Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

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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[1]. 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, ranking among the top ten engineering schools in the country. The School is also home to five major externally funded interdisciplinary research centers, as well as many other multidisciplinary ventures.

Engineering IV building on campus
Engineering IV building on campus

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)[2]. 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 1999[2]. It was at UCLA that Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III and Dr. Henry Samueli met and later formed Broadcom.

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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.[3] He retired in 1965 and Chauncey Starr, a pioneer in nuclear power development, succeeded him.

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[4], 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[5].

Professor Leonard Kleinrock with the computer to send first message
Professor Leonard Kleinrock with the computer to send first message

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Admissions

HSSEAS accepts both freshman and transfer applicants for all of its majors. Freshman students are selected from the top 1/8 of their high school class, with GPA and AP classes having the most influence on success of admission. The acceptance rate for transfer students was 48.5% in 2007, with average GPA 3.64 on 4.0 scale[citation needed].

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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
  • 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)
  • Demetri Terzopoulos - professor of computer science; shared honor from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ UCLA Engineering School Timeline
  2. ^ a b UCLA Engineering News. UCLA (1999). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  3. ^ Remembering Dean Boelter, UCLA Engineer, Fall 1999
  4. ^ 1969 -- First On the 'Net
  5. ^ 35th Anniversary of the Internet

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