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Two Engineering Grad Students Earn Top Defense Fellowships

Two Engineering Grad Students Earn Top Defense Fellowships

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two graduate students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s top honors for students...

AI framework developed by UCLA professor now powers Toyota websites

AI framework developed by UCLA professor now powers Toyota websites

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Adnan Darwiche’s invention helps consumers customize their vehicles online By Matthew Chin An innovation in artificial intelligence that was described in a 2001 paper by a UCLA computer science professor has found a...

UCLA-led team develops new method to study mitochondrial DNA diseases

UCLA-led team develops new method to study mitochondrial DNA diseases

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The process utilizes a nanoblade that can open holes in cell membranes By Matthew Chin A UCLA-led team of researchers has demonstrated a new method to conduct research on mitochondrial DNA diseases — a broad group of...

$1 million gift endows chair in name of former dean Vijay Dhir

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A group of nearly 100 donors has come together to give $1 million to create the Vijay K. Dhir Chair in Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, in honor of the school’s former dean....

Computer Science Student Named Goldwater Scholar

Computer Science Student Named Goldwater Scholar

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Iris Cong, a junior studying computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a 2016 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education...

Students, Alumni Named 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellows

Students, Alumni Named 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellows

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Four UCLA Engineering students and five alumni now at other institutions have received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for 2016. The recipients include current graduate...

Internet Research Incubator offers UCLA undergraduates $15,000 prizes

Internet Research Incubator offers UCLA undergraduates $15,000 prizes

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Calling all UCLA undergraduates: the Internet Research Incubator offers you a year-long research opportunity and $15,000. The newly established Internet Research Incubator will provide up to 12 UCLA undergraduate students...

Researchers develop open-source program for analyzing thyroid health

Researchers develop open-source program for analyzing thyroid health

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA researchers have developed a software program that simulates the response of the human thyroid hormone regulation system to a variety of treatments and diseases. The open-source program, Thyrosim, can be used by...