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Achuta Kadambi, an assistant electrical and computer engineering professor, received a National Science Foundation award for his research. If successful, his research could improve the technology used in search and rescue missions. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

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Engineering professor wins $175,000 award for potentially lifesaving research

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A UCLA professor earned a National Science Foundation award for research that could improve the technology used in search and rescue missions, according to a university press release Thursday.

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Engineering professor wins $175,000 award for potentially lifesaving research

By Sameera Pant, Amira Patrawala

May 23, 2019 11:54 p.m.