10 questions for Bruin Astronaut Megan McArthur
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA Engineering alum K. Megan McArthur '93 gives a first person perspective from space, gives advice to young engineers By Matthew Chin and Judy Lin When Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-125 lifted off May 11 for NASA’s...
DOE to Fund Multimillion-Dollar Energy Research Center at UCLA Engineering
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout A leader in research on sustainable energy and clean technology, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will now be home to a new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier...
Tech Forum 2009 Highlights
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]On April 23, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held Tech Forum 2009, the school's annual research showcase. This year's program was highlighted by three keynote speakers. Vinod Khosla, of the...
World’s Fastest Camera Relies on an Entirely New Type of Imaging
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Ultrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such...
UCLA Computer Science Professor Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Demetri Terzopoulos, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Terzopoulos' research encompasses computer...
Fill ‘er up: Prof Awarded $2.1 Million to Build Hydrogen Fueling Station at UCLA
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Vasilios Manousiouthakis, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been awarded $2.1 million in grant funding to...
Computer Science Professor Lixia Zhang, Leading Internet Researcher, to Receive IEEE Internet Award
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomWork has led to the improved efficiency and security of data transmission over the Internet Lixia Zhang, a researcher whose work on Internet architecture has led to improved protocol designs and security, is being...
Kang L. Wang Receives 2009 SIA University Research Award
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Electrical engineering professor Kang L. Wang has received the 2009 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) University Researcher Award, presented at the annual SIA Washington conference on March 12. Wang is the Raytheon...
Two UCLA Engineering Faculty Win 2009 Sloan Fellowship
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been awarded a 2009 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships are awarded to “exceptional...