UCLA Researchers Develop New, Noninvasive AI Method to Inspect Live Cells and Gain Critical Data
Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have discovered a new artificial intelligence-based method to discern the properties of live biological cells without destroying them. The advance could enable laboratories to conduct drug-safety screening faster...
UCLA Aerospace Engineering Alumna to Pilot SpaceX Dragon on Return to Space
UCLA aerospace engineering alumna and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur ’93 will pilot the SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) this spring. Portrait of NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-2 Pilot Megan McArthur (Credit: NASA) Set to launch...
UCLA Engineering Alumna Plays Key Role in Mars Rover Launch
UCLA aerospace engineering alumna, Melony Mahaarachchi ’09, can add another win to her career achievements with the successful landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in February. As a lead mechanical, robotics and rocket engineer during her time at NASA’s Jet...
Professor Yongjie Hu’s Group: Self-Assembled Manufacturing for Thermal Management of Wearable Electronics and Robotics
As an emerging field, thermal management for wearable electronics and robots requires advanced building blocks to provide not only efficient heat dissipation but also high softness and flexibility. Using new materials, modeling design, and self-assembled...
Wirz Research Group Discovers a New Class of Materials: Plasma-Foams
Image caption: Plasma foams created by the Wirz Research Group. Inset photos L-R: Dr. Gary Li; Prof. Richard Wirz. Image credit: Wirz Research Group. Scientists and engineers have long searched for materials that can contain hot plasmas. Recently, researchers in the...
Dennis Hong: Spectrum News 1 Features UCLA Engineering Robotics Professor
Southern California’s Spectrum News 1 program “LA Stories with Giselle Fernandez” Monday featured UCLA Samueli robotics professor Dennis Hong. The Emmy Award-winning weekly series highlighted Hong’s teaching philosophy and...
Veronica Santos Co-PI in UC MRPI project on using advanced robots to address health care inequities
UCLA MAE Professor Veronica Santos will participate in a University of California Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) project on advanced robots to address inequities in health care. Santos is co-principal investigator on the MRPI project...
Richard Wirz and colleagues develop new cold plasma jet that can kill coronavirus in 30 seconds on multiple surfaces
Advance may offer safe and effective way to curb spread of COVID-19. UCLA engineers and scientists have demonstrated that treatments with near-room-temperature, cold atmospheric plasma can kill the coronavirus present on a variety of surfaces in as little as 30...
Peter Ferguson, Bionics Lab grad student, featured in Generation Genius video
Peter Ferguson, a graduate student in UCLA MAE Professor Jacob Rosen's Bionics Lab, was featured in a short video clip entitled "How To Be A Scientist (College & Careers)", produced by MEET GENERATION GENIUS, A New Tool For Teaching Science (a company owned by...