Ph.D. researcher named Howard Hughes fellow
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Alon Greenbaum, a Ph.D. student at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named an International Student Research Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Greenbaum is one of 42...
UCLA Researchers Invent Portable Device, Smartphone App for Common Kidney Test
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk A lightweight and field-portable device invented at UCLA that conducts kidney tests and transmits data through a smartphone attachment may significantly reduce the need for frequent office visits by people...
Faculty Receive ASME Heat Transfer 75th Anniversary Medal
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty members Ivan Catton and Vijay K. Dhir received the 75th Anniversary Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Division. They...
In Memoriam: UCLA Engineering Professor Emeritus Andrew F. Charwat, 1925-2013
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomAndrew F. Charwat, a UCLA professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering who began his academic career with the school in 1955, died July 5, 2013. He was 88.Charwat received his M.E. from Stevens...
Students’ Assignment: Help Fijians Get Clean Drinking Water
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Cynthia Lee Originally published in UCLA Today on Aug. 13, 2013 Living among farm animals and fields planted with root crops and sugar cane, the rural residents of Vanua Levu and Taveuni, two islands in Fiji, get their...
UCLA Researchers Double Efficiency of Novel Solar Cell
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Device could coat windows, smartphone screens with energy-harvesting material By Bill Kisliuk Nearly doubling the efficiency of a breakthrough photovoltaic cell they created last year, UCLA researchers have developed a...
Computer Scientists Develop ‘Mathematical Jigsaw Puzzles’ to Encrypt Software
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Software remains completely functional but impervious to reverse-engineering By Matthew Chin UCLA computer science professor Amit Sahai and a team of researchers have designed a system to encrypt software so that it only...
Alumnus David Mong Makes Largest Gift from Asia to UCLA: $5 Million Donation Supports New Engineering Building
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a $5 million gift from Hong Kong-based philanthropist and businessman David Mong. The gift, the largest single donation UCLA...
Three Researchers Win Chorafas Awards
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Three UCLA Engineering students are among the 35 recipients of the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation 2013 awards. The awards honor innovative research in life sciences, biotechnology, applied mathematics,...