Kamei Receives UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Daniel T. Kamei, associate professor of bioengineering, has received a UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award for 2015. The award, first handed out in 1961, recognizes extraordinary teachers who have made a...
Distinguished Professor A.V. Balakrishnan, 1922-2015
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]March 24, 2015 A.V. Balakrishnan, distinguished professor emeritus and research professor of electrical engineering, passed away on Monday, March 16. He was 92. Bal, as he was widely known, was a member of the UCLA Henry...
UCLA Engineering Celebrates Opening of Engineering VI
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk UCLA leaders and prominent alumni gathered on Thursday to celebrate the new jewel of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Engineering VI. The state-of-the-art center for engineering...
UCLA Engineering Ranked 8th Amongst Public Schools by U.S. News
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has gained ground and is now ranked eighth among engineering schools at public universities, and is the 14th highest ranking program overall, according to...
Necklace and Smartphone App Developed at UCLA Can Help People Track Food Intake
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk A sophisticated necklace developed by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science can monitor food and drink intake, which could help wearers track and improve their...
Researchers Identify Process for Improving Durability of Glass
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA engineer co-authors study that could lead to longer-lasting fiber optics, display screens and cement structures By Bill Kisliuk Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the...
UCLA, MIT Computational Biologists Fill In Knowledge Gap for Epigenomics Maps
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A pair of computational biologists from UCLA and MIT developed a method that can fill in major gaps in large-scale epigenomics datasets, and used it to refine and expand the most comprehensive map of the human epigenome....
UCLA CS Student Receives 2015-16 Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lisa Gai, a UCLA computer science graduate student, has been named a Microsoft Research Graduate Women Scholar for 2015-16. Gai was one of 10 women selected for the very competitive scholarship. Gai’s advisor is Eleazar...
Researchers Identify Keys to Improved Polymer Solar Cells
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Paving the way for lighter and more flexible solar devices, UCLA researchers have identified the key principles for developing high-efficiency polymer solar cells. Today’s commercially produced solar panels...