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April 2020
 
Discover Engineering for Prospective Students Makes Impact in Online Format
Discover Engineering for Prospective Students Makes Impact in Online Format
UCLA Samueli transitioned its annual Discover UCLA Engineering recruitment event to a comprehensive virtual experience for admitted students. Alina Haas, an academic counselor who led the effort, shares her experience. (Image: Office of Academic and Student Affairs)

Biotech Company Founded by UCLA Engineers Helps Increase Accuracy in COVID-19 Testing
A biotech company founded by UCLA bioengineers has launched a product to look for COVID-19 more accurately than conventional tests by extracting RNA from patient samples.
Biotech Company Founded by UCLA Engineers Helps Increase Accuracy in COVID-19 Testing

UCLA Web App Enlists Public Support to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19
UCLA Web App Enlists Public Support to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19
UCLA has launched Stop COVID-19 Together to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The app is a simple 5-minute survey that will enable the public to share real-time information about their exposure to the virus.

UCLA Engineering Graduate Student Develops Low-Cost Ventilator
Electrical engineering graduate student Glen Meyerowitz is developing a low-cost ventilator in collaboration with medical professionals at UCLA Health.
UCLA Engineering Graduate Student Develops Low-Cost Ventilator

UCLA Bioengineers Create Reusable COVID-19 Face Shields
To the Rescue: UCLA Bioengineers Create Reusable COVID-19 Face Shields
Bioengineers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and UCLA School of Dentistry have taken to their computers and 3D printers and developed a reusable, durable face shield for health care workers.

UCLA Engineers Step Up to Help Health Care Workers
Bioengineering professor Jacob Schmidt has been busy making surgical face shields at the UCLA Innovation Lab. Schmidt and the team's effort was covered by major media outlets including KCBS, KCAL, KNX and Inverse.
UCLA Engineers Step Up to Help Health Care Workers

UCLA Engineers Develop First-Ever Drag-Reduction Technology for Boats
UCLA Engineers Develop First-Ever Drag-Reduction Technology for Boats
Engineering researchers have demonstrated that a specially designed surface is able to reduce friction from flowing water by nearly a third.

UCLA Engineers Develop Fabric that Harvests AND Stores Energy
UCLA Bioengineers and their colleagues have developed and successfully demonstrated a wearable fabric that can harvest and store energy from the sun.
UCLA Engineers Develop Fabric that Harvests AND Stores Energy

UCLA Receives Major Grant from High Speed Rail to Study Earthquake Faults Hazards
UCLA Receives Major Grant from High Speed Rail to Study Earthquake Faults Hazards
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has awarded a three-year grant to UCLA to create a database of earthquake fault displacements.

Keeping It Cool to Create Power | UCLA Magazine
The magazine interviews Aaswath Raman, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, on his innovative research which uses radiative cooling for air conditioning and energy harvesting.
Keeping It Cool to Create Power
STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
National Science Foundation Offer Five Students Graduate Fellowships
National Science Foundation Offer Five Students Graduate Fellowships
Five UCLA Samueli engineering students — two graduate and three undergraduate students pursuing an advanced degree — have received the prestigious 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
ALUMNI NEWS
Nathan Yang
What Are Four Years at UCLA Samueli Like? Nathan Yang ’19 Shares
Rather than repeating his advice to many admitted students referred to him by his high school teacher, Nathan Yang decided to write a post on Medium sharing his thoughts.

Muddu Sudhaka
Q&A with Muddu Sudhakar MS ’94, PhD ’96, CEO, Aisera
Alumnus and serial entrepreneur Muddu Sudhakar runs Aisera, which offers a virtual AI-based workforce available 24/7. With customers such as Autodesk, Ciena, Unisys and McAfee on board, the company is now gearing up to tackle COVID-19.
EVENTS
May 5 | ASCE Lifelines 2021 (extension for abstracts due)
May 9 | Discover Engineering Day for Transfer Students
Jun 13 | Virtual Celebration for the Class of 2020
New Facebook Page
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has moved to a new Facebook page. Please join our community at: https://www.facebook.com/UCLASamueli/
 
2020 Senior Class Campaign: UCLA Samueli COVID-19 Community Support Fund
The 2020 Senior Class Campaign is organized by the graduating class of UCLA Samueli to help ensure all Bruin Engineers have access to the resources they need for continued academic success during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
UCLA Samueli Problem Solvers Fund
The fund supports the school's ongoing efforts to make personal protective equipment for health care workers and first responders.
 


 
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