UCLA Engineering Speaker Series Features Facebook Chief Technology Officer
For many UCLA students, their first interaction with Facebook might have been their parents sharing their baby pictures or elementary school photos with friends and family, perhaps much to their dismay.
UCLA Engineering Alumna Plays Key Role in Mars Rover Launch
UCLA aerospace engineering alumna, Melony Mahaarachchi ’09, can add another win to her career achievements with the successful landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in February.
UCLA Engineers without Borders Build Schoolhouse and Water Tank amidst Pandemic
COVID-19 has forced much of student life online, but this has not deterred UCLA’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) from making progress on their community development initiatives, both within the U.S. and across the globe.
In Memoriam: Professor Tatsuo Itoh, Pioneer of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Electronics
Tatsuo Itoh, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died at home on March 4 at the age of 80.
UCLA Engineering Professor Featured in Wall Street Journal on Work-From-Home Tech
Xiang “Anthony” Chen, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering whose research centers on how humans interact with computers, was highlighted in a March 9 Wall Street Journal article
UCLA Women in Science Group Awarded $20K to Design Lab Kits for Girls in STEM
More than 5,000 elementary through high school students in East Africa will soon have new science laboratory kits thanks to a recent American Physical Society award to Women Supporting Women in the Sciences (WS2).
UCLA Engineering Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Rapid 3D Printing Processes for Electronic Components
Xiaoyu “Rayne” Zheng, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
UCLA Computational Biologist Named ISCB Fellow
Eran Halperin, UCLA professor of computer science, human genetics, computational medicine and anesthesiology, has been elected as a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
$1 Million Gift from Manizheh Yomtoubian Establishes Faculty Chair at UCLA Engineering
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has received a $1 million gift from longtime UCLA health care practitioner and philanthropist Manizheh Yomtoubian.