lead to a new class of powerful, high-quality lasers for use in medical imaging,...

3Qs – Sweat Tech with EE Professor Sam Emaminejad

3Qs – Sweat Tech with EE Professor Sam Emaminejad

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Sam Emaminejad, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has demonstrated a wearable biosensor that can be used in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other diseases. He and his colleagues showed that this...

Computer science Ph.D. student receives 2017 Google Fellowship

Computer science Ph.D. student receives 2017 Google Fellowship

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Computer science graduate student Muhammad Gulzar has received a Google Ph.D. Fellowship, in recognition of his promising research in big data debugging. He is one of 33 scholars across North America, Europe, and the...

Four UCLA Engineering students receive NSF Graduate Fellowships

Four UCLA Engineering students receive NSF Graduate Fellowships

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Four students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship. The competitive fellowship recognizes...

Aydogan Ozcan named Guggenheim Fellow

Aydogan Ozcan named Guggenheim Fellow

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering and Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, has been awarded a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship. He is one of...

UCLA Engineering to host Ben Horowitz MS ’90 on April 13

UCLA Engineering to host Ben Horowitz MS ’90 on April 13

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will host Ben Horowitz MS ’90, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a top venture capital firm, in the final installment of the 2016-17 Ronald and Valerie...