The first year at any four-year university is a time of great transition and adjustment, whether students are entering from high school or community college.

Jonathan Kao, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty members in the early part of their careers.

Achuta Kadambi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Judea Pearl, professor of computer science and director of the Cognitive Systems Lab, has received his second Classic AIJ Paper Award presented by the AI Journal.

As the 2020-21 academic year is set to begin at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, Dean Jayathi Murthy offered a brief video welcome message, including a note of congratulations to new students on their hard work to earn admission.

Aviation Week Network announced today its 2020 Workforce Study, ranking UCLA No. 2 among universities where aerospace and defense companies invest the most in research and development.

Warren Bicknell Mori, a UCLA distinguished professor in the departments of physics and astronomy, and of electrical and computer engineering, has been honored as the 2020 recipient of the James Clerk Maxwell Prize from the American Physical Society.

Jason Alvarez-Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of Popl, a new company behind a smartphone accessory and app, which allows users to share their information with other phones wirelessly while maintaining social distancing.