Professor Mitchell Spearrin Awarded 2025 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

Professor Mitchell Spearrin has been recognized as the co-winner of the highly competitive Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award for 2025 from the International Combustion Institute....
Does Cell Nucleus Size Matter in Gene Activity? Researchers Say Yes

Does Cell Nucleus Size Matter in Gene Activity? Researchers Say Yes

This article was originally published by UCLA Samueli Newsroom A group of UCLA researchers has discovered that the size of a cell, especially its nucleus that holds the DNA can determine which genes are turned on or off. This breakthrough helps explain how cells...

UCLA Aerospace Engineering Ranked Among Top 10 Programs by US News

UCLA Aerospace Engineering Ranked Among Top 10 Programs by US News

The 2025 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings place UCLA Aerospace Engineering at #9 and Mechanical Engineering at #13 in the nation. This marks the first time our Aerospace Engineering program has broken into the top 10 graduate engineering programs in the...

Using AI technology for early wildfire detection

Using AI technology for early wildfire detection

Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Pirouz Kavehpour teamed up with high school student Ryan Honary on developing an AI-powered early wildfire detection system designed to detect the start of a fire before smoke becomes visible. Honary, who attends Stanford...

MarketWatch Guides: The Latest EV Statistics and Trends

MarketWatch Guides: The Latest EV Statistics and Trends

Professor Rajit Gadh of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Smart Grid Energy Research Center at UCLA was interviewed in a MarketWatch article about electric vehicles and their growing popularity across the U.S. “EVs can be better for the...