Newsletter • December 18, 2023
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News
A new publication by Ozcan Lab in Nature Communications
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-team-method-communicating-arbitrary-opaque.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-hidden-defects-materials-single-pixel-terahertz.html
Distinguished Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii granted a US Patent – Liquid Metal-Based Tunable Coaxial Antenna for Microwave Ablation
Distinguished Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii, a UCLA collaborator, Dr. Chih-Sheng Jason Chiang, and a former PhD student, Prof. Lingnan Song, have been granted a US Patent (No.US-2023-0346472-A1 dated 11/02/2023). The present invention generally relates to apparatus and systems for liquid-metal based tunable coaxial antenna; and more particularly to utilizing a liquid metal -based tunable coaxial antenna for microwave ablation. Microwave ablation has emerged as a minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of various types of early-stage solid tumors. During microwave ablation, an interstitial antenna delivers high level microwave power from the generator to the target region, elevating local tissue environment to cytotoxic temperatures. Liquid metals are commonly understood to be metal alloys with very low melting points which form a eutectic mixture that is liquid at room temperature and are typically electrically conductive. The team has also published a paper on this subject entitled, “Efficacy of a Lung-Tuned Monopole Antenna for Microwave Ablation: Analytical Solution and Validation in a Ventilator-Controlled Ex Vivo Porcine Lung Model”, IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 295-304, March 2021.
Awards/Grants
Professor Aydin Babakhani’s student, Sidharth Thomas, awarded IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Predoctoral Achievement Award
Congratulations to Sidharth Thomas who has been awarded the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Predoctoral Achievement Award for 2023-24. IEEE annually recognizes a selected number of Ph.D. students in the field of Solid-State Circuits through the SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award. The awards will be given out during the next International Solid-State Circuits Conference, which will be held in February 2024.
https://sscs.ieee.org/membership/awards/predoctoral-achievement-award
Professor Corey Arnold received a $3M grant from the National Cancer Institute
Professor Corey Arnold received a $3M grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop new multi-modal AI methods for integrating imaging, pathology, and genomic information toward better diagnosis and prognosis for prostate cancer patients. The project includes investigators in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Center for Cancer Research at the NCI.
Distinguished Professor Asad M Madni awarded the 2023 IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor
Distinguished Adjunct Professor Asad M Madni (IEEE Life Fellow and the 2022 recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor) has been awarded the 2023 IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor “For significant contributions to the engineering profession through mentorship, leadership, and philanthropy”.
“The George F. McClure Citation of Honor is one of the most prestigious awards that IEEE-USA can bestow,” said Dr. Jason Hui, 2022-2023 IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee Chair. “It honors IEEE members who have made exemplary contributions toward achieving the aims of professional activities in the United States”.
Upcoming PhD Oral Defenses
December 19, 2023 from 2:30-4:30pm
Alwaleed Aldhafeeri (Maxwell Room)
January 19, 2024 from 2-4pm
Alexander Johnson (Tesla Room)
January 22, 2024 from 9-11am
Enes Krijestorac (Tesla Room)
Newsletter Submissions
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