Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA (also known as HSSEAS) was opened with an enrollment of 379 students in the fall of 1945 [ [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/history/timeline41_54.html UCLA Engineering School Timeline] ] . It opened as the College of Engineering until it was changed to school on February 21, 1969. The School now has seven academic departments and a total enrollment of more than 4,000 students. It is among the top 10 best engineering schools in public universities nationwide [ [http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-leonard-kleinrock-to-receive-55898.aspx UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock to receive National Medal of Science] ] . The School offers 28 academic and professional degree programs, including an interdepartmental graduate degree program in biomedical engineering, and is also home to five major externally funded multimillion-dollar interdisciplinary research centers, in space exploration, wireless sensor systems, nanotechnology, nanomanufacturing and nanoelectronics, as well as many other multidisciplinary ventures.

The school was renamed for its famous alumnus and professor Henry Samueli, who received his bachelor's degree (1975), master's degree (1976), and Ph.D (1980), all in the field of electrical engineering, at UCLA (UC Irvine also renamed its school after him)cite web | title = UCLA Engineering News | url = http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/1999/samueli_gift.html | accessdate = 2008-05-11 |date=1999 | publisher = UCLA] . Samueli is co-founder, chairman, and chief technology officer of the Broadcom Corporation and a philanthropist in the Orange County, California community. He and his wife Susan donated $30 million to the school in 1999cite web | title = UCLA Engineering News | url = http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/1999/samueli_gift.html | accessdate = 2008-05-11 |date=1999 | publisher = UCLA] . It was at UCLA that Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III and Dr. Henry Samueli met and later formed Broadcom.
Llewellyn M. K. Boelter, who was a Mechanical Engineering professor at UC Berkeley, became the first Dean of the UCLA engineering school. The main building is known as Boelter Hall (Engineering II and III). He "often took an active role in the lives of the school's students, and his approach to engineering impacted many of their careers," according to the school. [ [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/magazine/UEf99.pdf Remembering Dean Boelter, UCLA Engineer, Fall 1999] ] He retired in 1965 and Chauncey Starr, a pioneer in nuclear power development, succeeded him. Vijay K. Dhir is the current Dean.

Additionally, HSSEAS is housed in three other buildings on campus, Engineering I, Engineering IV, and the newly opened Engineering V (October 16, 2007). This new state-of-the-art facility houses the departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering.

The school is credited as the birthplace of the Internet [ [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/history/timeline65_74.html 1969 -- First On the 'Net] ] , where the first message was sent to a computer at Stanford on October 29, 1969 by Professor Leonard Kleinrock and his research team at UCLA [ [http://internetanniversary.cs.ucla.edu/ 35th Anniversary of the Internet] ] . On September 29, 2008, President George W. Bush presented the 2007 National Medal of Science to Kleinrock for "his fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, and for the functional specification of packet switching, which is the foundation of Internet technology. His mentoring of generations of students has led to the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world." [White House News Sept. 29, 2008] Commencement ceremonies for the engineering school are held each year in June at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA conferred its first Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in 1947, its first Master's in 1948, and its first Doctor of Philosophy in 1950.

Facts

*Undergraduate Enrollment (04-05) 2,404
*Graduate Enrollment (04-05) 1,387
*Faculty Members (04-05) 151
*Major Research Centers 5
*NAE Members 15

List of Departments and Programs

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has seven departments and one interdepartmental program, all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the nationally recognized accrediting body for engineering programs. The Computer Science and Computer Science and Engineering programs are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET.

*Aerospace Engineering
*Bioengineering
*Biomedical Engineering
*Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Civil Engineering
*Computer Science and Engineering
*Electrical Engineering
*Manufacturing Engineering
*Materials Engineering
*Mechanical Engineering

Degrees

The school offers the following degrees:

*Aerospace Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
*Bioengineering (B.S.)
*Biomedical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
*Chemical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
*Civil Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
*Computer Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
*Computer Science and Engineering (B.S.)
*Electrical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
*Engineering (M.Engr., online M.S., Engr.)
*Engineering and Applied Science (Graduate Certificate of Specialization)
*Manufacturing Engineering (M.S.)
*Materials Engineering (B.S.)
*Materials Science and Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
*Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)

Admissions

HSSEAS accepts both freshman and transfer applicants for all of its majors.

Alumni

Alumni who have won the "UCLA Engineering Alumni of the Year Award":
*Linda Katehi PhD '84
*Henry T. Nicholas III PhD '98
*Asad M. Madni MS '72
*Vint Cerf MS '57, PhD '70, UCLA Engineering commencement speaker, 2006
*Dwight Streit PhD '86
*Henry Samueli PhD '80
*Jack S. Gordon ME '76
*Ronald D. Sugar PhD '71
*Robert F. Graham BS '55
*Richard S. Simonsen BS '55
*Peter Staudhammer '55, PhD '57, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medalist, 2002 (1935-2008)
*John F. Gifford BS '63
*Gerald A. Johnston MS '72
*James L. Easton BS '59
*Edsel D. Dunford ME '73
*Eugene C. Gritton PhD '66
*John F. Cashen PhD '71
*Edward P. Smith BS '57
*Russell R. O'Neill PhD '56, Dean Emeritus (1916-2007)
*Ben Rich MS '50
*Brien D. Ward PhD '67
*Sam F. Iacobellis MS '63
*Gary E. MacDougal BS '58
*John B. Slaughter PhD '71
*Robert N. Parker MS '56
*Leonard F. Buchanan PhD '68
*Jacob B. Frankel PhD '51
*Paul D. Castenholz MS '58
*Norman E. Friedmann PhD '57
*Myron Tribus PhD '49
*Robert Bromberg PhD '51
*Ralph E. Crump BS '50
*Raymond M. Hill BS '55
*Trude C. Taylor BS '49 ( - 2008)

Notable Faculty

*Asad Ali Abidi - professor of Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles; Pioneer of CMOS RF circuits, member of National Academy of Engineering
*Birgitte Ahring - civil & environmental engineering professor; first woman to receive the Villum Kann Rasmussen Award in Denmark
*Thomas Connolly - nuclear engineering professor; fellow of the American Nuclear Society (1923-2006)
*Thelma Estrin - professor of Computer Science; member of the Women in Technology International's Hall of Fame
*Sheila Greibach - professor of Computer Science, known for the Greibach normal form
*Tatsuo Itoh - professor of Electrical Engineering; Member of National Academy of Engineering
*Leonard Kleinrock - professor of Computer Science and Internet pioneer, 2007 National Medal of Science
*Alan Kay - professor of Computer Science and Turing Award laureate
*Tung Hua Lin - professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; designer of China's first twin engine aircraft (1911 - 2007)
*Henry John Orchard - professor of Electrical Engineering; Pioneer of the field of filter design (1922–2004)
*Judea Pearl - Professor of Computer Science; Pioneer of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence
*Demetri Terzopoulos - professor of Computer Science; shared honor from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

ee also

*History of the Internet

References

External links

* [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/ UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]
* [http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty-samueli.htm Samueli's biography] at the UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering
* [http://www.samueli.org The Samueli Foundation]