
Benjamin Wu
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
BIOENGINEERING
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Professor and Chairman, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry; Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine; Director, Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology; Executive Director, Wireless Health Institute
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Email: benwu@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 794-7094
Fax: (310) 794-5956
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RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
EDUCATION
- DDS, University of Pacific, 1987
- Residency in Prosthodontics, Harvard University, 1995
- PhD, Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Active Fellow, Academy of Prosthodontics, 2007 – present
- Northrop Grumman Teaching Award, UCLA School of Engineering, 2004
- Faculty Service Award, UCLA Biomedical Engineering Student Society, 2003
- Research Enhancement Initiative Award, UCLA Academic Senate, 2001
- Dentist Scientist Award, NIH, 1992-1997
- Faculty Member, California NanoSystems Institute
- Faculty Member, UCLA Cardiovascular Stem Cell Research Center
- Faculty Member, UCLA Brain Research Institute
- Co-Director, Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology
COURSES
- Bioengr 10: Introduction to Bioengineering (Fall Quarter)
- Bioengr 180: System Integration in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine I (SIBEM I) (Winter Quarter)
- Bioengr 176: Principles of Biocompatibility (Spring Quarter)