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UCLA Engineers among Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Award recipients

UCLA Engineers among Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Award recipients

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Research proposals from nine UCLA Engineering faculty members have been awarded grants as part of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. Projects selected include: * Development of high-efficiency integrated solar and...

Ron Sugar on success outside comfort zones, working on what really matters

Ron Sugar on success outside comfort zones, working on what really matters

UCLA Engineering alumnus Ronald Sugar, a retired aerospace and defense industry executive who led Northrop Grumman Corporation from 2003 to 2010, spoke to hundreds of UCLA students Wednesday. The program, held at the California NanoSystems Institute, was part of the school’s distinguished speaker series. The series was made possible by a gift last year from Sugar and his wife Valerie, both longtime supporters of the school.

UCLA Engineering Online Master’s program remains #1

UCLA Engineering Online Master’s program remains #1

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science once again has received a No. 1 ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The rankings, released this week, mark the third...

Design for new electromagnetic wave router offers unlimited bandwidth

Design for new electromagnetic wave router offers unlimited bandwidth

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Device being developed by UCLA engineers could ease the traffic of cellphone signals Mobile phones and computers use electromagnetic waves to send and receive information — they’re what enable our devices to upload photos...

Big data and bioinformatics leader Wei Wang named Kleinrock Chair

Big data and bioinformatics leader Wei Wang named Kleinrock Chair

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Computer science professor Wei Wang, known for research that brings big data solutions to the biomedical sciences, has been appointed the Leonard Kleinrock Term Chair at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...

UCLA researchers combat antimicrobial resistance using smartphones

UCLA researchers combat antimicrobial resistance using smartphones

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A simple, inexpensive attachment could help to expand testing to regions with limited resources A team of UCLA researchers has developed an automated diagnostic test reader for antimicrobial resistance using a smartphone....