UCLA’s Online Engineering Master’s Program Again Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. U.S. News & World Report has awarded the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering program the top spot in its online engineering rankings for the second year in a row and the sixth time in 10 years. The Master of Science in Engineering Online program is delivered entirely online, allowing professionals to earn a master’s degree while holding a full-time job.
2 UCLA Samueli Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering Civil and environmental engineering professor Jonathan Stewart and adjunct electrical and computer engineering professor Dariush Divsalar, along with two alumni, have been honored with one of the highest professional distinctions granted to engineers.
UCLA Bioengineers Develop Artificial Skin to Outfit Underwater Robots with a Sense of Touch A research team led by Jun Chen, an assistant professor of bioengineering, designed the artificial skin to aid robots in finding underwater litter for recycling, but the breakthrough also shows potential for underwater construction, biological sampling and wearable human-machine interfaces.
Viral Protein Fragments May Unlock Mystery Behind Serious COVID-19 Outcomes In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a UCLA- research team led by bioengineering professor Gerard Wong explores one way that COVID-19 turns the immune system against the body itself, with potentially deadly results.
Chemists Decipher Reaction Process That Could Improve Lithium-Sulfur Batteries UCLA researchers led by chemistry and biochemistry professor Xiangfeng Duan and distinguished professor Philippe Sautet, who holds appointments in chemical and biomolecular engineering and of chemistry and biochemistry, have identified the causes behind a complex sulfur reduction reaction that reduces the lifespan of these batteries.
UCLA Chemical Engineer Receives Award for Carbon Capture Materials Yuzhang Li, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received a Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award and a $50,000 grant to scale up the development of carbon-adsorbent materials with surfaces to which carbon dioxide can adhere well.
UCLA SAMUELI IN THE NEWS
EPA Tightens Rules on Some Air Pollution for the First Time in Over a Decade Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering Regan Patterson, an air pollution expert, shares that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new stricter limits on air pollution are an important step forward to protect communities of color that are often disproportionately impacted by harmful particulates.
Tracking Down Tuberculosis Bioengineering assistant professor Mireille Kamariza, who grew up in Burundi, a country of 13 million people in East Africa with widespread tuberculosis, discusses her quest to find ways to eradicate the disease. She is also featured in The Spotlight on Women in Health Ventures podcast.
The Start-Ups Making Robots a Reality Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates introduces in his blog ARTEMIS, a humanoid robot developed by mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Dennis Hong and students in his Robotics and Mechanisms Lab, and notes the robot’s impressive ability to navigate difficult terrain.
Microscopic Bowls Uncover the Secrets of Protein Secretions The piece spotlights research led by UCLA professor Dino Di Carlo on a “test tube” so tiny that it can hold a single cell. The nanovial can be used to measure protein secretion and derive critical information from individual cells, helping researchers understand how cells communicate with one another.
Tougher AI Policies Could Protect Taylor Swift — And Everyone Else — From Deepfakes Michael Karanicolas, executive director of the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy at UCLA — a joint institute between the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the UCLA School of Law — shares that the neatest solution to AI-manipulated videos would be adopting policies to promote social responsibility by companies that own generative AI.
Bruin Civil Engineer Found Inspiration in Outreach Programs Charles Anderson '02 cited his involvement in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program and UCLA Samueli’s Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity for his success.
