UCLA engineers are researching ways the United States military can use cyber physical systems, an advanced technology that could one day be deployed overseas for safer, robot-assisted operations on the battlefield. Read more...
Photo: UCLA engineers are researching the use of cyber physical systems in the military, such as CPS-controlled drones to scout dangerous areas or deliver materials for soldiers. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Student volunteers in the Renewable Energy Association at UCLA separated piles of approximately 300 bags of trash into bins sorted for liquids, landfill, recyclables and compost at Wilson Plaza on Thursday for an event called “Waste Audit.” Claire Buzzelli, the club’s biofuels project co-lead and a third-year chemical engineering student, said the campus needs data on the various types of trash to create proposals to reach its goal of having zero waste by 2020. Read more...
Photo: (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers have designed a device to efficiently store solar energy as hydrogen fuel. In a study published in September, researchers led by Richard Kaner, a professor of chemistry and materials science, designed a device that uses solar energy to create hydrogen gas. Read more...
The Society of Women Engineers says UCLA’s engineering school does not provide adequate mental health support for students enrolled in programs that often feature heavy workloads and fierce competition. Read more...
Photo: The Society of Women Engineers organized a mental health awareness week, which featured events such as the positivity wall pictured above that aimed to inform engineering students about mental health resources and build a community for engineering students. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
UCLA students threw darts at balloons while learning facts about HIV/AIDS on Tuesday at an event on the Hill. The Pediatric AIDS Coalition held its second annual Carnival on the Hill event at Sunset Village. Read more...
Photo: The Pediatric AIDS Coalition held its second annual carnvial event on the hill, where students participated in dart throwing, a cakewalk and spin the wheel while learning about HIV/AIDS. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
A UCLA researcher is using virtual reality to learn more about how the human brain forms memories. Nanthia Suthana, a neuroscientist and assistant professor of neurosurgery and psychiatry, received a $3.3 million, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative to expand her research on how memories form when people move and navigate in a virtual environment, the university announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: Nanthia Suthana said she plans to use virtual reality technology to develop therapies to help patients who have memory problems, like those with Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA-led study found HIV patients at risk of heart disease are less likely to receive a common drug treatment for the disease compared with patients without HIV. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) UCLA researchers found HIV patients receive less drug treatment for heart disease than noninfected patients.
