If you’ve taken a tour of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering lately, chances are you may have met fourth-year mechanical engineering student Aleksandra Dudek.
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In Visit to UCLA, National Science Foundation Director Emphasizes Accessibility and Inclusiveness
Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, met with UCLA students, faculty members and administrative leaders this week, offering words of inspiration on how researchers
From Lab to Market: A Bioengineering Alum’s Journey through Manufacturing Moderna COVID Vaccine
After graduating from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, Phillip Cox ’17 started working at a then small Boston-based startup that develops biotechnologies
UCLA Professor Receives NASA Early Career Award for Solar Sail Metamaterial Research
Artur Davoyan, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received an Early Career Faculty Award
UCLA Expert Warns Impacts of Extreme Heat Wave on California’s Energy Grid
As California and much of the West continue to grapple with the scorching heat wave that has shattered many records and wreaked havoc on the power grid, there are growing concerns for rolling blackouts and increased wildfires.
Researchers from UCLA, Morehouse College Receive NSF Grant for Quantum Research
A physicist at Morehouse College in Atlanta and an engineer at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have received a three-year, $798,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
UCLA and UC Irvine Research Team Receives NSF Grant for Pandemic Prediction
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine have received an 18-month, $996,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
Eric Hoek to Receive Top Water Research and Technology Prize
The National Water Research Institute has selected Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, as the
UCLA Computer Scientist Receives NSF CAREER Award to Improve Sustainability in Machine Learning
Baharan Mirzasoleiman, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award
Novel Privacy-Preserving Camera Captures Only Objects of Interest at Speed of Light
Over the past decade, digital cameras have become ubiquitous in nearly every aspect of modern living — embedded in smartphones, smart eyewear, security surveillance systems, autonomous vehicles and facial recognition technologies.
Remote Heart Rate Sensors Can Be Biased Against Darker Skin. A UCLA Team Offers a Solution
As telemedicine has grown more popular, so have devices that allow people to measure their vital signs from home and transmit the results by computer to their doctors.
UCLA-led Team Induces Cell Reprogramming Process with Mechanical Squeeze
UCLA bioengineers and colleagues have unveiled a fast, efficient and simple way to prime cells and help convert them from one type into another by squeezing them mechanically for a millisecond.