UCLA Engineering Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Cancer Research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science announced today that it is a winner of a Grand Challenges Explorations grant, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Daniel Kamei,...
Student-led Cybersecurity Firm Wins 2015-16 ITA Venture Competition
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A cybersecurity firm launched by students from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Anderson School of Management took first prize May 17 in the fourth annual UCLA Student Entrepreneur...
UCLA Researchers Receive $1.2 Million to Develop More Energy-Efficient Windows
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering researchers have received $1.2 million from the Department of Energy to improve the efficiency of existing single-pane windows in commercial and residential buildings. The federal agency’s goal is to...
Two Engineering Grad Students Earn Top Defense Fellowships
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two graduate students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s top honors for students...
AI framework developed by UCLA professor now powers Toyota websites
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Adnan Darwiche’s invention helps consumers customize their vehicles online By Matthew Chin An innovation in artificial intelligence that was described in a 2001 paper by a UCLA computer science professor has found a...
UCLA-led team develops new method to study mitochondrial DNA diseases
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The process utilizes a nanoblade that can open holes in cell membranes By Matthew Chin A UCLA-led team of researchers has demonstrated a new method to conduct research on mitochondrial DNA diseases — a broad group of...
Tiny optical frequency clock measures time accurately to 270 quintillionths of a second
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Device developed at UCLA Engineering could be used for improved timing, attosecond physics and measuring universal constants By Matthew Chin Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science...
$1 million gift endows chair in name of former dean Vijay Dhir
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A group of nearly 100 donors has come together to give $1 million to create the Vijay K. Dhir Chair in Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, in honor of the school’s former dean....
UCLA medical and engineering experts team up to improve health care
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have formed a new center whose mission is to improve the quality and reliability of new...