Inspired by nature: Design for new electrode could boost supercapacitors’ performance
Mechanical engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and four other institutions have designed a super-efficient and long-lasting electrode for supercapacitors.
Mehta receives NSF CAREER Award to bring robots to everyone
Ankur Mehta, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty members at the start of their research and teaching careers.
Device that measures cell strength could help identify drugs for asthma, hypertension and muscular dystrophy
Engineers, doctors and scientists at UCLA and Rutgers University have developed a tool that measures the physical strength of individual cells 100 times faster than current technologies.
Three faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom Election to the academy is among the highest distinctions for an engineerThree faculty members in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science – Ann Karagozian, Stanley Osher , and Ali Sayed –...
Henry Samueli: STEM training a near-guarantee for success
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomHenry Samueli ’75, MS ’76, PhD ’80, co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, said an undergraduate STEM education can almost guarantee one’s success in any field, as he discussed the arc of his career to a packed house...
The flu vaccine could get a much-needed boost
By Chase Doyle New approach developed at UCLA could help curtail hospitalizations due to influenza infection More than 700,000 Americans were hospitalized due to illnesses associated with the seasonal flu during the 2014–15 flu season,...
New research holds promise of predicting snowpack even before the snow falls
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] UCLA water resource engineer provided critical snowpack measurement methods and data analysis for the new NOAA-led study As farmers in the American West decide what, when and where to plant, and urban water managers plan...
UCLA study describes structure of tumor herpes virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Discovery provides potential road map for drug development UCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer. The discovery...
UCLA Bioengineering leads development of stingray-inspired soft biobot
UCLA bioengineering professor Ali Khademhosseini has led the development of a tissue-based soft robot that mimics the biomechanics of a stingray. The new technology could lead to advances in bio-inspired robotics, regenerative medicine and medical diagnostics.