UCLA Engineering Alumnus, Asad M. Madni, to receive Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Asad M. Madni (‘69, M.S. ‘72), former president, COO and director of BEI Technologies, Inc. in Sylmar, Calif., will present the commencement address and receive the honorary Doctor of Science degree at the Faculty of...
UCLA Engineering’s CEED Awarded $25,000 for Student Participation in the Intel Innovation Challenge
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomIntel awarded UCLA Engineering’s Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED) $25,000 for its students’ impressive accomplishment of the Intel Innovation Challenge last month. The project asked the...
Researchers Engineer Metabolic Pathway in Mice to Prevent Diet-Induced Obesity
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout In recent years, obesity has taken on epidemic proportions in developed nations, contributing significantly to major medical problems, early death and rising health care costs. According to Centers...
Secret to Diet-induced Obesity Unlocked
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers engineer metabolic pathway in mice to prevent diet-induced obesity By Wileen Wong Kromhout In recent years, obesity has taken on epidemic proportions in developed nations, contributing significantly to major...
2009 NIPPON SHEET GLASS LECTURE
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomJean-Pierre Fleurial,Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech 10:30 a.m. to Noon, June 52101 Engineering V buildingRefreshments Will Be Served Thermoelectric Technology: Challenges and New Application Opportunities...
In Memoriam: Donald K. Edwards
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomDonald K. Edwards, a UCLA Engineering professor from 1959 to 1981, died on May 6 of complications from cancer. He was 76. Edwards was an internationally recognized expert in radiation heat transfer and in the...
In Memoriam: Walter C. Hurty
By UCLA Samueli Newsroomby J.S. Chen and Moshe Rubinstein Professor emeritus Walter C. Hurty died at the age of 98 at his home in Hemet, California on January 10, 2009. Professor Walter C. Hurty was an early pioneer in the aircraft...
UCLA Engineering Receives $2 Million Gift from Alumnus to Fund Carbon Nanotube Research
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout James L. Easton, chairman and CEO of sports equipment company Jas. D. Easton Inc., has given $2 million to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to fund research on...
Boeing Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer John J. Tracy to Deliver 2009 Commencement Address
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomJohn J. Tracy, senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology and chief technology officer for The Boeing Company, will address the 2009 graduates of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering...