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May 2023
 
2023 UCLA Samueli Awards Dinner
UCLA Samueli Honors 2023 School Awardees in Official Ceremony
On May 6, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering presented the 2023 schoolwide alumni, faculty and student awards to 13 recipients in recognition of their outstanding achievements at an event as captured in this video.

UCLA Engineering Announces Alumnus of the Year Award UCLA Engineering Announces Alumnus of the Year Award
Timothy Frei ’85, M.S. ’87, CERT ’01, a veteran tech executive at Northrop Grumman and mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate, received the Alumnus of the Year Award for his extraordinary professional achievements.

UCLA Engineering Announces Lifetime Contribution Award UCLA Engineering Announces Lifetime Contribution Award
The late Eldon Knuth, a bronze star-decorated World War II U.S. Army veteran and professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was recognized posthumously with the school’s Lifetime Contribution Award.

UUCLA Engineering Announces University Service Award UCLA Engineering Announces University Service Award
Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the University Service Award for his leadership heading UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and his contributions to sustainable environmental technology research.

GEER and EERI Release Joint Report on 2023 Kahramanmaraş EarthquakesGEER and EERI Release Joint Report on 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes
Three months after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute have published an in-depth report with input from civil and environmental engineering professor Jonathan Stewart.

UCLA Engineers Develop an AI-Designed Unidirectional Imager UCLA Engineers Develop an AI-Designed Unidirectional Imager
Published in Science Advances, a research study led by Aydogan Ozcan and Mona Jarrahi, professors of electrical and computer engineering as well as the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, focused on the creation of an AI-trained material for one-way imaging.

Pri Narang and Sergio Carbajo Look to Advance Quantum Science for Next-Gen SensorsPri Narang and Sergio Carbajo Look to Advance Quantum Science for Next-Gen Sensors
Sergio Carbajo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Prineha Narang, a professor of physical sciences, are using quantum mechanics to revolutionize sensing technologies.

UCLA Engineering Professor Named Editor-in-Chief of Major Scientific Journal UCLA Engineering Professor Named Editor-in-Chief of Major Scientific Journal
Timothy Fisher, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named editor-in-chief of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer — the third UCLA Samueli professor to hold the position.

Lihua Jin Selected for the 2023 PMSE Early Stage Investigator AwardLihua Jin Selected for the 2023 PMSE Early Stage Investigator Award
Lihua Jin, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering award for her accomplishments in the field.

UCLA SAMUELI IN THE NEWS
New York Times
U.S. Focuses on Invigorating ‘Chiplets’ to Stay Cutting-Edge in Tech
Subramanian Iyer, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, shared his thoughts on ‘packaging,’ an emerging design concept for microchip manufacturing where smaller chips are packed tightly together to work like an electronic brain.
Bloomberg
How Shocking the Ocean Could Turn It Into a Carbon Removal Powerhouse
Gaurav Sant, the director of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management and a professor of civil and environmental engineering, leads a project to electrochemically treat seawater and safely store carbon to alleviate climate change. This story was also featured on ABC7 and VOA News.
Financial Times
The Rapid Rise of Generative AI Threatens to Upend US Patent System
John Villasenor, a professor of electrical engineering, law and public policy, shared his thoughts on generative AI and its impact on intellectual property rights.
WSJ
Opinion: Another Reason Hollywood Will Love AI
A Brookings Institution opinion piece on ChatGPT written by John Villasenor — faculty director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy — and student Jeremy Baum was highlighted in this op-ed.
A Climate Change with Matt Matern
Gaurav Sant, UCLA Professor, Founder of CarbonBuilt & Equatic
Matt Matern, host of the podcast, interviewed the professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and engineering on ways carbon emissions can be captured, stored and removed.
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UCLA Researchers Develop World’s Fastest Humanoid Robot That Can Walk, Run and Play Soccer
ARTEMIS – a full-sized humanoid robot developed by Dennis Hong, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and his research group were featured in this news segment, as well as in WIRED Middle East.
LAist
A UCLA Startup Hopes to Make A Dent in Climate Change by Removing Carbon from the Ocean
Dante Simonetti, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, explained the process of carbon capture as well as the steps UCLA is taking to develop such technology with Project SeaChange.
Scripp News
How was the Internet Created?
Leonard Kleinrock, a distinguished professor of computer science and one of the founders of the modern internet, described the creation of the internet precursor network, ‘ARPANET,’ at UCLA.
WIRED
Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis — Until Now
Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, shared his thoughts on a study that demonstrates how water travels through a plastic membrane could make desalination more efficient.
The Conversation
Quantum Physics Proposes a New Way to Study Biology
Clarice Aiello, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, wrote about the importance of researching quantum biology, the quantum-driven behaviors of biological systems and how they could aid in health care. The opinion piece was also carried by APS Physics.

STUDENTS
Computer Science Student Aims to Break Bamboo Ceiling for Asian Americans
Computer Science Student Aims to Break Bamboo Ceiling for Asian Americans
Dagny Parayao, a second year computer science major, aims to address the model minority stereotype through her leadership in UCLA student-run organization Samahang Pilipino and the Association for Computing Machinery, while pursuing a career in software engineering.
ALUMNI
Bruin Engineer Builds Startup to Tackle Sepsis One Cell at a Time
Bruin Engineer Builds Startup to Tackle Sepsis One Cell at a Time
Henry Tse Ph.D. ’12, a former doctoral student of bioengineering professor Dino Di Carlo and co-founder of medical diagnostics company Cytovale, developed an FDA-approved, sepsis diagnostic tool, IntelliSep, for early detection of the disease.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 22-26, 2023 | UCLA Undergraduate Research Week

June 17-18, 2023 | UCLA Samueli Commencement


 


 
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