$1.6 Million California State Grant to Enhance Engineering Pathways for Community College Students
A team of professors at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, in partnership with collaborators at Cal State Polytechnic University Pomona, has received a four-year
Study Reveals Membrane Behavior Impacting Water-Purification Performance
Desalination can help provide much-needed freshwater to communities lacking access, but the process can be difficult at scale. Now, scientists
UCLA Receives $1M NSF Grant to Accelerate Commercialization of Quantum Technologies
Researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and their colleagues have received a one-year, $1 million grant as part of a new National Science Foundation program aimed
UCLA Samueli Welcomes New Faculty Members – 2024
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud to welcome the following new faculty members. They bring expertise across a broad range of fields critical to the 21st century and will enhance the research, teaching and service mission of UCLA.
UCLA-Led Research Doubles DOE Fuel Cell Lifetime Target with New Catalyst Material
A research team led by UCLA materials scientists and chemists has designed a new catalyst that could make fuel cells more durable, nearly doubling
Researchers Discover New Mechanism to Cool Buildings While Saving Energy
With temperatures rising globally, the need for more sustainable cooling options is also growing. Researchers at UCLA and their colleagues have now
Engineers Make Tunable, Shape-Changing Metamaterial Inspired by Vintage Toys
Common push puppet toys in the shapes of animals and popular figures can move or collapse with the push of a button at the bottom of the toys’ base. Now, a team of UCLA engineers has created a new class of tunable dynamic material
Transportation Researchers Receive $1.5 Million NSF Grant to Improve Automated Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Jiaqi Ma and Bolei Zhou at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have received a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build
2 Engineering Graduate Students Receive 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
Ariya Olaee and Jason Wu of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have each received a 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors