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Meka Receives NSF CAREER Award

Meka Receives NSF CAREER Award

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Raghu Meka, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the agency’s highest honor for...

UCLA Engineering Dean Announces Major Expansion Plan

UCLA Engineering Dean Announces Major Expansion Plan

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Jayathi Murthy, the new dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has proposed a major expansion plan aimed at strengthening the school and preparing more students to power...

UCLA online engineering program again ranked No. 1 by U.S. News

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been named the nation’s best by U.S. News and World Report for the second consecutive year. The Master of Science...

Karagozian Named Interim Vice Chancellor for Research

Karagozian Named Interim Vice Chancellor for Research

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Ann Karagozian, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, has been named interim vice chancellor for research. Karagozian, who joined the faculty in 1982,...

Burton Receives NSF’s CAREER Award

Burton Receives NSF’s CAREER Award

By UCLA Samueli NewsroomHenry Burton, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the...

Englekirk Gift Establishes Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering

Englekirk Gift Establishes Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Robert Englekirk MS ’65, PhD ’70 and Natalie Englekirk have committed to a $500,000 gift, matched by the University of California Office of the President, to create the Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural...

UCLA Researchers Create Super-Strong, Lightweight New Metal

UCLA Researchers Create Super-Strong, Lightweight New Metal

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more By Matthew Chin A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...

UCLA researchers develop ‘metasurface’ laser for terahertz range

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA graduate student researcher Luyao Xu, first author of research demonstrating a VECSEL in the terahertz range.   Advance could create new class of lasers for possible use in aerospace and law enforcement...