Ron Sugar on success outside comfort zones, working on what really matters
UCLA Engineering alumnus Ronald Sugar, a retired aerospace and defense industry executive who led Northrop Grumman Corporation from 2003 to 2010, spoke to hundreds of UCLA students Wednesday. The program, held at the California NanoSystems Institute, was part of the school’s distinguished speaker series. The series was made possible by a gift last year from Sugar and his wife Valerie, both longtime supporters of the school.
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...