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First-Gen Latinx Engineering Ph.D. Student Leads Research on Water Quality in Belize
While the rest of the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ileana Callejas ’18, M.S. ’19 kept busy studying how the sudden drop in tourism was affecting the waters off the coast of Belize.
Civil Engineering Professor on National Academies Committee to Improve Resilience of Transportation Systems
Henry Burton, UCLA’s Englekirk Presidential Endowed Chair in Structural Engineering, was appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve on a 12-person committee
UCLA Engineering Student, Alumnus Selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows
Recent UCLA Samueli School of Engineering computer science graduate Yash Moondhra ’21 and current computer science student Sriram Balachandran have been selected as 2021 Kleiner Perkins Fellows.
UCLA a Key Partner in New $15 Million NSF Consortium Promoting Tech Innovation
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, along with seven other universities in the Western United States, received a $15 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to advance commercialization of technological
Artificial Intelligence Re-stained Images of Tissue Biopsy Expedite Diagnoses
In lifesaving situations, expedient and accurate diagnostic tools are critical to aid pathologists in examining biopsied tissue samples looking for signs of diseases. UCLA engineers found a new path to achieve that
Transportation Equity Expert to Join UCLA Engineering, Public Affairs Faculty
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes Tierra Bills, who specializes in the socioeconomic impacts of transportation decisions, to its faculty as an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Bills
Two UCLA Engineering Professors Receive 2021 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
Professor Laurent Pilon and adjunct professor Wilbur “Webb” Marner of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been awarded the 2021
UCLA Chemists and Chemical Engineers Demonstrate Promising Method for Faster Drug Discovery
UCLA chemists and chemical engineers have combined two scientific techniques – one that sifts through mountains of complex genomic data and another that images molecular
UCLA Engineering Club Builds Solar-Powered Homes for Jordanian Refugee Camp
A group of UCLA students and recent graduates have brought safe and low-cost housing to refugees in Jordan by harnessing the power of the sun.
UCLA Engineering Student Uses Drone Sensing in Prescribed Burns to Prevent Wildfires
As California and other states continue to battle extreme heat this fire season, Kevin Schwarm, who is pursuing a Ph.D. at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been fighting fire with fire
MAE Professor Part of Team to Lead $15M NASA Space Propulsion Research Institute
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering professor Richard Wirz, a veteran researcher in space propulsion technologies, is leading the modeling and integration team for a recently established five-year,