UCLA alumna appears on first season of Nerd Girl Nation web series
Bruinlife’s 2018 UCLA Senior of the Year Mercedes Cornelius (BS ’18) is a guest on the first season of new web series Nerd Girl Nation.
Achuta Kadambi named to Forbes “30 Under 30” in science
Achuta Kadambi, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named to Forbes magazine’s 2019 “30 Under 30” list for science. The annual list honors rising stars in 20 different industries.
Debating the potential of blockchain
Recently, Blockchain at UCLA partnered with law firm BakerHostetler and accounting firm Ernst & Young for the Genesis Blockchain Summit. The sold-out event featured experts debating the benefits and challenges of blockchain use in business, law and academia and offered a deep dive on the nascent technology.
Three decades strong, still a startup-mindset – Viasat EVP and CTO Mark Miller MS ’82 discussed engineering and entrepreneurship at UCLA
The first program in the 2018-19 Ronald and Valerie Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series featured the satellite broadband communications executive
Civil and environmental engineering professor receives major international honor
Civil and environmental engineering professor receives major international honor
UCLA engineers invent small, inexpensive RNA detector to quickly test for infections
The new technology could lead to point-of-care medical tests for infections with results in just 15 minutes or less. It could also be used to detect harmful pathogens in food and the environment.
Two-cells-in-one combo could be platform to bolster leukemia treatment
Led by UCLA bioengineer, researchers design delivery system to guide drugs directly to cancer cells ‘hiding’ in bone marrow
Whereto AI? CS Professor authors deep dive into the state of artificial intelligence
With the goal of sparking a broader and deeper discussion on artificial intelligence, UCLA computer science professor Adnan Darwiche has authored an in-depth examination on the state of the field and the general public’s perceptions of it.
UCLA solar pioneer rolls on toward easier energy harvesting
What if you could have a sheet of solar cells so flexible, thin, and clear, that you could simply roll it onto the side of a building? Or even a window? What if solar cells could even be painted on?