UCLA computer science professor, Amit Sahai, has received $1.5 million in support from NTT Research, a division of NTT to support his research on the leading edge of cryptography, the field of secure communications.

Bioengineering doctoral student Joseph de Rutte overcame the odds to win this year’s $10,000 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, becoming only the second student to ever win the prize in its 16-year history.

John D. Mackenzie, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering who made pioneering contributions to glass and ceramics processing, died Feb. 19, after a brief illness. He was 94.

Leonard Kleinrock, distinguished professor of computer science and one of the world’s foremost internet pioneers, was awarded the UCLA Medal, , the campus’s highest honor, for his remarkable contributions in providing the intellectual foundation for the modern technical age.

Freeman Shen is founder, CEO and chairman of WM Motor, a Shanghai-based electric vehicle company. Established in 2015, WM Motor has been called a unicorn, with investments exceeding $1 billion and multinational conglomerates…

William A. Goddard III is the Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Applied Physics and director of the Materials and Process Simulation Center at the California Institute of Technology.

Jonathan Arenberg, a triple-Bruin, will receive the 2020 UCLA Samueli Professional Achievement Award for his accomplishments in the aerospace industry and his passion for sharing science with fellow Bruins and others.