AI pioneer Adam Cheyer to address 2017 UCLA Engineering commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will hold its 2017 commencement on Saturday, June 17, at Pauley Pavilion. Approximately 720 bachelor’s degrees, 450 master’s degrees, and 120 doctoral...
Computer scientists to develop machine learning tools to analyze massive sets of genomic data
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]National Science Foundation grant could help lead to developing better treatments for genetic disease UCLA computer scientists Sriram Sankararaman and Ameet Talwalkar have received a $718,000 grant from the National...
Bioengineering graduate student honored for teaching Science & Food course
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Kendra Nyberg, a bioengineering doctoral student, will receive a 2017 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, recognizing her accomplishments as a teaching assistant for the undergraduate physiology class “Science & Food:...
Mice headed for space to test bone-building drug developed by UCLA team
What do space travel, rodents and a bone-building protein all have in common?
UCLA Engineering Names Audrey Pool O’Neal to Lead Women in Engineering Program
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Audrey Pool O’Neal, a lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and former senior manager with General Motors, has been named director of the Women in Engineering program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of...
Atomic structure of irradiated materials is more akin to liquid than glass
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In a surprising discovery, researchers determine that the atomic structure of irradiated materials is closer to liquid than glass -- which may have significant implications for the selection of materials for nuclear...
UCLA researchers find antibiotic-resistant genes in California parks
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Overuse has led to superbugs that resist even some powerful antibiotics The anxiety over antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which are responsible for 23,000 deaths a year in the United States, is likely to grow in California,...
Alumnus Adam Cheyer, UCLA Optimist on “Life In the Future”
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering alumnus Adam Cheyer MS ’93, co-founder of Siri, Viv Labs and Change.org, is featured in the latest UCLA Optimists discussion, titled “Life in The Future.” The panelists cover how artificial intelligence...
UCLA-led researchers track groundwater loss during drought in California’s Central Valley
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Adding to the severity, the drought coincided with a transition from row crops to more thirsty tree crops A new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Houston reveals significant groundwater loss in...