UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 Rising Professional Achievement Award Recipient Henry Tse M.S. ’11, Ph.D. ’12, co-founder and chief technology officer of Cytovale — a medical diagnostics company spun out of research at UCLA — has been selected to receive this year’s Rising Professional Achievement Award.
UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 V.M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA’s Volgenau Chair for Engineering Innovation — with faculty appointments in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering departments — will receive the 2024 Watanabe Excellence in Research Award.
UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards Todd Millstein, chair and a professor of the Computer Science Department; and Jonathan Kao, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, have been selected to receive the Eon Instrumentation and Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching awards, respectively.
UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 Edward K. Rice Outstanding Student Awards Wenzhong Yan Ph.D. ’23, Matthew Wang ’22, M.S. ’23, Jacqueline Lim ’23 and Bradley Schulz ’23 have been selected to receive the 2024 Edward K. Rice Outstanding Student Awards for their outstanding academic achievements in various fields.
Advance in Immune Cell Screening Uncovers Receptors That Target Prostate Cancer Dino Di Carlo, Armond and Elena Hairapetian Professor of Engineering and Medicine, is the co-corresponding author of a recent UCLA study that demonstrates a new process for screening T cells, part of the body’s natural defenses, for characteristics vital to the success of cell-based treatments. Di Carlo is a professor of bioengineering and mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Advance in Light-Based Computing Shows Capabilities for Future Smart Cameras A recent UCLA study has introduced a device that overcomes hurdles for light-based computing advances. Senior authors include electrical and computer engineering professors Aydogan Ozcan, the Volgenau Professor of Engineering Innovation; and Mona Jarrahi, Northrop Grumman Professor of Electrical Engineering; as well as Yu Huang, the chair and a professor of the Materials Science and Engineering Department.
National Carbon Capture Center Announces Return of Ultra-Low-Carbon Concrete Testing by UCLA The project is led by the Pritzker Professor of Sustainability Gaurav Sant and his co-founded UCLA startup CarbonBuilt. Sant is the director of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management and holds faculty appointments in civil and environmental engineering and materials science and engineering.
Are Buildings in Major Northeast Cities Able to Withstand Earthquakes? The network’s live interview of UCLA Samueli civil and environmental engineering professor John Wallace focuses on seismic resilience of buildings in the Northeast, following a 4.8 earthquake in New Jersey on April 5 that was widely felt across the region.
Environmental Connections: Eating for the Planet The program from the Rochester, New York-based television station features civil and environmental engineering professor Jennifer Jay, who shares her research on measuring the carbon costs of meals in a round-table discussion on the significant role that food selections play in environmental health.
LogOn: Next-Gen Sensors Taking Previously Impossible Measurements Sergio Carbajo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, shares in this episode his research leveraging two ultra-precise laser beams on a molecule to read its quantum characteristics or its unique signature fingerprint.
What Would Happen if the 'Big One’ Hit California? Jonathan Stewart, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, shares in this piece that if the “Big One” did strike, “it would be a matter of a few tens of seconds before the shaking from a San Andreas event that ruptures the segments closest to Los Angeles reach our urban areas.”
How AI is Improving Climate Forecasts Aditya Grover, an assistant professor of computer science, discusses in this journal article the promising trajectory of machine learning for climate projections.
Is My Kid’s LAUSD Campus Safe From Earthquakes? Civil and environmental engineering associate professor Henry Burton comments on the number of variables involved in making a building vulnerable during an earthquake.
DARPA’s OPTIMA Program Seeks Ultra-Efficient AI Chips Sudhakar Pamarti, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, shares his insights on ways to control transistor variations precisely so they can be used to encode data 50 times more compactly than alternative approaches.
Elastic Patch Tech Helps Vocally Impaired Speak The article highlights a research team led by Jun Chen, an assistant professor of bioengineering, that has created a flexible and electromagnetically responsive wearable capable of measuring subtle neck muscle movements.
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineer Heads LA County’s Chief Sustainability Office For Rita Kampalath M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’10, every day is Earth Day as the Los Angeles County’s chief sustainability officer. But when she first came to UCLA as a graduate student, Kampalath said
she didn’t have a clear vision for her career. Through her research and the mentorship she
received, however, she found a sense of purpose to complement her love of science.
