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.
Computer science tackles big data in medicine
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Professor Eran Halperin analyzes complex datasets in genomics, microbiology, and healthcare. By Sarah C.P. Williams A century ago, the results of a biological study were generally observations scrawled longhand in a lab...
Nanoscale transport: 3Qs with Tim Fisher
Professor Tim Fisher leads the Nanoscale Transport Research Group, which looks at transport processes by electrons, phonons, photons, and fluids, with an eye toward addressing problems in aerospace, micro- and nanoelectronics, and sensor systems.
Lihua Jin: Toward stretchable phones and squishy robots
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Lihua Jin’s work in soft materials engineering is helping pave the way for these kinds of advances In the Disney animated film “Big Hero 6,” the character Baymax is a loveable, squishy robot that resembles the Michelin...