UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

#EngineerChange

February 2019
 
NSF-funded scholarships support engineering student success
NSF-funded scholarships support engineering student success

Thanks to a recent five-year grant to the Center for Excellence in Engineering in Diversity, 42 UCLA Samueli undergraduates have received academic scholarships of up to $5,000 each.
 

ENGINEER CHANGE

ENGINEER CHANGE
Programs to enable the success of all of our students, regardless of their background, are an invaluable part of how we engineer change.
 


RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS
 
using tech to mitigate earthquake damag We’re using tech to mitigate earthquake damage
Technologies like artificial intelligence, sensor networks and advances in mapping are driving the work.

Engineering materials with built-in energy We’re engineering materials with built-in energy
New manufacturing process could lead to microscale soft robots, advanced sensors, and materials that release stored strain energy.

We’re welding the un-weldable We’re welding the un-weldable
Super-strong but lightweight, AA 7075 now could be more widely used in automobiles and other manufacturing thanks to UCLA research.

We're bringing machine learning to the masses We're bringing machine learning to the masses
NSF grant will support research to democratize emerging AI-based technology.
 
IN THE NEWS

Prof. Len Kleinrock discusses #Internet50 celebration at UCLA
KTLA Morning News

A score of 97/100 puts UCLA Samueli’s online masters program at the top
U.S. News & World Report

Can wastewater fight climate change? [Prof. Michael Stenstrom]
WIRED

A sense of ‘touch’ for robotic surgery [Prof. Robert Candler]
R&D Magazine

Artificial intelligence and bias: Four challenges [Prof. John Villasenor]
Brookings Institution

Are we safer 25 years after the Northridge earthquake? [Prof. John Wallace]
Los Angeles Daily News (Also in Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise)

First early-warning earthquake app for Los Angeles [Prof. Scott Brandenberg]
NPR / KJZZ Arizona

Mapping new earthquake faults in Southern California [Prof. Jonathan Stewart]
Curbed LA

How liquefaction impacts underground tunnels [Prof. Stewart]
Curbed LA

The vulnerability of skyscrapers during earthquakes [Prof. Tom Sabol]
Curbed LA

Uber VP Jason Droege discusses entrepreneurial career in speaker series
UCLA Samueli Newsroom

NHR3: UCLA Samueli debuts new multi-institution hazard research center
UCLA Samueli Newsroom


SAVE THE DATE: March 16

UCLA Samueli Awards UCLA Samueli Awards
Celebrate the school’s impact and honor accomplished alumni, faculty and students.


 
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