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Englekirk Gift Establishes Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering

Englekirk Gift Establishes Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Robert Englekirk MS ’65, PhD ’70 and Natalie Englekirk have committed to a $500,000 gift, matched by the University of California Office of the President, to create the Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural...

UCLA Researchers Create Super-Strong, Lightweight New Metal

UCLA Researchers Create Super-Strong, Lightweight New Metal

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more By Matthew Chin A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...

UCLA researchers develop ‘metasurface’ laser for terahertz range

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA graduate student researcher Luyao Xu, first author of research demonstrating a VECSEL in the terahertz range.   Advance could create new class of lasers for possible use in aerospace and law enforcement...

Two Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Two Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Inventors

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors – James C. Liao, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical...

Al Couvillon, longtime UCLA Engineering supporter, 75

Al Couvillon, longtime UCLA Engineering supporter, 75

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Lucien “Al” Couvillon, Jr. '62, MS '66, who made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and was a longtime member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and...

Making a Home from Materials on Mars

Making a Home from Materials on Mars

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA team aims to build prototype habitat with materials found on Red Planet for NASA contest’s next stage By Matthew Chin Buoyed by their success in the first stage of a recent NASA challenge, a team of UCLA engineers and...

Gerla Named to Postel Chair in Networking

Gerla Named to Postel Chair in Networking

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Mario Gerla, distinguished professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Networking. The chair was established by the late...

New 3-D Printing Method Creates Complex Micro Objects

New 3-D Printing Method Creates Complex Micro Objects

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA bioengineers develop a way to make objects smaller than a human hair By Matthew Chin  Bioengineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method of 3-D printing that...

Lab to Real Life: Di Carlo Launches Biotech Firms

Lab to Real Life: Di Carlo Launches Biotech Firms

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]For bioengineering professor Dino Di Carlo, publishing a paper is not the endgame in doing research, and earning a degree is just the beginning for students. Di Carlo has helped launch three biotechnology companies based...

UCLA Engineer Magazine Fall 2015

UCLA Engineer Magazine Fall 2015

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The Fall 2015 issue of UCLA Engineer magazine is now online. In 2015 the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science celebrates 70 years of groundbreaking research and rigorous engineering education. A...