UCLA-Led Research Doubles DOE Fuel Cell Lifetime Target with New Catalyst Material
A research team led by UCLA materials scientists and chemists has designed a new catalyst that could make fuel cells more durable, nearly doubling
Researchers Discover New Mechanism to Cool Buildings While Saving Energy
With temperatures rising globally, the need for more sustainable cooling options is also growing. Researchers at UCLA and their colleagues have now
Engineers Make Tunable, Shape-Changing Metamaterial Inspired by Vintage Toys
Common push puppet toys in the shapes of animals and popular figures can move or collapse with the push of a button at the bottom of the toys’ base. Now, a team of UCLA engineers has created a new class of tunable dynamic material
Transportation Researchers Receive $1.5 Million NSF Grant to Improve Automated Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Jiaqi Ma and Bolei Zhou at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have received a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build
2 Engineering Graduate Students Receive 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
Ariya Olaee and Jason Wu of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have each received a 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors
UCLA Engineers Become 6-Time RoboCup Soccer World Champions
UCLA engineers dominated at RoboCup 2024 July 18–21 in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a pair of humanoid ARTEMIS robots winning every game in the soccer tournament to snag the world championship.
UCLA Researchers Create High-Strength Composites by Upcycling Polymer Foams
A team of researchers led by UCLA chemical engineers has discovered a way to make tough and durable composite materials with strength comparable to that of cement, by recycling a common polymer foam found in sofas and mattresses.
UCLA Computer Scientist Receives $2.8M DARPA Grant to Demonstrate New AI Model
Guy Van den Broeck, a professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a three-year, $2.8 million research grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to lead
UCLA Researchers Part of National Science Foundation Project to Decarbonize Infrastructure
A pair of UCLA researchers are part of a five-year, $12 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation to decarbonize the full life cycles of infrastructure by optimizing and automating carbon efficiency across multiple sectors.