American Physical Society Have Elected Anya Jones and Aaswath Raman as Fellows
UCLA Samueli Newsroom UCLA Samueli School of Engineering faculty members Anya Jones, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Aaswath Raman, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, have been elected fellows of the American Physical...
Where Art Meets Engineering: UCLA Samueli Premieres Film on Taiwan’s Role in the Global Chip Race
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering co-hosted a screening of “A Chip Odyssey,” Taiwan’s first feature-length documentary chronicling how the island of 23 million people became the world’s indispensable hub for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. TECO-LA...
9 UCLA Engineering Professors Named to 2025 List of World’s Most Influential Researchers
Clarivate released today its list of 2025 Highly Cited Researchers, including nine faculty members affiliated with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Since 2002, the international data and analytics company has released an annual list of researchers who have...
Distinguished Professor Alexander Balandin Appointed to Fang Lu Endowed Chair in Engineering
Alexander Balandin, a distinguished professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named to hold the Fang Lu Endowed Chair in Engineering. Established in 2018 by a gift of $500,000 from triple Bruin engineer Fang Lu...
UCLA Materials Scientist and Fuel Cell Catalyst Innovator Yu Huang Receives 2025 Global Energy Prize
Jul 9, 2025 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Yu Huang, a professor of materials science and engineering and holder of the Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a 2025 Global Energy Prize for her pioneering work...
UCLA Materials Scientist Daniel Schwalbe-Koda Wins Second Collaborative AI Innovation Award
UCLA Samueli Newsroom For two years in a row, Daniel Schwalbe-Koda, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received an award from the Scialog program for collaborative research into...
The World’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Is Here
Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar for Bloomberg Green By Todd Woody If it can scale, the 3D-printing process promises to deliver energy-efficient and climate-resilient homes that can be built faster, in novel designs and with minimal construction waste....
UCLA Engineers Design Solar Roofs to Harvest Energy for Greenhouses
Yang Yang Laboratory/UCLA A miniature greenhouse prototype with its roof built of semi-transparent solar cells invented by UCLA materials scientists that resulted in better plant growth than a traditional greenhouse Advance can simultaneously benefit...
UCLA Team Develops Ultrathin Films for Stretchable and Sturdy Bioelectronic Membranes
The layered patchwork design of van der Waals thin films enables the membrane to stretch and flex over irregular geometries. (Yan et al./UCLA) The highly adaptable materials could lead to new classes of wearable devices, diagnostic sensors and...