UCLA Alum’s App at the Forefront of Telemedicine
After experiencing a longer-than-expected wait time for a physician to see their two toddlers, alum Nick Desai and his wife, Dr. Renee Dua, decided to found Heal, a mobile-app company that provides medical house calls by doctors.
Dean’s Message to Class of 2020
There are few milestones in life as momentous as a college commencement that celebrates your hard work and achievements. I am well aware of the rigor and diligence required to earn a degree in engineering at UCLA, especially for the graduating class this year.
In Memoriam: Edward K. Rice, 94, Leader in Concrete and Building Technologies
Edward K. Rice, an innovator in concrete and building technologies who led major civil engineering firms and was an ardent supporter of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died on May 8, 2020, in his Los Angeles home.
UCLA Student Club Honored by World’s Largest Educational and Scientific Computing Society
The Association for Computing Machinery has honored the UCLA student chapter with its Outstanding School Service Award for 2020.
UCLA and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop First Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail snapping crisply in the wind.
Caltrans Awards $1.5 million to UCLA for Seismic Geohazard Research Program
The California Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.5 million research contract to the UCLA Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3) to establish the Seismic Geohazard Research Program.
ESUC Calls for Nominations of Annual Student Group of the Year Awards
Each year, the Engineering Society of UCLA (ESUC) hosts the Student Group of the Year Awards, commemorating exceptional student organizations within the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
Students Share Tips on Moving Annual Hackathon Online
Computer science majors Rebecca Xu and Sriram Balachandran, co-executive directors of LA Hacks, had to transition the hackathon to a virtual environment — no easy feat.
Tech Gala Recognizes Top Student Computer Science Projects
Held in the winter quarter, several weeks before the California issued stay-at-home order, UCLA computer science students showcased their projects to professors, industry judges and other students at Covel Commons during the Association of Computing Machinery’s flagship annual event: Tech Gala.








