A team led by Prof. Pirouz Kavehpour, including Prof. Mitchell Spearrin, received awards from the Technology Development Group of UCLA to develop SNIFR, an AI-based artificial nose designed to detect Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) early in infants.
Thirteen researchers at UCLA have been named recipients of awards from the 2023 UCLA Innovation Fund. These awards, which provide up to $150,000 per project, support early-stage research that leads to commercialization activities typically not funded by basic research...
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Parnian Hemmati accepted to UCLA T32 Training Program in NeuroTechnology Translation (TNT)
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Parnian Hemmati is accepted to the prestigious UCLA T32 Training Program in NeuroTechnology Translation (TNT) program. Parnian is among the 3 pre-doctoral students who got accepted to this fellowship program. TNT supports a new...
Synthetic Genes Engineered to Mimic How Cells Build Tissues and Structures
Nov 4, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular...
Associate Professor Lihua Jin awarded the 2025 SES Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal
Associate Professor Lihua Jin of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA has been selected to receive the 2025 Society of Engineering Science's Huajian Gao Young Investigator Medal for "exceptionally advancing the understanding of mechanics of stimuli-responsive...
MAE Ph.D. Candidate, Haonan Ling Awarded The Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Prize
Haonan Ling, MAE PhD’24, Awarded The Dimitris Chorafas Foundation Prize The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation awards scientific prizes for outstanding work in selected fields in the engineering sciences, medicine and the natural sciences. It rewards research...
MAE Ph.D. Candidate, Hiroto Odaka awarded the 2024 Honjo International Scholarship from Japan
Hiroto Odaka was awarded the 2024 Honjo International Scholarship from Japan. The Honjo International Scholarship is awarded to only a few select students among hundreds of applicants each year. Hiroto is a member of Prof. Kunihiko Taira’s research group and is a...
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D student Parnian Hemmati receives the Cohen Award for 2024 ISCST Conference
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D student Parnian Hemmati receives the Cohen Award for 2024 ISCST Conference. ISCST “Edward D. Cohen” Student Award supports students in gaining valuable experience by attending and presenting at the bi-annual ISCST Symposium, covering...
UCLA engineers become 6-time RoboCup soccer world champions
Team RoMeLa knocked out four opponents in six matches at an international tournament in the Netherlands
Professor Yongjie Hu and Team Report First Thermal Experiment on Moiré Pattern in Twisted Graphene for Engineering Quantum Devices
MAE Professor Yongjie Hu led a research team that has reported for the first time thermal measurements in twisted graphene and uncovered polarized phonon spectral transport with quantum coupling in Moiré pattern. Twisted van der Waals materials featuring Moiré...