Materials Scientist Aaswath Raman Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Aaswath Raman, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty.
Student Hackathon Brings Tech to the Outdoors
Design, build, program and pitch a device that enhances the outdoor experience in 36 hours. Think you are up to the challenge? Meet the UCLA students who did just that at the eighth annual IDEA Hacks competition. More than 130 UCLA students in 30 teams
Engineering and Basketball: Problem Solving On and Off the Court
Following its Final Four run last year, UCLA men’s basketball team continues to show it’s one of the best NCAA Division I teams this season with several big wins and dominant performances. While the 2022 roster mainly consists of returning players
Overcoming Obstacles: An Engineering Student’s Journey from West Africa to UCLA
On a high school field trip in Burkina Faso, Awa Kologo visited another school in a neighboring town in the landlocked country in West Africa. The schoolhouse was a red clay structure with no windows or classroom doors, and the average room
First UCLA Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Now a Senior Program Manager at Northrop Grumman
In 2012, Kimberly Cross MS ’07, PhD ’12 became the first Black woman to graduate from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.
Aaswath Raman Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors
Aaswath Raman, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UCLA, has been elected as a 2022 senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. The honor recognizes inventors at academic institutions with a track record of success
AI Pioneer Judea Pearl Receives BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Judea Pearl, chancellor’s professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the information and communication technologies category
UCLA Engineering Receives $21 Million Pledge from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed to donating $21 million to the UCLA Institute for Carbon Management to support the institute’s mission of developing new carbon removal technologies designed to combat climate change.
Photonics and Optics Pioneer Bahram Jalali Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Bahram Jalali, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional honors