3Qs – Sweat Tech with EE Professor Sam Emaminejad
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Sam Emaminejad, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has demonstrated a wearable biosensor that can be used in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other diseases. He and his colleagues showed that this...
Computer science Ph.D. student receives 2017 Google Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Computer science graduate student Muhammad Gulzar has received a Google Ph.D. Fellowship, in recognition of his promising research in big data debugging. He is one of 33 scholars across North America, Europe, and the...
Four UCLA Engineering students receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Four students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship. The competitive fellowship recognizes...
Aydogan Ozcan named Guggenheim Fellow
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering and Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, has been awarded a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship. He is one of...
UCLA Engineering to host Ben Horowitz MS ’90 on April 13
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will host Ben Horowitz MS ’90, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a top venture capital firm, in the final installment of the 2016-17 Ronald and Valerie...
$20 million gift from Samueli Foundation will support UCLA Engineering undergraduate scholarships and internships
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Donation puts UCLA Centennial Campaign over $3 billion mark The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a $20 million gift from the Samueli Foundation to support expanding the diversity of...
Retired Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Wanda Austin spoke to students on the future and importance of STEM
Dr. Wanda Austin, an internationally honored engineer and aerospace industry leader, spoke to a few hundred UCLA students Wednesday, as well as a number of faculty, staff and guests, as part of the Ronald and Valerie Sugar distinguished speaker series.
UCLA researchers make DNA detection portable, affordable using cellphones
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]System achieved comparable results to equipment costing tens of thousands of dollars more Researchers at UCLA have developed an improved method to detect the presence of DNA biomarkers of disease that is compatible with...
Stephanie Seidlits receives NSF CAREER Award for therapeutic biomaterials research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Research will study biomaterials to promote spinal cord regeneration Stephanie Seidlits, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a National...