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...
Robotics group featured in Voice of America’s Spanish Language site
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Voice of America’s Spanish language site, Voz de América, recently featured Professor Veronica Santos and her Biomechatronics Laboratory. Santos, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, described...
Battery-free implantable medical device draws energy directly from human body
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA and University of Connecticut scientists design supercapacitor that could make pacemakers and other instruments safer and more durable Researchers from UCLA and the University of Connecticut have designed a new...
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Ben Horowitz MS ’90 on business leadership
Ben Horowitz MS ’90, co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, spoke to nearly 500 UCLA students at Ackerman Grand Ballroom. The event was the fourth and final program of the year in the inaugural Ronald and Valerie Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series.
UCLA team in Carbon XPRIZE competition receives $1.5 million donation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]J.R. DeShazo, holding a sample of CO2NCRETE, and Gaurav Sant. The UCLA professors are part of a team competing for the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE. Photo by Roberto Gudino/UCLA Gift from Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family...