UCLA-led Research Unearths Obscure Heat Transfer Behaviors Led by Yongjie Hu, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, UCLA researchers and their colleagues have discovered a new physics principle governing how heat transfers through materials, and the finding contradicts the conventional wisdom that heat always moves faster as pressure increases.
UCLA Engineers Receive NSF Grant to Research Interaction-powered Smart Environment Automation UCLA researchers led by assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Yang Zhang have developed a kinetic energy recovery system especially beneficial for people with disabilities. Their continued research in this area will be supported by a National Science Foundation grant.
Wearable Sensor Could Guide Precision Drug Dosing A UCLA research team led by electrical and computer engineering associate professor Sam Emaminejad has developed a wearable patch to analyze the fluid between cells less than 1 millimeter underneath the skin and continuously record concentrations of medicine in the body.
3D-printed Decoder, AI-enabled Image Compression Could Enable Higher-res Displays Electrical and computer engineering professors Aydogan Ozcan and Mona Jarrahi undertake research on artificial intelligence that can encode high-resolution images by converting them to a low resolution before restoring the images to their original format.
UCLA-led Research Could Lead to More Durable Solar Cells By replacing silicon with an enhanced halide perovskite, materials science and engineering professor Yang Yang is working to design more durable and cost-effective solar cells.
Go Ahead: Tell Gaurav Sant His Ideas Won’t Work Civil and environmental engineering as well as materials science and engineering professor Gaurav Sant is breaking the mold of what it means to be in academia. As the director of the UCLA Institute for Carbon Management, he is developing technologies that turn the tide of climate change.
UCLA Engineering Dedicates Boelter Hall Penthouse in Memory of William Klug More than six years after the death of former mechanical and aerospace engineering professor William Klug, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has completed the renovation of 8500 Boelter Hall and renamed it the William S. Klug Memorial Seminar Room in honor of his lifelong dedication to teaching and his passion for seminars.
UCLA Bioengineering Professor Receives NIH Grant to Improve Drug Efficacy Assistant professor Jennifer Wilson of bioengineering has received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health, which is designed to provide support for highly talented and promising researchers as they pursue scientific breakthroughs.
Achuta Kadambi Receives Outstanding Young Professional Award for Promoting Inclusivity in Engineering Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Achuta Kadambi has received the Outstanding Young Professional Award from the honor society Eta Kappa Nu of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for “contributions to creative and inclusive teaching and mentoring in electrical engineering and bioengineering.”
UCLA Computer Scientist Named Samsung AI Researcher of the Year Assistant professor of computer science Aditya Grover recently received a 2022 Samsung AI Researcher of the Year award at the technology giant’s annual artificial intelligence conference for his big data algorithms.
Engineering Society Honors 8 Student Organizations for Top Performance The National Society of Black Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery at UCLA emerged as the winners of the top award for demonstrating excellence in all aspects of their club activities and embodying the True Bruin values in every way.
North Carolina Attack Underscores Vulnerability of Power Grid Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Rajit Gadh, who is also the director of UCLA’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center, was featured in this interview on the cybersecurity of energy grids.
Intelligent Materials: Science Fiction to Science Fact Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Jonathan Hopkins’ mechanical neural network using a prototype material that can adjust to environmental changes in real time is highlighted in this piece.
Handheld Diagnostic Platform Could Help Combat Epidemics Bioengineering professor Dino Di Carlo and electrical and computer engineering associate professor Sam Emaminejad collaborated on a rapid diagnostic disease test that is featured in this publication. The research is also highlighted in the U.K. publication Springwise.
Retired Army General and Bruin Engineer Takes Helm of Yorba Linda Water District Over his decorated 35-year career in the United States Army, Major General R. Mark Toy, M.S.'96 has served the country in active combat zones and overseen its Corps of Engineers’
massive water resources before retiring from the Army July 1.
