Jennifer Wortman Vaughan named to Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the holder of the Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science. The chair was...
Bioengineering Professor named Packard Fellow
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named Dino Di Carlo, assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, a 2011 recipient of a Packard Fellowship for...
UCLA Engineering Receives $2.6 Million Gift for Student Scholarships, Faculty Support
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout The Muriel K. and Robert B. Allan Fund has been established at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science with an endowed estate gift of $2.6 million. The gift will be used to...
New UCLA Center to Drive International Research in Clean Energy
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Alison Hewitt An interdisciplinary crowd of scientists from around the world gathered on campus Monday for a workshop aimed at shaping UCLA's new Clean Energy Research Center–Los Angeles. CERC–LA researchers will...
UCLA Study Shows Cell-Penetrating Peptides for Drug Delivery Act Like a Swiss Army Knife
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Cell-penetrating peptides, such as the HIV TAT peptide, are able to enter cells using a number of mechanisms, from direct entry to endocytosis, a process by which cells internalize molecules by...
First UCLA Students to Receive the National Cadet Research Award from the U.S. Air Force
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Two students of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are recipients of the prestigious Cadet Research Award from the United States Air Force, making them the first UCLA...
Electrical Engineering Professor Receives Prestigious PECASE Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering, has received the country’s highest honor for science and engineering researchers who are at an early stage of their careers. Ozcan was one of...
UCLA Engineering Researchers Help Develop Complete Map of Mouse Genetic Variation
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout For decades, laboratory mice have been widely used in research aimed at understanding which genes are involved in various illnesses. But actual variations in past gene sequences of mice were...
Bioengineering Professor Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Andrea M. Kasko, assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a 2011 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from the National...