UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Newsletter November 2022
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November 2022
10 UCLA Engineers Among World’s Most Influential Researchers The 2022 Clarivate highly cited UCLA Samueli-affiliated researchers are Nasim Annabi, Jun Chen, Bruce Dunn, Yu Huang, Richard Kaner, Yuzhang Li, Aydogan Ozcan, Michael Sofroniew, Yang Yang and Zipeng Zhao.
UCLA Hosts 2022 Southern California Robotics Symposium For the first time, UCLA played host to the annual Southern California Robotics Symposium, a sold-out day-and-a-half event that attracted nearly 250 robotics researchers and entrepreneurs. From microrobots to surgical robots, researchers from across the region showcased a wide spectrum of robotics capabilities at the conference.
Handheld Diagnostic Lab Offers Point-of-Care Solution for Future Pandemics Sam Emaminejad, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering as well as bioengineering, and Dino Di Carlo, a professor of bioengineering as well as mechanical and aerospace engineering, designed handheld, automated lab kits that can improve testing accessibility and efficiency for future pandemics.
UCLA Computer Scientist Breaks Through Writer’s Block with AI Assistant computer science professor Nanyun (Violet) Peng and Ph.D. student Yufei Tian have developed natural language generation technology that allows AI to write poems and stories as humans do.
UCLA Engineers Create Algorithm for Powerful Imaging in Low-Light Conditions Bahram Jalali, a distinguished professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering as well as bioengineering, led a research team in developing an algorithm that can brighten and sharpen low-light photos as they are taken.
Get Ready to Shake Out: Earthquake 101 Civil and environmental engineering professor Jonathan Stewart shared his insights on earthquakes, some of which were captured on a recent episode of the “I Don’t Know About That with Jim Jefferies” podcast.
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Asad Madni Awarded Prince Philip Medal The Royal Academy of Engineering, in the United Kingdom, awarded its highest individual honor to Asad Madni for his "decades’ long career developing and commercialising intelligent sensors and systems across the aerospace, manufacturing and transportation industries."
UCLA Engineering Professor Receives 2022 Faculty-Staff Partnership Award Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Adrienne Lavine has received the Faculty-Staff Partnership Award from the UCLA Staff Assembly. Lavine most recently served as the associate vice provost for UCLA’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching from 2017 to 2022.
UCLA's MNN Project Is Rapidly Advancing AI As We Know It Jonathan Hopkins, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and his lab were featured in this story for developing a material that can adapt to its environment in real time. The research was also highlighted in New Scientist.
To NASA and Beyond: A UCLA Engineering Online Master Alumna’s Journey Growing up, Shideh Naderi M.S. ’19 dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Now as a NASA engineer who has led the development of a device to improve future NASA exploration
missions, Naderi has made major strides in achieving that goal.
