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Professor Jason Speyer Named First Holder of Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering
Jason Speyer, a distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the inaugural holder of the school's Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering.
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NASA Chief to Speak at UCLA Engineering Commencement
The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr., a former combat pilot and Space Shuttle astronaut who now serves as administrator of the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will speak at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science 2013 commencement ceremony.
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2013 Commencement Student Award Winners Named
Several students honored with school-wide and department awards at the 2013 UCLA Engineering Commencement have been named. Top school-wide honors include the Outstanding Bachelor of Science Award, the Student Commencement Speaker, the Harry M. Showman Prizes, and the Russell R. O'Neill Distinguished Service Award.
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UCLA Engineering Opens New NSF-Funded "Collaboratories"
In April, with the support of the
National Science Foundation, UCLA Engineering completed four new
collaboratories – in sustainable fuels, pollution solutions and nanomaterials for
harnessing energy and improving healthcare, as well as a virtual lab in which sensors track
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Professor Jason Ernst: 2013 CAREER Award
Assistant Professor Jason Ernst (biological chemistry and computer science) has received a 2013 Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation for "expanding the dimensions of computational epigenomic modeling and analysis."
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Liao Wins International Award for Renewable Energy Research
James C. Liao, UCLA's Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor and chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, has been named a co-winner of the 2013 Eni Prize for renewable energy research by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in Milan. The award, which comes with a total of 200,000 Euros, or about $260,000, will be presented on June 27 at the presidential palace in Rome, to Liao and co-winner Frances Arnold of Caltech.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Receives Award from DuPont
Shaily
Mahendra, an assistant professor of civil and environmental
engineering, has been selected as a 2013 DuPont Young Professor. The
DuPont Young Professor program is designed to help promising young and non-tenured research faculty working in areas of interest to DuPont to
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Electrical Engineering Professor Receives Early Career Awards from Intel, UCLA
Lara
Dolecek, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received
early career faculty awards from Intel and from UCLA. The Intel award was
established to help Intel connect with the best and brightest early
career faculty members at the top universities around the world. The
UCLA Faculty Career Development Award is a competitive, campus-wide
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UCLA Bioengineers Simplify Fluid Flows by Removing Complex Math
A research team led by UCLA bioengineers has developed a way to program and control the shape of fluids flowing through pipes or conduits without the need to solve complex and time-consuming fluid-motion equations.
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Study Finds that Bacteria Organize According to Rich-Get-Richer Principle
Bacteria on a surface often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out that they organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to many economies, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, Northwestern University and the University of Washington.
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UCLA Researchers Win International Award for New Water Treatment Membrane
A groundbreaking membrane material developed at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received an international award for innovation at one of the water industry’s largest global conferences. The new technology holds great promise for cleaning up municipal and industrial wastewaters, in particular the water that is co-produced during oil and gas extraction.
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Professor Participates in Milken Institute 2013 Global Conference (video)
Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering, was on a panel titled "Bioscience Innovations that will Blow Your Mind" at the Milken Institute's 2013 Global Conference, held last month. The panel also included David Baltimore, a Nobel Laureate in medicine and physiology and former Caltech president, and Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. Professor Ozcan's presentation begins at 39 minutes in.
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UCLA Electrical Engineer to Develop Next-Generation Collision Avoidance Systems
Electrical engineering professor Paulo Tabuada will lead the development of technologies to improve safety and reliability of cars moving at high speeds. The NSF-funded research will have broad applications to other systems that operate and come across unsafe conditions.
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Healthcare Start-Up Wins ITA Student Venture Contest
A company founded by UCLA students to develop a non-invasive test for life-threatening brain injuries took the $30,000 first prize in the inaugural Student Entrepreneur Venture Competition on May 23. Neural Analytics won the contest sponsored by the Institute for Technology Advancement at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Graduate Student wins Broadcom Foundation University Research Competition
Rod Yanghyo Kim, a UCLA graduate student in electrical engineering, was awarded first place and $10,000 at the Broadcom Foundation University Research Competition. Kim's project demonstrated how hollow plastic-based wave cable transceivers in consumer electronics devices can be adapted to enable greater bandwidth.
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Dinners Honor Graduating Seniors and Graduate Students
In May, UCLA Engineering held dinners for graduating seniors and graduate students. The students celebrated the end of the academic year, acknowledged students who received department and school-wide honors, and recognize the efforts of the Senior Class Campaign and the Graduate Student Campaign.
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AI Pioneer Pearl Named Distinguished Visiting Professor at Technion IIT
Professor Judea Pearl has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Department at Technion — Israel Institute of Technology. This appointment, which will foster collaborative research in the areas of robotics and machine learning, will be greatly beneficial to both Technion and UCLA.
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Electrical Engineering Professor Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee
John Villasenor, professor of electrical engineering and public policy, testified last month before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Villasenor, also a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, is an expert on the policy of emerging technologies. His submitted testimony is available here (PDF).
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Professor Jason Cong: Keynote Speaker at ISCAS 2013
Jason Cong, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science, presented the keynote speech, Computing Beyond Processors, at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) held last month in Beijing. ISCAS is the world's premier networking forum for leading researchers in the highly active fields of theory, design, and implementation of circuits and systems.
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BEAM Student Group Recognized by UCLA for Excellence in Civic Engagement
Building Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) at UCLA was selected by the UCLA Volunteer Center Fellows to receive the Spring 2013 Mongelli Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement. BEAM is a group of students interested in science, technology, engineering and math, with a passion for bringing science and engineering education to Los Angeles schools.
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Two Engineering Post-Docs Receive 2013 Chancellor's Award
UCLA Engineering postdoctoral scholars Aram Chung and Eric Diebold are among eight winners of the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research at UCLA.
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UCLA CalGeo Student Chapter Named Best Student Chapter
The UCLA CalGeo Student Chapter was awarded the Rising Star Award by the California Geotechnical Engineers Association during its annual meeting in Yosemite National Park, held last month.
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Mechanical Engineering Grad Student Named Finalist in Water District Competition
Jennifer Fox (M.S., Mechanical Engineering) submitted her graduate research project to the Metropolitan Water District's Third Annual Spring Green Exposition held last month. Her project, a soil moisture sensor irrigation control system, was selected to be featured as a student exhibition at the exposition along with projects by 29 other Southern California students.
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Grad student Raises $1.6 million for Biofuel Startup Based on Research from Chih-Ming Ho’s Micro System Laboratories
In April 2013, UCLA MAE Ph.D. student Wei Yu raised $1.6 million in series A venture capital for Lyxia Corp., a biofuel startup based on research from UCLA mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Chih-Ming Ho’s Micro System Laboratories. Ho holds the Ben-Rich Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair.
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High School Senior/UCLA Student Researcher Places High in County Science Fair
Cynthia Yin was awarded 4th place in the 2013 Ventura County Science Fair’s (VCSF) Senior Division Human Biology category. Yin, a rising senior at Westlake High School, is continuing her third year as a SINAM (Center for Scalable and Integrated NanoManufacturing) student researcher in UCLA Micro Systems Laboratory under Professor Ho.
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The Scientist (U.K.)
Mobile Microscopes
Aydogan Ozcan, an associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted in an article on mobile microscopy in the developing world.
NBCNews.com
Should FBI Manhunts Use Drones? U.S. Lawmakers Debate
John Villasenor, UCLA professor of electrical engineering and public policy, was quoted in an NBCNews.com article on a Congressional hearing where he testified as an expert witness. The hearing covered unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, and related privacy concerns. Villasenor was also quoted on the topic in: Scientific American; The Christian Science Monitor; The Daily Beast; CBS News; The Atlantic, and the Marketplace radio program.
BBC Future
Flying cars: Radical Concept Design Aims High
A BBC Future article last month that explored the prospect of flying cars included observations by Mario Gerla, UCLA professor of computer science.
Topanga Messenger
Topanga Beach Water Quality Update: What Microbes Can Tell Us About Water Quality
The Topanga Messenger highlighted research and related outreach efforts led by Jennifer Jay, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, on finding the sources of high bacteria levels in the water at Topanga Beach. The article also notes that UCLA undergraduates are mentoring students from nearby Topanga Elementary School.
KPCC 89.3 Offramp
Celebrating and Preserving the Watts Towers
The Watts Towers are Los Angeles cultural icons facing deterioration because of wind, sun, rain and other factors. Civil and Environmental Engineering professors Ertugrul Taciroglu and Robert Nigbor are working with LACMA to preserve the towers.
Gizmag
New Techniques to Make Viral Load Tests Cheaper, Faster and Portable
Newly developed optical techniques being developed by two independent teams could deliver cheaper and faster viral load tests that could be carried out in a medical office, hospital or even in the field. Professor Ozcan's research is featured.
KNBC-Channel 4
Washington Collapse Raises Questions About California's Bridge Safety
Jian Zhang, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, was quoted in an KNBC-Channel 4 story on bridge safety, following news in Washington state of a bridge collapse on Interstate 5.
LiveScience
Why I love . . . Megapixels (Op-Ed)
In an op-ed at LiveScience, Professor Ozcan writes about the increase in imaging resolution of cell phone cameras, and what that means for mobile healthcare applications.
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June 12, 2013
