A Message from Dean Alissa Park Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park began her appointment as the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering September 1. In this video, Dean Park shared her thoughts on her new role and what she hopes to accomplish in the coming months as the eighth dean of the school.
UCLA Engineering Awarded $1.5 Million State-Funded Grants from UC to Spur Climate Action Scott Brandenberg, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Yuzhang Li, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, will serve as principal investigators on two projects. UCLA Samueli faculty Richard Kaner, Timu Gallien and Alvar Escriva-Bou will also take part in the University of California-awarded research.
UCLA Engineering Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Establish Faculty Term Chairs The inaugural chairholders, Mani Srivastava and Dejan Marković, are both professors of electrical and computer engineering. They will hold the Mukund Padmanabhan Term Chair and Mukund Padmanabhan Term Chair in Electrical Engineering, respectively, for the next five years.
New Study Identifies Genes Linked to High Production of Key Antibody Research led by UCLA bioengineering professor Dino Di Carlo in collaboration with the Seattle Children’s Research Institute has identified genes linked to key antibody production that can improve cell therapies.
UCLA Professor Creates New Course on Engineering and Environmental Justice Regan Patterson, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, developed and launched last spring the new CEE 188 course, which examines methods for assessing disparities in exposure to environmental hazards.
UCLA-Led Team Receives DOE Grant to Simulate Materials for Fusion Reactors Jaime Marian, a professor of materials science and engineering, will lead the multi-institutional team that has been awarded the four-year, $12 million grant to simulate the long-term performance of materials in future fusion reactors.
Magic, Cooking and Droids Inspire this Roboticist Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Dennis Hong, who directs the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, is not just a roboticist but an avid chef as well, as depicted in this profile.
Developing More Durable Solar Cells Yang Yang, a materials science and engineering professor, shared his research findings on enhanced perovskite, a man-made material that could help produce cheaper solar cells than the current standard, silicon.
Navigating Back to School 3 Years after the Pandemic After seeing her son struggle in his sophomore year of high school, a Los Angeles mother described in this interview her decision to enroll him in the weekend Mathematics Achievement Program, hosted by the Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
State Officials to Vote on Aliso Canyon Storage Expansion Issam Najm, a civil and environmental engineering adjunct associate professor, shared in this interview that the facility continues to emit toxic chemicals and should be closed down.
UCLA Engineers Discover the Intrinsic Morphology of Metallic Lithium In an excerpt taken from a podcast produced by the National Science Foundation, the radio show highlighted chemical and bimolecular engineering assistant professor Yuzhang Li whose research has established a direct correlation between what metallic lithium looks like and the performance of lithium batteries.
AI in Schools John Villasenor, a professor of electrical engineering, law, public policy and management at UCLA, says artificial intelligence is here to stay and educators therefore should find ways to adapt.
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First-Gen Latino Doctoral Student Aims to Make an Impact in STEM Fourth-year bioengineering Ph.D. student Andrew Ramirez has been honored with an inaugural UCLA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Student Leadership Award for empowering others from historically underrepresented communities to pursue their dreams without fear.
