Professor Tim Fisher leads the Nanoscale Transport Research Group, which looks at transport processes by electrons, phonons, photons, and fluids, with an eye toward addressing problems in aerospace, micro- and nanoelectronics, and sensor systems.
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Lihua Jin: Toward stretchable phones and squishy robots
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Lihua Jin’s work in soft materials engineering is helping pave the way for these kinds of advances In the Disney animated film “Big Hero 6,” the character Baymax is a loveable, squishy robot that resembles the Michelin...
Four faculty members elected to the National Academy of Inventors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Photo, clockwise from top left: Subramanian Iyer, Henry Samueli, Alan N. Willson, Jr., and Eli Yablonovitch. Four faculty members affiliated with the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been...
Scientists from UCLA, National Gallery of Art pioneer new way to analyze ancient artwork
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] ‘Macroscale multimodal chemical imaging’ reveals details about second century Egyptian painting Scientists from UCLA and the National Gallery of Art have used a combination of three advanced imaging techniques to produce...
Spearrin receives NSF CAREER Award for combustion research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Applications include next-generation ultra-clean and efficient engines Mitchell Spearrin, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science,...
Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality, thanks to UCLA invention
UCLA researchers have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.
Deep learning to reconstruct holograms and improve optical microscopy
A form of machine learning called deep learning is one of the key technologies behind recent advances in applications like real-time speech recognition and automated image and video labeling.
UCLA bioengineers discover mechanism that regulates cells’ ‘powerhouses’
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] UCLA bioengineers and their colleagues have discovered a new perspective on how cells regulate the sizes of mitochondria, the parts of cells that provide energy, by cutting them into smaller units. The researchers wrote...
Q&A: Existential and catastrophic risk to humanity
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...
Smooth Sailing with Superhydrophobic Surfaces
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...
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...










