Washington Post: Bringing the Chill of the Cosmos to a Warming Planet
The Washington Post recently featured Aaswath Raman, a UCLA Samueli assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and his research using natural radiative cooling to lower temperature without generating greenhouse gas emissions that plague our ecosystem.
UCLA Scientists Pioneer Faster and Cheaper COVID-19 Testing Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for scientists at UCLA Health to begin using a new method of COVID-19 detection using sequencing technology called SwabSeq.
Computer Science Alumna on Career at Google and YouTube
After graduating from UCLA Samueli in 2018 with a degree in computer science, Apurva Panse joined Google as an associate product manager on ChromeOS. Today, she works at YouTube as a product manager on the “Responsibility” team. We caught up with Apurva to see how she’s doing.
Engineer Awarded NIH Innovative Grant to Develop AI-Driven Brain-Machine Interfaces
Jonathan Kao, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has received a Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Professor Emeritus Honored with Bronze Star for Meritorious Service in WWII
Prior to his 35-year tenure at UCLA Samueli, Chemical Engineering Professor Emeritus Eldon Knuth helped liberate the city of Metz, France, while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.
UCLA Cryptographers Solve Two-Decade-Old Problem
A joint project sponsored by NTT Research with cryptographers from UCLA and University of Washington has solved a 20-year-old problem involving indistinguishability obfuscation.
UCLA, Aerospace Accelerator Starburst Win Federal Grant to Launch Innovation Hub
UCLA and Starburst, a leading global aerospace and defense accelerator, have been awarded a 2020 Venture Challenge grant of $1.4 million by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Common Antioxidant Enzyme May Provide Potential Treatment for COVID-19
Researchers from UCLA and China have found that catalase, a naturally occurring enzyme, holds potential as a low-cost therapeutic drug to treat COVID-19 symptoms and suppress the replication of coronavirus inside the body.
Mechanical Engineering Alum Shares Insight on Life at Tesla
Soon after graduating from UCLA Samueli in 2014 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Matt Kurihara joined Tesla as an intern. Six years later, he’s a senior mechanical design engineer at the company’s Palo Alto office. We caught up with him and see how he’s doing.








