UCLA researchers find out why high-performance glass flows, and how fast
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Does glass in cathedral windows flow downward at room temperature — acting essentially as a liquid in super slow-motion? No. It’s a myth. The larger volume observed at the bottom of some windows is due to...
Ten New Faculty Join UCLA Engineering in 2015-16
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomThe UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science welcomes 10 new faculty members in 2015-16 to a roster that includes 32 affiliated members of the National Academy of Engineering and more than 60...
UCLA Researchers Win NSF Grant to Detect and Characterize Nanoparticles
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and California NanoSystems Institute have won a $1 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for on-site and ubiquitous...
Antimatter Catches A Wave: Joshi, Mori help develop better linear electron-positron colliders
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A study led by researchers from UCLA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has demonstrated a more efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter opposites of electrons. The method...
Cybersecurity: Sahai receives $2.8M grant to develop mathematical software protection
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Amit Sahai, UCLA professor of computer science at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been awarded a $2.8 million grant over four years from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
UCLA engineers receive $1.6M grant to develop hybrid energy storage system
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A team of engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, in partnership with Southern California Edison, has received a $1.62 million grant from the California Energy Commission to build a...
Ozcan lab teams with Korean group to teach middle school students about global health
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and a Korean youth organization have established a program to teach middle school students about global health problems and how to use...
UCLA Engineering Spinoff Holomic named World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Holomic, LLC, a company spun off from technology developed by the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was named a 2015 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. Holomic’s...
UCLA Materials Scientists Take Big Step Toward Tougher Ductile Ceramics
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Advance could lead to more durable, higher-performing components for spacecraft technology and tiny mechanical systems By Matthew Chin A team of materials scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...