Karagozian Named Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Ann Karagozian, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, has been named interim vice chancellor for research. Karagozian, who joined the faculty in 1982,...
FDA Approves Use of UCLA-created Wearable Device to Address Gastrointestinal Disorders
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the use of a device invented at UCLA that could improve care for patients with gastrointestinal problems. The system of sensors and telemetry monitor, called AbStats™...
Burton Receives NSF’s CAREER Award
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomHenry Burton, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the...
Ultra-Efficient Switching Induced by Electric Field in a Magnetic Topological Insulator
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Effect uses less energy than state-of-the-art devices by orders of magnitude. FINDINGS We all have experienced that our smartphones or computers can become very warm after operating for a while. This is because of the heat...
Englekirk Gift Establishes Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Robert Englekirk MS ’65, PhD ’70 and Natalie Englekirk have committed to a $500,000 gift, matched by the University of California Office of the President, to create the Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural...
UCLA Researchers Create Super-Strong, Lightweight New Metal
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more By Matthew Chin A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
UCLA researchers develop ‘metasurface’ laser for terahertz range
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA graduate student researcher Luyao Xu, first author of research demonstrating a VECSEL in the terahertz range. Advance could create new class of lasers for possible use in aerospace and law enforcement...
Two Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Inventors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors – James C. Liao, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical...
Al Couvillon, longtime UCLA Engineering supporter, 75
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lucien “Al” Couvillon, Jr. '62, MS '66, who made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and was a longtime member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...