Edward K. Rice, an innovator in concrete and building technologies who led major civil engineering firms and was an ardent supporter of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died on May 8, 2020, in his Los Angeles home.
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UCLA Student Club Honored by World’s Largest Educational and Scientific Computing Society
The Association for Computing Machinery has honored the UCLA student chapter with its Outstanding School Service Award for 2020.
UCLA and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop First Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail snapping crisply in the wind.
Caltrans Awards $1.5 million to UCLA for Seismic Geohazard Research Program
The California Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.5 million research contract to the UCLA Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3) to establish the Seismic Geohazard Research Program.
ESUC Calls for Nominations of Annual Student Group of the Year Awards
Each year, the Engineering Society of UCLA (ESUC) hosts the Student Group of the Year Awards, commemorating exceptional student organizations within the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
Students Share Tips on Moving Annual Hackathon Online
Computer science majors Rebecca Xu and Sriram Balachandran, co-executive directors of LA Hacks, had to transition the hackathon to a virtual environment — no easy feat.
Tech Gala Recognizes Top Student Computer Science Projects
Held in the winter quarter, several weeks before the California issued stay-at-home order, UCLA computer science students showcased their projects to professors, industry judges and other students at Covel Commons during the Association of Computing Machinery’s flagship annual event: Tech Gala.
UCLA Students Take First Place in National EPA Stormwater Treatment Design Competition
A team of UCLA undergraduate students has won a national competition sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking innovative plans for stormwater management.
Discover Engineering for Prospective Students Makes Impact in Online Format
At UCLA Samueli, we quickly realized we would have to think outside the box to transition our annual Discover UCLA Engineering recruitment event on April 5 from one that’s held on campus to a virtual experience.
Recent Graduate Nathan Yang (’19) Shares His Experience at UCLA Samueli with Fall Admits
Now an up-and-coming software engineer at real-estate technology firm Redfin, Nathan Yang was once a freshman majoring in computer science.
Five UCLA Engineering Students Receive 2020 NSF Graduate Fellowships
Five UCLA Samueli engineering students — two graduate and three undergraduate students pursuing an advanced degree — have received the prestigious 2020 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
UCLA Engineers Develop Simpler, Faster Way to Build Complex & Better-Performing 3D Electronics
UCLA engineers have developed a faster, simpler 3D-printing technique to build electronics, trimming their manufacturing time from hours down to a few minutes.











