Robert Candler Associate Dean, Research and Physical ResourcesRobert Candler is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, with joint appointments in the departments of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of...
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UCLA Engineering Professors Awarded University of California Grants to Spur Climate Action
Two UCLA Samueli School of Engineering professors have been selected to lead research projects funded by the California Climate Action Seed Grants and Matching Grants
Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park
Ah-Hyung "Alissa" ParkAh-Hyung “Alissa” Park is the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, with nearly 200 faculty members and more than 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to beginning her role at UCLA September 1, 2023,...
UCLA Engineering Professor, Alum Inducted into National Academy of Inventors
C.K. Ken Yang, a professor and chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, and alumnus
UCLA-Led Team Receives DOE Grant to Simulate Materials for Fusion Reactors
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a four-year, $12 million grant to a multi-institutional team led by UCLA researchers to simulate the long-term performance of materials in future fusion reactors.
UCLA Engineering Professor Awarded ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship
Yuzhang Li, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded
UCLA Engineering Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Establish Faculty Term Chairs
Double Bruin Mukund Padmanabhan M.S. ’89 Ph.D. ’92 has given $1 million to the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to create two new endowed faculty term chairs. Accompanied by a matching gift from the Samueli Foundation, this is the sixth major
UCLA Computer Science Alumnus Cracks Decade-Old Code, Wins Top Computing Award
Aayush Jain Ph.D. ’21, one of three researchers who achieved what Quanta Magazine called the “crown jewel” of cryptography in 2020, received the best doctoral dissertation award
From Aviation to Programming, a Rising Senior’s UCLA Journey Helps Him Discover His Passion
Jake Sager loved to fly. He was a precocious pilot. At 10 years old, he was soaring across the world, calling air traffic control on his radio as the landscape rolled by below, impossibly fast.
New Study Identifies Genes Linked to High Production of Key Antibody
A collaboration led by UCLA and the Seattle Children’s Research Institute has yielded new knowledge about the genes responsible for the production and release of immunoglobulin G
Two Assistant Professors Join UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has appointed two new faculty members with sustainability-focused research backgrounds to its Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
UCLA Engineering Alumnus Fang Lu Gifts $1M to Support Research
Triple Bruin engineer Fang Lu M.S. ’88, Engr. ’89, Ph.D. ’92 has been a generous supporter of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering over the past 15 years.