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Low-Latency Decoder for the Bahl, Cocke, Jelinek, Raviv Algorithm (Case No. 2025-114)
Summary UCLA researchers have developed a low-latency, high-throughput GPU-based implementation of the BCJR (Bahl-Cocke-Jelinek-Raviv) algorithm for decoding the CCSDS Serially-Concatenated Convolutionally-Coded Pulse-Position Modulation (SCPPM) code. The innovation reduces decoding latency from linear in the number of trellis stages to logarithmic...
Published: 9/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Richard Wesel, Amaael Antonini, Egor Glukhov, Dariush Divsalar
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Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Security & Privacy, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking, Mechanical, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace
Discrete Approximation of Permanent Magnet Arrays (Case No. 2025-203)
Summary UCLA researchers have developed Discrete-MAG, a discrete magnetic actuation / magnetics platform that delivers precise, programmable magnetic field manipulation at small scales. The system aims to control magnetic particles or micro-devices discretely for applications in sensing, actuation, imaging, or biological interfacing. Background Magnetic...
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, He Kai Lim, Will Flanagan, Cameron Taylor
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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Medical Devices, Mechanical, Mechanical > Robotics, Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Medical Devices > Medical Imaging, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods
Multimodal Optical and Microfluidic Tactile Sensor (Optistrain) (Case No. 2025-99P)
Reference: UCLA Case No. 2025-99P Please reach out to our office for more information.
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s):  
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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems
Elastomer Reinforced Tensegrity for Joint Replacement (Case No. 2025-249)
Elastomer Reinforced Tensegrity for Joint Replacement Reference: UCLA Case No. 2025-249. Please reach out to our office for more information.
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Leonardo Ruffini, Lauren Wessel, Jonathan Hopkins, Mathangi Sridharan
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Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems
Contact Status and Position Sensing System for Mechanical Structures (Case No. 2025-275)
Contact Status and Position Sensing System for Mechanical Structures Potential applications: manufacturing, aerospace, biomechanical devices, robotics, defense. Please reach out to our office for more information.
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Dean Chen
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Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Robotics, Materials, Mechanical > Manufacturing
Woven Turbomachine Impeller
Executive Summary Impellers are used in numerous applications such as turbines or compressors. In some cases, the cost of the impellers are prohibitive and difficult to manufacture and incorporate into a system. MSU researchers have developed a new woven impeller design that is less expensive to produce, ideal for integrating other parts such as conductive...
Published: 9/5/2025   |   Inventor(s): Norbert Mueller
Keywords(s): Impeller
Category(s): Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Equipment, Mechanical
Lab on a 3D Printer (Case No. 2025-094)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel device capable of performing automated liquid handling to a great degree of precision on a miniaturized scale and with customizable features equipped for any laboratory task. Background: Automated liquid handling is essential in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research...
Published: 8/21/2025   |   Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Shun Ye, Zixin Guan, Artem Goncharov, Vivek Rajasenan, Charlotte Rose McDonough, Tristan Lovely
Keywords(s): 3D biofabrication, 3D Printing, Automation, bioimaging, biomanufacturing, Biomaterial 3D Printing, Biomonitoring, Biosensor, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, fluid mechanics, graphical user interface, Liquid tracking, mechanical durability, Robotic liquid handling
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices, Diagnostic Markers, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Mechanical
Mechanical Neural Network Driven by Flexure-Based, Meso-Scale, Bidirectional Thermal Actuators (Case No. 2024-235)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a novel bidirectional thermal linear transducer for active vibration dampening and high precision manufacturing equipment. Background: Metamaterials are engineered structures that demonstrate properties not commonly found in natural materials. To date, most...
Published: 7/2/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jonathan Hopkins, Pietro Sainaghi, Michael Cullinan, Andrew Gray
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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Construction Materials, Materials > Composite Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Micro-Electromechanical Systems (Mems), Mechanical > Mechanical Systems
A Ventilated Artificial Human Lung Exposure System to Analyze and Test Human Exposures to Inhaled Substances (Case No. 2023-306)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Medicine and Environmental Health Sciences have developed a ventilated human lung system for laboratory testing of inhaled substances. Background: Measuring the toxicology of inhaled air, aerosols and other substances is challenging due to the complexity of human studies and limitations in existing...
Published: 7/28/2025   |   Inventor(s): Michael Roth, Airi Harui, Yifang Zhu, Haoxuan Chen
Keywords(s): aerosol, Angiogenesis Acute Lung Injury, bioaerosol, cardiopulmonary illness, Cellular Respiration, consumer goods and products, Lung, Lung Pulmonology, non-small cell lung cancer, Preclinical model development, Preclinical surgical innovation, pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), pulmonary failure, Pulmonary fibrosis, Respiratory & Pulmonary, respiratory failure, right atrial to pulmonary canula, Simulation & Modeling, simulation model, small cell lung cancer
Category(s): Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Respiratory And Pulmonary, Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors
Functional Allometric Structure Thermal Storage (FAST-Storage) (Case No. 2022-240)
Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed an innovative thermal storage system that dynamically adapts to thermal fluctuations of phase change materials, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency. Background: Phase change materials (PCMs) are used to store and release thermal energy...
Published: 2/24/2025   |   Inventor(s): Hossein Kavehpour, Jonathan Hopkins, Leyla Mirmomen
Keywords(s): Consumer Electronics, efficiency enhancement, Energy Density, Energy Efficiency, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, energy management, energy-efficient, heat control, heat controlling devices, Heat Transfer, phase change materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal management systems, thermal stability
Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Mechanical > Heat Transfer, Mechanical
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