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September 2018
 
Supporting Sustainability: Clean Wate
Supporting Sustainability: Clean Water
How do we save the planet for future generations? We can start by cleaning up our oceans and bringing potable water to areas that desperately need it — which is exactly what the engineers at UCLA Samueli are pursuing.
 
 
Water allows us to blossom
 
ENGINEER CHANGE
We are also hard at work fighting climate change by creating construction materials that combat CO2 emissions and developing the next generation utility Smart Grid. It’s all part of our commitment to sustainable and resilient urban systems.
 
 
LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS
 
 
We’ve heard of pharmaceuticals, but what about mechanoceuticals?
 
We’ve heard of pharmaceuticals, but what about mechanoceuticals?
 
Prof. Dino Di Carlo and team are using magnets to treat chronic pain.
 
 
 
We set a record for solar power generation
 
We set a record for solar power generation
 
Prof. Yang Yang and team developed a new type of solar cell that outpowers others.
 
 
 
What’s next: 3D-printing tissues and organs
 
What’s next: 3D-printing tissues and organs
 
We asked Prof. Ali Khademhosseini five questions about his work at UCLA Samueli.
 
 
 
 
In the News
 
Engineers at UCLA and the University of Tokyo have developed an image-based AI to sort cells.
NATURE
 
Prof. Yang Yang and team’s solar cell just broke efficiency records.
INVERSE
 
Is Elon Musk’s ‘Dugout Loop’ to Dodger Stadium feasible? Prof. Jon Stewart comments.
CBS-Los Angeles
 
Facebook's fight with the FBI: Prof. John Villasenor comments on data encryption.
Washington post
 
Prof. Judea Pearl discusses the pitfalls of claiming causality in science.
SCIENCE - Podcast (18:45)
 
$1.3 million awarded to Prof. Mathieu Bauchy to make glass more durable.
ucla samueli Newsroom
 
 
coming soon
 
Makerspace
The basement of Boelter is about to become the place to be on campus. A newly revamped makerspace with tons more equipment, tools and an entire area dedicated to VR/AR will debut this month. Updates coming soon.
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