A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells — a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater
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2021-22 Welcome Message from Dean Jayathi Murthy
After more than a year of remote instruction, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering will kick off the 2021-22 academic year by offering majority in-person classes.
Engineering Professor Receives Facebook Award in Privacy Learning and Statistics
Suhas Diggavi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2021 Facebook Statistics for Improving Insights, Models and Decisions award for his research
Materials Scientist Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Advance Cooling Technologies
Aaswath Raman, a UCLA assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a 2021 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Discover UCLA Engineering Virtual Event Successfully Reaches New Students and Bolsters Enrollment
Every year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes its newly admitted students and their families to a day of discovery where they get to connect with faculty, staff,
First-Gen Latinx Engineering Ph.D. Student Leads Research on Water Quality in Belize
While the rest of the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ileana Callejas ’18, M.S. ’19 kept busy studying how the sudden drop in tourism was affecting the waters off the coast of Belize.
Civil Engineering Professor on National Academies Committee to Improve Resilience of Transportation Systems
Henry Burton, UCLA’s Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering, was appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve on a 12-person committee
UCLA Engineering Student, Alumnus Selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows
Recent UCLA Samueli School of Engineering computer science graduate Yash Moondhra ’21 and current computer science student Sriram Balachandran have been selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows.
UCLA a Key Partner in New $15 Million NSF Consortium Promoting Tech Innovation
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, along with seven other universities in the Western United States, received a $15 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to advance commercialization of technological
Artificial Intelligence Re-stained Images of Tissue Biopsy Expedite Diagnoses
In lifesaving situations, expedient and accurate diagnostic tools are critical to aid pathologists in examining biopsied tissue samples looking for signs of diseases. UCLA engineers found a new path to achieve that
Transportation Equity Expert to Join UCLA Engineering, Public Affairs Faculty
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes Tierra Bills, who specializes in the socioeconomic impacts of transportation decisions, to its faculty as an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Bills
Two UCLA Engineering Professors Receive 2021 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
Professor Laurent Pilon and adjunct professor Wilbur “Webb” Marner of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been awarded the 2021