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UCLA Engineering in the News
Top 20 Media Hits 2005-06
In an interview with USA Today,
computer science professor Rafail Ostrovsky said the CIA and the
National Security Agency are evaluating a program of his that would
let intelligence analysts search huge batches of intercepted communications
for keywords and other criteria, while discarding messages that
don’t apply. The research also was covered by the Associated Press,
MSNBC, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sydney Morning
Herald, and numerous others. June 18, 2006
The Los Angeles Times
reports on environmental engineering professor Jennifer Jay’s research
on the dangers of bacteria in the sand at beaches, even when the
water is clean. Her lab’s work was also covered by ABC, NBC, CBS,
The Washington Post, National Public Radio, Forbes,
and many other outlets. May 23, 2006
PC World (Australia)
reports on UCLA’s spin-wave pioneers, adjunct professor Mary Mehrnoosh
Eshaghian-Wilner, professor Kang Wang, researcher Alexander Khitun,
and graduate researcher Roman Ostroumov, who believe that the creation
of “spin-wave” nano-packets can be used to build a fully interconnected
network of processors on a single chip. May 5, 2006
Popular Mechanics
features musclebot research by bioengineering professor Carlo Montemagno’s
lab. May 2006
In a feature on Vijay K. Dhir, dean of UCLA Engineering, IndUS
Business Journal highlights his accomplishments.
“He has already made an impression on both the computer chip and
nuclear industries with his work on boiling heat transfer and nuclear
reactor thermal hydraulics and safety.” April 15, 2006
Ivanhoe Broadcast News,
a subscription service for major national TV news outlets across
the U.S., covered new technologies developed by CENS researchers
and deployed in the wilderness: a fleet of robotic sensors to monitor
environmental changes. April 2006
The Seismic Design Challenge, a highlight of the American Society
of Civil Engineers student conference hosted by UCLA Engineering
was featured on CNN Headline News.
The competition was also covered by ABC News, NBC News, CBS News,
Fox News, and many other local and national outlets. April 1, 2006
Electrical Engineering Times
covered the launch of the Western Institute of Nanoelectronics a
new center at UCLA that will advance research of spintronics. UCLA
Engineering is partnering with Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa
Barbara on a technology that could lead to computers that begin
working as soon as the power comes on. Also covered by UPI Wire,
CNET.news, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Business Journal,
and numerous other outlets. March 9, 2006
USA Today
interviewed mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Vijay
Gupta about runway conditions at Chicago’s Midway International
Airport on December 8 when a Southwest Airlines jet crashed. March
2, 2006
A collaborative effort between mechanical engineering professor
Greg Carman and pediatric cardiologists at Mattel Children’s Hospital
at UCLA was featured in The Engineer.
The team is using thin film nitinol to develop a collapsible heart
valve for children. This research also was covered in numerous national
medical trades. February 15, 2006
KABC 7 TV interviewed
chemical and biomolecular engineering chair Vasilios Manousiouthakis
about hydrogen fuel options as part of their coverage of President
Bush’s State of the Union Address. February 2, 2006
UCLA Engineering Dean Vijay K. Dhir was interviewed by The
Chronicle of Higher Education about the decline
in enrollments of foreign students. He stressed the importance of
foreign students in bringing new perspectives to difficult problems
and said it must be made easier for students to study in the U.S.
for the country to remain competitive. November 18, 2005
The New York Times
interviewed Leonard Kleinrock, a computer scientist at UCLA who
did pioneering research in data packet switching, the fundamental
technique underlying networks, about an international dispute over
control of the Internet. – November 14, 2005
National Public Radio affiliate KPCC
featured electrical engineering professor Abeer Alwan’s computer
speech research, focusing on an experimental language evaluation
program in development with LAUSD to assess children’s language
skills. October 17, 2005
ABC National News covered
a new organic photovoltaic cell developed by materials science professor
Yang Yang and his lab that uses a polymer, or plastic, material
in a unique way. Their research also was featured by the Associated
Press, National Public Radio, MIT Technology Review, UPI
Wire, InovaçÇo Tecnológica and numerous other outlets around
the world. October 11, 2005
The Los Angeles Times
interviewed members of UCLA’s Golem Group, which competed in the
DARPA Grand Challenge, a race of autonomous ground vehicles. October
5, 2005
Mechanical and aerospace professor Rajit Gadh was interviewed by
The Wall Street Journal
about microwave as an alternative for wireless voice and data transmission.
September 22, 2005
Time Magazine
interviewed civil engineering professor Jonathan Stewart about the
levees in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. He also was interviewed
by KNX 1070 News Radio, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and by
other outlets. September 12, 2005
Computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock was interviewed by
The New York Times
about a new network test bed that would allow scientists to make
measurements and test new design ideas. August 29, 2005
Scientific American
featured electrical engineering professor Bahram Jalali’s novel
silicon laser research. August 2005 |
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