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Master of engineering graduate aims to use data science to improve lives
Lea Alcantara, who will receive her degree this summer, has helped build community among UCLA’s first MEng cohort.
UCLA provides grants to enhance understanding of Black life and racial disparities
As part of the campus’s ‘Rising to the Challenge’ pledge, nine projects have received funding, with more on the way.
$5 million from Boeing will support UCLA quantum science and technology research
The funds will support faculty at the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.
UCLA to host artificial intelligence program in collaboration with Break Through Tech
Engineering Dean Jayathi Murthy said the program will expand equitable access for students from diverse backgrounds to harness the power of AI.
$2 million from Pritzker Foundation establishes chair in sustainability at UCLA Engineering
Gaurav Sant, director of the Institute for Carbon Management at UCLA, was appointed the inaugural chairholder.
UCLA Engineering receives $21 million pledge from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The funds will support research by the Institute for Carbon Management on climate change solutions.
Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone
The device assesses cortisol levels found in sweat accurately, noninvasively and in real time.
UCLA Engineering online master’s program ranked No. 1 for veterans
U.S. News & World Report also rates the online engineering program as the best in the nation among public universities.
New way to make microparticles could accelerate drug development, production of new cell strains
Research brief: UCLA scientists were able to produce nanoliter-sized droplets at a rate 10 times faster than the current standard.
2021 reflections: In an amazing year of achievements, nothing topped the return to campus
Professors continued helping us better understand our world with their research, students kept excelling and UCLA showed how it helps make Los Angeles a world-class city.
43 UCLA scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021
The list is compiled based on research citations from 2010 to 2020.
‘You belong’: How first-gen students have succeeded in STEM
UCLA faculty and doctoral students reflect on challenges and offer advice to undergraduates.
UCLA and Amazon join forces to create Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence
The center will engage UCLA faculty and Amazon AI specialists working to address society’s mot pressing challenges.
3D imaging study reveals how atoms are packed in amorphous materials
The UCLA-led research could revise a 70-year-old model of how the fundamental building blocks of substances are assembled.
STROBE nano-imaging center receives $22.5 million renewal from NSF
The center, co-led by UCLA and headquartered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is developing the microscopes of tomorrow.
In memoriam: Ivan Catton, 86, influential heat transfer expert
The professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering joined the UCLA faculty in 1967.
Soft Focus: A Flexible Future for Robots
UCLA engineers lay the groundwork for machines with astounding abilities.
Team led by UCLA professor wins $7.5 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE
Researchers led by Gaurav Sant developed technology to turn carbon dioxide into concrete.
Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships
UCLA had more faculty honored than any other university.
Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
A UCLA-led team of researchers captured the structure of metallic glass.
AI Helps Break Down Conspiracy Theories
Computer engineers’ artificial intelligence tool helps users decide whether a narrative is true or false.
Breakthroughs and Discoveries
UCLA’s research enterprise illustrates the incredible reach and continued impact of our scholarship.
In memoriam: Tatsuo Itoh, 80, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering
Itoh led breakthroughs in using the microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for electronics and communication technologies.
$1 million gift from Manizheh Yomtoubian establishes faculty chair at UCLA Engineering
Dr. Arash Naeim, an oncologist and bioengineer, has been selected to hold the new endowed chair.