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Join UCLA ONE, which stands for Opportunity, Network and Experience, is our new online network designed to help Bruins do exactly what they’re known for – helping other Bruins. This portal will connect UCLA alumni volunteers with eager students as part of the UCLA Alumni Mentor Program.
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Are you interested in helping award scholarships to exceptional engineering undergraduates? The review period takes place during the month of July and takes no more than 3-4 hours. Each reviewer will be given a one page essay and a list of extracurricular activities for 10-15 applicants. Sign up today to review student scholarship applications! The review period this year is from July 7 – July 21st.
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A research team led by UCLA and the University of Rochester has demonstrated a promising evolution of an imaging system designed to capture details within “complex media,” which scatter light, from depicting structures inside body tissue to seeing obstacles through heavy fog
From Homemade Cooking in Santa Barbara to Lab Research in Switzerland: Bioengineering Undergrad Brings Global Perspective to Healthy Living
In the Santa Barbara home where Margherita Scussat and her younger brother grew up, their Italian-immigrant parents regularly made tomato sauce from scratch and whipped up nutritious plates of fish and fresh vegetables
UCLA Aerospace Engineering Alum Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for Work Reducing Air Pollution
Selene Sari ’18 wants to make clean air easier to capture — but instead of reinventing the air filter, she’s tackling contaminants themselves
UCLA Engineers Shrink Powerful Terahertz Systems onto a Single Semiconductor Chip
Terahertz waves have major potential in high-speed communication, imaging, security screening and sensing, but are still underused due to complex and bulky systems
New Process Turns Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into Hydrogen Fuel Without Sorting
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Materials Scientist Eric Bescher Represents UC System at National Transportation Showcase, Highlighting Importance of Federal Partnerships
Eric Bescher, an associate adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, represented the University of California system at a transportation research showcase May 19 in Washington, D.C.