Research team led by Pirouz Kavehpour to develop breathalyzer-like diagnostic test for COVID-19
National Science Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to support the work A research team led by Pirouz Kavehpour, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, is developing an inexpensive and fast breathalyzer-like...
Khalid Jawed: UCLA and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop First Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail snapping crisply in the wind. Collaborators from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Carnegie Mellon...
Pirouz Kavehpour’s new paper is chosen as Editor’s Pick for Physics of Fluids
UCLA MAE Professor Pirouz Kavehpour's new paper "Closed-form theoretical model of the secondary drop size in partial coalescence—Capturing pertinent timescales and viscous forces" was chosen as Editor's Pick for the journal Physics of Fluids. The paper was written...
Tim Fisher implements microcontrollers into lab course to facilitate remote learning
UCLA MAE Chair Tim Fisher has implemented microcontrollers into his laboratory course to facilitate remote learning. From the Daily Bruin: Timothy Fisher, the chair of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department, planned to implement microcontrollers, or small...
Rajit Gadh: A.I. for Contact Tracing and Distancing to study indoor spread of COVID-19
Introduction: The UCLA WINMEC (Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium) has been researching the use of wireless communications technologies using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) with IOT (Internet of Things) to estimate distance between...
Math/MAE Professor Andrea Bertozzi, Math Professor Mason Porter earn NSF grant to calculate COVID-19 transmission rates
Uncertainty about COVID-19 transmission rates has been one of the major challenges for health care systems in the United States and around the world. UCLA mathematics professors Andrea Bertozzi and Mason Porter will use mathematical modeling, incorporating the...
UCLA Engineers Develop Simpler, Faster Way to Build Complex & Better-Performing 3D Electronics
UCLA engineers have developed a faster, simpler 3D-printing technique to build electronics, trimming their manufacturing time from hours down to a few minutes. The method can be used to print electronics into complex shapes in volumes that could be used for antenna...
To the Rescue: UCLA Bioengineers Create Reusable COVID-19 Face Shields
First responders and health care workers have been putting their lives on the line to treat the tidal wave of COVID-19 patients flooding emergency rooms and intensive care units. Meanwhile, hospitals across the country are facing a shortage of medical-grade personal...
UCLA Engineers Develop First-Ever Drag-Reduction Technology for Boats
Credit-card-sized “superhydrophobic” surface has microscopic grooves that trap air and reduce water friction by 30%. A research team from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has demonstrated that a specially designed surface is able to reduce friction from flowing...