Gift of Stock to UCLA Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]SOU 300, a Beijing-based firm specializing in search engines for mobile devices, has made a gift of 30,000 shares in company stock to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. The gift recognizes...
Civil Engineering Students Win National Seismic Design Contest
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Unshaken by three dozen rival teams, earlier this month, a group of UCLA civil engineering students took first place in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s 10th annual Undergraduate Seismic...
A Cure for the Common Hangover?
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA-led team's 'pill' mimics action of human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication By Bill Kisliuk In a discovery that could derail the popular "Hangover" movie franchise, a team of researchers led by UCLA engineers has...
Scanning Electron Microscope Image Student Contest 2013
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin The Molecular and Nano Archaeology Laboratory (MNA) – a joint venture between the Department of Materials Science and The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, held its annual Best SEM (scanning electron...
Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Cement with Reduced Carbon Dioxide Footprint
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Gaurav N. Sant, a UCLA assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF CAREER award is the...
Professor Elected to National Academy of Engineering
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Tiny Capsule Effectively Kills Cancer Cells
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Scientists create nanoscale vehicle to battle cancer without harming healthy cells By Bill Kisliuk A tiny capsule invented at a UCLA lab could go a long way toward improving cancer treatment. Devising a method for more...
Earthquakes, Glue and Grappling Hooks: Scientists Dissect the Movement of Bacteria
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has discovered that microscopic bacteria have a lot in common with earthquakes — when it comes to their...
New Semiconductor Research Center Established at UCLA Engineering with $35 million in Funding
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin A new multidisciplinary research center established at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science aims to revolutionize semiconductor technologies by developing new nanoscale materials...