Nov 24, 2015
Dr. Sirikarn Surawanvijit, formerly from Prof. Yoram Cohen’s group, has won the prestigious CA-NV AWWA (the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association) Academic Achievement Award – First Place – Doctoral for 2015-16. The award is...
Nov 24, 2015
Michael Lee has been awarded the 2014-2015 Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Chapters Committee. The Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence is given to one AIChE student member of each...
Aug 14, 2015
Can Israel Help California Solve Its Drought Problem? In Israel, water has always been seen as a scarce resource. Yoram Cohen, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UCLA, said that Israeli schoolchildren are taught from an early age the saying, “We...
Jun 18, 2015
by Matthew Chin | June 1, 2015 Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed an injectable hydrogel that helps skin wounds heal more quickly. The material creates an instant scaffold that allows new tissue to latch on...
Jun 18, 2015
James C. Liao, a groundbreaking researcher in renewable biofuels and UCLA’s Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the organization announced today. Liao, who is chair of the Chemical...