Graphene-Based Electronics Will Depend on the Substrate Material’s Orientation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]A team of researchers, led by Suneel Kodambaka, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, have found that the electronic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of graphite, depend on its...
UCLA Engineering Receives $6M to Construct New State-of-the-Art Building
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science $6 million to support the construction...
UCLA-led Research Team Finds that Bacteria Can Stand Up and Walk
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Many drug-resistant infections are the result of bacterial biofilms, structured aggregates of bacteria that live on surfaces and that are extremely resistant to environmental stresses. These...
Research Team led by UCLA Receives $7.9M from NSF to Develop Internet for 21st Century
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering has awarded a team of researchers led by UCLA $7.9 million to develop a more efficient and robust...
Enrique Ainsworth
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Director, Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED)At UCLA Engineering since 1989. 1. What does CEED do for UCLA students? for K-12 students in Los Angeles? CEED’s mission is to recruit, retain develop and...
UCLA College of Engineering: The Beginning Years
By UCLA Samueli Newsroomby Paul Castenholz ’49 MS ’58 Paul Castenholz ’49 MS ’58 entered UCLA under the GI Bill after serving with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was a member of UCLA Engineering’s first graduating class. Following...
Homeland Security Selects UCLA to Help Establish Guidelines for Firefighter Health, Safety
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA team to use wireless technology to remotely monitor firefighters in field By Rachel Champeau The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been...
UCLA Chemists, Engineers Achieve World Record with High-Speed Graphene Transistors
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Mike Rodewald Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to...
Engineering Professor to Take Reins of Academic Senate
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wendy Soderburg In today’s restless, transitory world, Ann Karagozian is a breath of fresh air. The professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who will assume the 2010-11 chairmanship of UCLA’s Academic Senate...