There are many lingering mysteries from the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, why does SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease
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Beating Childhood Lymphoma, Bruin Chemical Engineer Works in Biotech Helping Develop Cancer Drugs
Connor Thompson ’15 grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Los Altos. His earliest days were spent attending school and having fun on the field with his friends
Distinguished UCLA Engineer Elected to National Inventors Hall of Fame
Asad Madni ’69, M.S. ’72, a distinguished adjunct professor and distinguished scientist of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been selected to join the 2024 class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
UCLA Chemical Engineer Receives NSF Early Career Award for Carbon Capture Research
Carlos Morales-Guio, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award
UCLA Engineers Develop Terahertz Imaging System Capable of Capturing Real-Time, 3D Multi-Spectral Images for the First Time
Terahertz waves can penetrate opaque materials and provide unique spectral signatures of various chemicals, but their adoption for real-world applications has been limited
UCLA Samueli Bioengineering Professor Named Optica Fellow
Liang Gao, an associate professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, was elected as a fellow of Optica, an international professional society for advancing optics and photonics.
In Memoriam: James Easton, 88, UCLA Alumnus, Global Business Leader and Dedicated Philanthropist
James L. Easton, whose many decades of UCLA service, leadership and philanthropic support have left a lasting impact on the university and the world
UCLA Launches New Quantum Innovation Hub to Advance Quantum Science and Engineering
UCLA’s new quantum innovation hub will occupy space at the UCLA Research Park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall with an eye toward
UCLA Professor Receives Biomedical Engineering Society Rising Star Award
Neil Lin — an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and bioengineering — at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2024 Rising Star Junior Faculty Award
UCLA Joins $42 million Department of Energy Hubs to Advance Fusion Energy
UCLA has joined a recently announced $42 million multi-institutional, multidisciplinary program to advance foundational inertial fusion energy research, funded by the Department of Energy.
Engineering Professors Join New UCLA Center to Revolutionize Battery Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UCLA a three-year, $4.5 million grant to establish the new Center for Strain Optimization for Renewable Energy
Chemical Engineering Graduate Returns to UCLA in Pursuit of Her Doctorate Focusing on Renewable Energy
Growing up in a Ukrainian immigrant family, Alexandra “Sasha” Grishchenko ’23 was inspired by her parents’ determination to build a life as software engineers in the U.S. They instilled in her











