Creating safer batteries for the future: KNBC interviews Professor Bruce Dunn
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Bruce Dunn, UCLA professor of materials science and engineering, is leading research on safer lithium ion batteries. Dunn, one the country’s top experts on battery technology, was recently interviewed in a KNBC story on a...
UCLA student receives Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship for work to improve software verification
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Saswat Padhi, a graduate student in the UCLA Computer Science Department, has received a Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship, recognizing his research in practical software verification. Padhi, was one of 10 students in...
Villasenor: Immigrants Have Helped Make America a Leader in Technology Innovation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]John Villasenor, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, public policy and management, authored a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education on the important role immigrants have played in American technology...
Professor receives grant to develop robots to handle and dispose of ordnance
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Veronica Santos, UCLA associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a $719,000 grant from the Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research to develop a robot that would be capable of...
New tuberculosis therapy could be more potent than current treatments
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA-led team identifies drug and dose regimen that may cut time by as much as 75 percent Taking a new approach toward tuberculosis therapy, a UCLA-led research team has devised a potential drug regimen that could cut the...
UCLA Engineers among Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Award recipients
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Research proposals from nine UCLA Engineering faculty members have been awarded grants as part of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. Projects selected include: * Development of high-efficiency integrated solar and...
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...