UCLA Bioengineering Receives $1M NSF Grant to Transform Undergraduate Education Project-based learning and real-world problem solving will be integrated into the curriculum under the National Science Foundation-funded initiative led by chair Song Li and Jacob Schmidt, vice chair of undergraduate studies and the faculty director of UCLA Samueli makerspace.
True Shape of Lithium Revealed for the First Time in UCLA Research A research team led by UCLA chemical and biomolecular engineering assistant professor Yuzhang Li developed a technique to prevent metallic lithium corrosion that could lead to safer, more powerful lithium batteries as featured on the cover of Nature magazine’s August issue.
UCLA Engineers Unveil Algorithm for Robotic Sensing and Movement Led by assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Brett Lopez, the team’s computational procedure allows autonomous robots to perceive, map and adjust to their environments in real time and could lead to life-saving applications.
Self-Supervised AI Learns Physics to Reconstruct Microscopic Images from Holograms Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering, developed a technology with his research team using an artificial intelligence-based model for computational imaging and microscopy without training with experimental objects or real data.
UCLA Engineering Alumnus Fang Lu Gifts $1M to Support Research The triple Bruin engineer’s gift will help fund research in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Bioengineering departments at the intersection of tech and medicine to improve solutions for health care.
UCLA Nanomaterials Engineer Wins Global Award for Innovation in Hydrogen Fuel Cells Yu Huang, a professor and chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department has been awarded a 2023 Eni Energy Transition Award for creating a unique class of ultrafine platinum nanocatalysts with simultaneously greater electrochemical surface area and longer lifetime.
Two Assistant Professors Join UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Idil Akin, who joined UCLA Samueli July 1, researches mechanisms that control how soils behave, including their physical, chemical, mechanical and hydraulic properties. Fabian Rosner, who will join the faculty in November, specializes in sustainable and renewable energy.
Who Really Invented the Internet? Leonard Kleinrock, a UCLA distinguished professor of computer science and one of the world's foremost internet pioneers, was featured in this piece among the scientists and engineers who played a role in creating the internet as we know it today.
Amid Rising Temperatures, LA City Council Weighs Making AC Mandatory Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Rajit Gadh, who directs UCLA’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center, gave the radio interview sharing his insights on the proposed measure’s impact on the city’s energy consumption and ways to to offset it.
Determine Whether a STEM Major Is the Right Choice UCLA civil and environmental engineering undergraduate alumna and incoming master’s student Kelly Espino shared her experience in choosing a STEM major for college.
UCLA Computer Science Alumnus Cracks Decade-Old Code, Wins Top Computing Award Dubbed by Quanta Magazine as one of three researchers who achieved the “crown jewel” of cryptography in 2020, Aayush Jain Ph.D. '21 received the best doctoral dissertation from the world’s leading computing society, the Association for Computing Machinery.
