Nanoparticles improve melting and solidification for manufacturing processes
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA-led research could lead to manufacturing that is more efficient and reliable In an advance that could lead to improved manufacturing, a new study by UCLA researchers shows that adding nanoparticles to metals during...
Smartphone microscope offers cost-effective DNA sequencing and genetic mutation analysis
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Device developed by UCLA and Swedish scientists would make genetic tests available in remote areas Just like an alphabet is made up of individual letters, DNA is composed of chemical bases. And in the same way that letters...
Two new endowed chairs established by gifts from alumni
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UCLA Engineering Online Master’s program remains #1
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science once again has received a No. 1 ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The rankings, released this week, mark the third...
Design for new electromagnetic wave router offers unlimited bandwidth
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Device being developed by UCLA engineers could ease the traffic of cellphone signals Mobile phones and computers use electromagnetic waves to send and receive information — they’re what enable our devices to upload photos...
UCLA CEE faculty, UC colleagues urge President-Elect to continue climate protections
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty members and UC colleagues penned a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, urging him to continue sensible measures to address climate change, considering it poses critical...
Big data and bioinformatics leader Wei Wang named Kleinrock Chair
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Computer science professor Wei Wang, known for research that brings big data solutions to the biomedical sciences, has been appointed the Leonard Kleinrock Term Chair at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
Huffington Post: Mona Jarrahi on how terahertz research could impact medicine, security and more
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Mona Jarrahi, associate professor of electrical engineering, was recently interviewed in the Huffington Post as part of an ongoing interview series from the West Asia Council highlighting prominent Iranian Americans making...
UCLA researchers combat antimicrobial resistance using smartphones
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A simple, inexpensive attachment could help to expand testing to regions with limited resources A team of UCLA researchers has developed an automated diagnostic test reader for antimicrobial resistance using a smartphone....