By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential. Organic polymers can...
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New Café by the SEAS is a big hit
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]In January, Café by the SEAS opened in a new larger and brighter space on Boelter Hall’s 5th floor breezeway, just across from its previous location. The new location has been a hit with students. More tables and outlets...
Lixia Zhang Named to UCLA’s Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Lixia Zhang, a professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the holder of the school's Jonathan B. Postel Chair in Computer...
UCLA-Peking University summer Program Emphasizes Hands-On Research with Global Perspective
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin For students at UCLA, particularly in engineering and the sciences, two popular options for summer is participating in an undergraduate research program, or a study abroad program. A joint program between...
UCLA Engineering professor’s startup begins full-scale operations after receiving $2.5 million
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has garnered a great deal of media attention and...
Professor’s Cell Phone Microscope Honored as Best Innovation of 2011
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout A groundbreaking imaging technology developed by UCLA Engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan that can turn a simple cell phone into a powerful microscope has been named the top innovation of 2011 by...
Building the Smart Grid of the Future: UCLA Teams with Korea’s Energy Research Institute
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Imagine a home in which every appliance — computer, television, washing machine, refrigerator, air conditioner — can carry on a minute-by-minute "conversation" with the local power grid, allowing...
New Engineering Student Mentorship Program Helps New Students Ease into University Life
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin All UCLA Engineering students are admitted after having proven themselves by earning top grades in the classroom. However, navigating university life is more than just classes and labs, homework and...
Emerging Contaminants in the Water? Microbes to the Rescue
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Now, as new threats of environmental contaminants are being identified, UCLA civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Shaily Mahendra is investigating their environmental implications, and...
UCLA Graduate Students Bring Clean Energy Workshops to High School Classrooms
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Energy takes work. Hard work, and a lot of it, in fact. That’s the starting point in the EnGen Roadshow, a presentation to Los Angeles-area high school science classes created by several UCLA graduate...
UCLA Researchers Enhance Graphene to Enable Multicolor Photodetection
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Work could improve image sensors, biosensors and communications By Wileen Wong Kromhout UCLA RESEARCH ALERT FINDINGS: Graphene, a one-atom–thick layer of carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, is seen as an attractive...
7 UCLA professors named fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering distinguished professor William Yeh selected as one of the seven Seven UCLA scholars have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest...