New terahertz-band laser offers broad tunability
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom A UCLA-led research team has developed a laser that generates precise wavelengths of light across a large part of the terahertz light spectrumThe technology could improve drug screening equipment by...
New Faculty join UCLA Samueli for 2019-20
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes 11 new faculty members to its growing roster for the 2019-20 academic year. The school is undergoing its most dramatic expansion since its...
Welcome week 2019: Tips for new students
Three UCLA Samueli undergraduate students offer advice to their new peers on how to succeed – collaborate with fellow students, participate in clubs, develop good time management skills and take advantage of resources
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Low-cost device generates electricity using natural cooling phenomenon
When frost forms on the ground overnight even when temperatures are well above freezing, or water droplets appear on car windshields even on a clear night, the cause is often a phenomenon called radiative sky cooling.
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New protective metamaterial takes hit, bounces right back
Mechanical engineers at UCLA and China’s Tsinghua University have opened a new path toward reusable energy-absorbing materials – ones designed to take an impact, then bounce back to their original shape and strength. The study was published in Advanced Functional Materials.
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Khademhosseini elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Ali Khademhosseini, UCLA’s Levi James Knight, Jr. Professor of Engineering, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s highest honor for achievement in the arts, social sciences and sciences.
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Soft-bodied swimming robot uses only light for power and steering
In a paper in Science Robotics, materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering describe a new design for a swimming robot that’s both powered and steered by constant light.
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UCLA researchers make breakthrough on understanding plasma instabilities
Advance could lead to better understanding of astronomical events such as solar flares and gamma ray bursts, and effects observed in scientific experiments in high-energy synchrotrons and storage rings.
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Making More of Moore’s Law
UCLA researchers have a plan to redesign computer chips from the ground up to make smaller, cheaper, and more dynamic electronic devices.
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