By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The 2012 UCLA Engineering Tech Forum, held recently at Covel Commons on the UCLA campus, hosted more than 300 enthusiastic attendees, including industry representatives faculty, students, and alumni. This year’s theme...
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UCLA Engineering Researchers use Electricity to Generate Alternative Fuel
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]by Wileen Wong Kromhout Imagine being able to use electricity to power your car — even if it's not an electric vehicle. Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first...
Judea Pearl Wins ACM Turing Award for Contributions that Transformed Artificial Intelligence
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Pearl Developed Novel Framework for Reasoning under Uncertainty that Changed How Scientists Approach Real World Problems NEW YORK, March 15, 2012 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery www.acm.org today named...
Professor receives NSF CAREER Award for key research on massive data storage and processing
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lara Dolecek, a UCLA assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF CAREER award is the organization’s most...
Electrical Engineering Professor receives Sloan Research Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Jin Hyung Lee, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; with joint appointments in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences; and...
UCLA Engineers Create Tandem Polymer Solar Cells that set Record for Energy-Conversion
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential. Organic polymers can...
New Café by the SEAS is a big hit
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In January, Café by the SEAS opened in a new larger and brighter space on Boelter Hall’s 5th floor breezeway, just across from its previous location. The new location has been a hit with students. More tables and outlets...
Lixia Zhang Named to UCLA’s Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Lixia Zhang, a professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the holder of the school's Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer...
UCLA-Peking University summer Program Emphasizes Hands-On Research with Global Perspective
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin For students at UCLA, particularly in engineering and the sciences, two popular options for summer is participating in an undergraduate research program, or a study abroad program. A joint program between...
UCLA Engineering professor’s startup begins full-scale operations after receiving $2.5 million
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has garnered a great deal of media attention and...
Professor’s Cell Phone Microscope Honored as Best Innovation of 2011
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout A groundbreaking imaging technology developed by UCLA Engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan that can turn a simple cell phone into a powerful microscope has been named the top innovation of 2011 by...
Building the Smart Grid of the Future: UCLA Teams with Korea’s Energy Research Institute
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Imagine a home in which every appliance — computer, television, washing machine, refrigerator, air conditioner — can carry on a minute-by-minute "conversation" with the local power grid, allowing...