By UCLA Samueli Newsroomby J.S. Chen and Moshe Rubinstein Professor emeritus Walter C. Hurty died at the age of 98 at his home in Hemet, California on January 10, 2009. Professor Walter C. Hurty was an early pioneer in the aircraft...
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UCLA Engineering Receives $2 Million Gift from Alumnus to Fund Carbon Nanotube Research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout James L. Easton, chairman and CEO of sports equipment company Jas. D. Easton Inc., has given $2 million to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to fund research on...
Boeing Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer John J. Tracy to Deliver 2009 Commencement Address
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomJohn J. Tracy, senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology and chief technology officer for The Boeing Company, will address the 2009 graduates of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering...
In Memoriam: Vishal Parikh (1987 – 2009)
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomVishal Parikh, an exemplary UCLA aerospace engineering undergraduate whose excellent academics, work ethic and passion for learning earned him praise from faculty and admiration from his fellow students, died on...
UCLA Engineering Alumna Megan McArthur in Orbit on Space Shuttle Atlantis
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering alumna Megan McArthur lifted off today (May 11) aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA's homepage for STS-125 offers a host of multimedia ,...
10 questions for Bruin Astronaut Megan McArthur
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering alum K. Megan McArthur '93 gives a first person perspective from space, gives advice to young engineers By Matthew Chin and Judy Lin When Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-125 lifted off May 11 for NASA’s...
DOE to Fund Multimillion-Dollar Energy Research Center at UCLA Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout A leader in research on sustainable energy and clean technology, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will now be home to a new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier...
Tech Forum 2009 Highlights
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]On April 23, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held Tech Forum 2009, the school's annual research showcase. This year's program was highlighted by three keynote speakers. Vinod Khosla, of the...
World’s Fastest Camera Relies on an Entirely New Type of Imaging
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Ultrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such...
UCLA Computer Science Professor Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Demetri Terzopoulos, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Terzopoulos' research encompasses computer...
Fill ‘er up: Prof Awarded $2.1 Million to Build Hydrogen Fueling Station at UCLA
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Vasilios Manousiouthakis, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been awarded $2.1 million in grant funding to...
Computer Science Professor Lixia Zhang, Leading Internet Researcher, to Receive IEEE Internet Award
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomWork has led to the improved efficiency and security of data transmission over the Internet Lixia Zhang, a researcher whose work on Internet architecture has led to improved protocol designs and security, is being...