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UCLA Engineers Uncover Greater Levels of Airborne Microplastics and Their Environmental Risks
Photo Courtesy from Scott Van Pelt/USDA Full Article from UCLA Samueli Newsroom A UCLA study led by Associate Professor Sanjay Mohanty has found that wind carries significantly higher levels of microplastics from treated sewage sludge used as fertilizer than...
Active Membranes: Spearheading UCLA’s Innovation in Water Sustainability, Co-Founded by Professors Eric Hoek and David Jassby
Los Angeles has emerged as a vibrant startup hub, exemplified by UCLA's entrepreneurial ecosystem, notably showcased in the Magnify Incubator at CNSI. One standout venture in this incubator, Active Membranes, is revolutionizing freshwater access through membrane...
Jamie Leonard Featured: Bruin Engineer Makes Waves Researching Microplastics in LA River
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom Jamie Leonard ’20, M.S. ’21 started working to mitigate plastic pollution in high school, taking part in an initiative to replace her school’s plastic water bottles with metal ones. Now a UCLA Ph.D. student, she has her eye on microplastics —...
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Shaping the Future of Transportation: SLS 2025 at UCLA
Photo Courtesy by Henry Tang During the weekend of January 31–February 2, the UCLA Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) hosted the 2025 ITE Western District Student Leadership Summit (SLS) at UCLA, which was a year-long effort in...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Onja Davidson Raoelison Selected as 2024 Women in Science Incentive Prize (WISIP) Winner
Photo Courtesy by Onja Davidson Raoelison Congratulations to Onja Davidson Raoelison, a UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate, who was selected as one of the 2024 Women in Science Incentive Prize (WISIP) winners. Awarded by The Story Exchange, this...
Recipient for Society of Women Engineers’ (SWE) 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Member Award
Photo Courtesy by Ivy Kwok Congratulations to Ivy Kwok in receiving the Outstanding Graduate Student Member Award from SWE (Society of Women Engineers). This award honors a SWE graduate student who has made an outstanding contribution to SWE, engineering societies,...
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