UCLA Engineering in the News 2003-04 Media Highlights The New York Times focused on a team of researchers led by computer science professor Mario Gerla who are designing a wireless network -- an Internet in the Sky -- that can allow thousands of unmanned vehicles to communicate during combat missions. The article appeared July 11, 2002. A front-page article in the Los Angeles Times' Business section featured the Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration, a new multidisciplinary research center led by Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Chih-Ming Ho and Bioengineering Chair Carlo Montemagno. The article appeared February 5, 2003. Professor C.J. Kim's lab was featured in a National Geographic Explorer/MSNBC production, Secret Weapons, which focused on animals and plants that have evolved to be nature's warriors. Kim, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been developing micro-devices inspired by the insects that flourish in the miniature world. The program aired several times during March 2003. Deborah Estrin, professor of computer science and director of the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS), was featured in Forbes in an article about miniature sensor networks that will allow the monitoring of everything from patient health to structural flaws in buildings. The article appeared in the October 2002 issue. Articles on CENS have also appeared in Science Magazine, ZD Net, and MIT Technology Review, among other publications in the past year. The Los Angeles Business Journal wrote about electrical engineering professor Jack Judy and his design of a MEMS magnetometer capable of detecting the presence of military equipment such as tanks, trucks, or even a soldier with a rifle, to depths of 100 feet below ground. The article appeared in June 2002. A special episode of The History Channel's This Week in History, focusing on the world's greatest inventors, was filmed on location at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Between inventor profiles, viewers were shown the School's new bioengineering research facilities and the computer that computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock used to transmit the first message sent over the Internet. The program aired December 27, 2002. Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Rajit Gadh wrote about the benefits and potential pitfalls for Wi-Fi applications in Computerworld, the first of an occasional series of columns. The column ran in the February 2003 issue. Computer science professor Petros Faloutsos appeared on The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet program for a special episode about his virtual stuntman, a computer-generated simulation that uses a combination of physics-based and kinematic techniques to accurately perform dangerous movie stunts. The program aired in November 2002. Faloutsos also appeared on CNN, BBC World Service, and local television in 2002 and on Gamer TV in January 2003. Electrical engineering professor Vwani Roychowdhury was interviewed on BBC Radio about the results of a study conducted with colleague Mikhail Simkin, which suggested that many of the references cited in scientific papers have not been read by the authors citing them, according to an analysis of how errors in citations propagate through the literature. The interview aired May 30, 2003. Articles on the study also appeared in The Guardian and Nature. Professor Thomas Hahn, chair of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department, was on the air during ABC Sports coverage of the Stanley Cup hockey finals between the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and the New Jersey Devils. Hahn lightheartedly speculated on the added power of the game's newest composite material hockey sticks during two special segments that aired during games five and six of the tournament. The segments aired June 7 and 9, 2003.