A Message from the Chair
The past six months have been full of challenges. To address public health needs during the pandemic, our bioengineering research labs have contributed immensely to the design and fabrication of PPEs, the development of diagnostic tools, and the discovery of...
Two NIH training grants awarded to support UCLA/CalTech team
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are partnering to provide a 2-year, structured curriculum for training post-doctoral engineers and biophysical or biomedical scientists to prepare them for...
BMES receiving the Commendable Chapter Award for 2019-2020
BMES at UCLA was awarded the Commendable Chapter Award for their work during the 2019-2020 school year. This is the second year that BMES at UCLA received this award. With expansion of technical projects and workshops, developments in community outreach programs with...
Five UCLA Engineering Students Receive 2020 NSF Graduate Fellowships
Apr 20, 2020 By UCLA Samueli Newsroom Five UCLA Samueli engineering students — two graduate and three undergraduate students pursuing an advanced degree — have received the prestigious 2020 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The...
2020 Research Day highlights
Bioengineering and BGA hosted BE department students, faculty and staff, industry board members, and prospective graduate students to our February 2020 Research Day. The event featured keynote speakers, a student research talk competition, a poster session and...
Joe De Rutte wins SLAS 2020 Innovation Award
Bioengineering PhD student Joe De Rutte, advised by Prof. Dino DiCarlo, was awarded the Innovation Award by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) for his presentation “High-Throughput Encapsulation and Selection of Cells based on Antibody...
Bioengineering Ph.D. student, Kristen Froehlich receives Eugene V. Cota Robles Fellowship
Kristen Froehlich is a PhD student in Dr. Elisa Franco's lab studying RNA nanotechnology. She had previously studied Biomedical Engineering at NC State University with a concentration in biomaterials.
Tzung Hsiai and Walt Baxter inducted as BMES Fellows
Dr. Tzung Hsiai, a Bioengineering Professor at UCLA, and Dr. Walt Baxter, the Co-Chair of Industry Advisory Board of UCLA Bioengineering, were elected as BMES Fellows in 2020 for their leadership and contributions in the field of biomedical engineering. The induction...
UCLA Bioengineering Welcomes New Faculty Member Jennifer Wilson
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud to welcome new faculty members to its growing roster of nearly 200 full-time faculty. As the school continues its expansion, these top-notch specialists in their respective fields will enhance UCLA’s mission of...