In Latest Generation of Tiny Biosensors, Size Isn’t Everything
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA researchers overturn conventional wisdom on nanowire-based diagnostic devices By Bill Kisliuk When it comes to nanomedicine, smaller is — surprisingly — not always better. UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...
Grad SWE Debuts at UCLA Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]This school year, the UCLA chapter of the Society of Women Engineers started a new division. Geared toward women graduate students in engineering, UCLA GradSWE (gradswe.seas.ucla.edu) has already offered a full range of...
In Memoriam: Marjorie Crump, UCLA Alumna and Longtime Supporter, 89
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Marjorie Eloise Lund Crump, who did significant work in public service and entrepreneurship and who, together with her husband Ralph, was a major supporter of UCLA, died of natural causes on April 1 at her...
Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Three students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in April. This year’s recipients are graduate...
In Memoriam: Aaron Cohen, Longtime UCLA Engineering Benefactor, 77
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Aaron S. Cohen ’58, a Southern California engineering entrepreneur and an influential and generous supporter of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, passed away on March 21. He...
DiStefano Authors New Text on Computational Systems BIology
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Distilling nearly 50 years of instruction in dynamic biosystems engineering and computational systems biology, Joseph DiStefano III, a distinguished professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli...
UCLA Engineering Team Increases Power Efficiency for Future Computer Processors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Have you ever wondered why your laptop or smartphone feels warm when you're using it? That heat is a byproduct of the microprocessors in your device using electric current to power computer processing...
Researchers Create Coating Material to Prevent Blood Clots Associated with Implanted Devices
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A team of researchers from UCLA and the University of Michigan has developed a material that could help prevent blood clots associated with catheters, heart valves, vascular grafts and other implanted...
UCLA Researchers Create Google Glass App for Instant Medical Diagnostic Test Results
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk A team of researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a Google Glass application and a server platform that allow users of the wearable, glasses-like...