ucla engineer spring 2013
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The Spring 2013 issue of UCLA Engineer highlights the breadth of nanoscale research being conducted at three major multi-disciplinary centers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science; celebrates its newest member of the National Academy of Engineering, James C. Liao; and profiles the school’s start-up company accelerator, the Institute for Technology Advancement (ITA). Liao, chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dept. and the Ralph M. Parsons Professor in Chemical Engineering, was recognized by NAE for “pioneering work on engineering microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals.” ITA has incorporated eight companies based on technologies developed at the school, with more in the pipeline. Finally, this issue highlights research breakthroughs; introduces two new faculty members; and catches up with some notable alumni.TRANSCRIPT
LEAdERS IN THE NANO REALMITA: LAB TO LAUNCH, INCUBATING NEw FIRMS
SpRing 2013, Issue No. 29
dEANVijayK.Dhir
ASSOCIATE dEANSRichardD.WeselAcademic and Student AffairsJaneP.ChangResearch and Physical Resources
ASSISTANT dEANMaryOkinoChief Financial Officer
dEPARTMENT CHAIRSBenjaminWuBioengineeringJamesC.LiaoChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJonathanP.StewartCivil and Environmental EngineeringJensPalsbergComputer ScienceM.C.FrankChangElectrical Engineering
Jenn-MingYangMaterials Science and EngineeringTsu-ChinTsaoMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
ExTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMUNICATIONSSheilaBergmanExecutive DirectorBillKisliukMedia Relations and Marketing Director
MatthewChinCommunications Manager and WriterHauCheeChungDesigner
OFFICE OF ExTERNAL AFFAIRS(310)[email protected]
FROM THE dEAN
Attheatomiclevel,thedistinctionsbetweendifferentengineeringdisciplinesstarttodisappear.
Electricalengineers,materialsscientists,biomolecularengineersandothersworkingatthenano-scaleareventuringintonewterritory,makingstridesbyrearrangingparticlesonethousandtimessmallerthanthewidthofahumanhair.Thepossibilitiesstraintheimagination:transparentsolarcellsplacedonwindowsthatgenerateelectricityfromsunlight;polymercapsulesthatcarryproteinsdirectlyintocellstoslowcancer;newmaterialsthatallowhandhelddevicestodelivermoredatawhilerunningmoreefficiently.
HereattheUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience,wehavetakenaleadershiproleintheseareasofresearch,asthearticleonpage6illustrates.Theschoolhoststhreenationalnanotechnologycentersofexcellence,withafourthtobelaunchedwiththecompletionofPhaseIoftheEngineeringVIbuilding.
Thecross-disciplinarynatureofnano-scaleresearchisjustonereflectionofthecollaborativeemphasisatUCLAEngineering,bothinthelabandtheclassroom.
Sixyearsago,theschooldistinguisheditselfbyrequiringthatundergraduatestakeasetofthreetechnicalbreadthcoursesinadisciplineotherthantheirmajor,preparingthemforcareersinwhichtheywillbeabletoinnovateandsolvecomplexproblemsacrossdisciplines.UCLAEngineeringalsohasdevelopedclosetiestotheDavidGeffenSchoolofMedicineatUCLAandothertopresearchcenterstohelpsustainourtechnologicalleadershipintheworld.
Thisdedicationtointerdisciplinaryeducationandresearchisahallmarkoftheschool,andwillremainso.
Sincerely,
VijayK.DhirDean
02 | By the Numbers
04 | Breakthroughs
18 | School News
22 | New Faculty
26 | Alumni News
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TINY SOLUTIONS UCLAresearcherstaketheleadintherealmofnanotechnology
ITA: THE INCUBATOR AcenterwithinUCLAEngineeringlaunchesfirmsfoundedonschoolresearch
ANCHOR FOR INNOvATIONConstructionbeginsonEngineeringVI,astate-of-the-artresearchhub
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16On the cover:Anillustrationofananoscalesubmarine,nolargerthanaredbloodcell,thatcouldbedevelopedtonavigatethehumancirculatorysystem.SubmarineillustrationbyJoshuaHockel.Page 6
scholarships will be awarded in 2012-13 school year
More than
14,100students applied for
freshman admission for Fall 2012.
619 enrolled.
The average weighted GPA of those enrolled is
4.35and average SAT score is
2,110 out of 2,400.
100+
UCLA ENGINEERING— by the numbers —
faculty are members of the NatioNal academy of eNgiNeeriNg23
The school is ranked7th
in the world by the Times Higher
Education World University Rankings
in 2012-13. Criteria include: Teaching,
International Outlook, Industry Income,
Research and Citations.
The school is ranked4th
in the world by Microsoft Academic
Search for H-index over the past 10 years.
The H-index measures scientific influence
based on the number of papers published
and the number of times papers are
cited by others.
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BREAkTHROUGHS
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aydogaN ozcaN, AssociateProfessorofElectricalEngineeringandBioengineering,memberoftheCaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
Areyouallergictopeanutsandworriedthatcookiemighthavesome?Nowyourcellphonecantellyou.
Researchershavedevelopedalightweightdevice,knownastheiTube,thatusesaphone’sbuilt-incameraalongwithanapplicationthatrunsasophisticatedtestofallergens–suchasnuts,eggsandgluten–infoodsamples.Whileavailableallergendetectorsrequirebulkyequipment,theiTubeweighslessthantwoounces.Thetesttakesabout20minutes.
AydoganOzcan,principalinvestigatorontheresearch,saidthedevice“couldbeveryvaluable,especiallyforparents,aswellasforschools,restau-rantsandotherpublicsettings.” n
yi taNg,ProfessorofChemicalandBiomolecularEngineering,memberoftheCaliforniaNanoSystemsInstitute
yuNfeNg lu,ProfessorofChemicalandBiomolecularEngineering
Indiscoveriesthatcouldimprovecancertreatmentandhelppeoplequicklyreducetheirblood-alcohollevels,researchershavedeliveredtinycapsulesfullofspecializedproteinstocellsinmice.
AteamledbyYiTangdevelopeddegradablenano-scaleshellstocarryproteinstocancercellsandstuntthegrowthoftumorswithoutdamaginghealthycells.Tang'sgroupcontinuestoresearchwaysofmorepreciselytargetingtumorsandprolongingtheshells’effectiveness.
YunfengLuandhisteamdevisedshellscarryingtwocomplementaryproteinsthatspeedthebody'sreactiontotheconsumptionofalcohol.
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gerard WoNg,ProfessorofBioengineering,memberoftheCaliforniaNanoSystemsInstituteandtheUCLACenterforBiologicalPhysics
WeNyuaN shi,ProfessorofOralBiologyattheUCLASchoolofDentistry
kariN a. dahmeN,AssociateProfessorofPhysicsattheUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign
Microscopicbacteriahavesomethingincommonwithearthquakes,andinthelongtermthatdiscoverymayleadtomethodsofstoppingharmfulmicrobes.
ResearchersstudyingMyxococcus xanthuhavefoundthebacteriamoveinfitsandstarts,muchliketheearth’stectonicplates.Thepaceofmovementissoslowthatmostscientistsrelyontime-lapsephotographytoobservethebacteria.UCLAbioengineeringprofessorGerardWong’steamwentintheoppositedirection,usinghigh-speedphotographytocapturetheirfinermovements.Researchersfoundthatbacteriausetentacle-likeappendagesknownaspili,whichactasgrapplinghooksthatpullthemalonginshortburstsbetweenlongperiodsofrest.Bothearthquakesandthebacteriafollowamathematicalmodelthatdescribesso-called“avalanche”motions.
Inaddition,researchersfoundthatmoleculesservingastheglueallowingthebacteriatosticktosurfacesalsoactasalubricant,helpingthemglidealongasurface.Thisglidingmovementiswhatallowsbacteriatoinvadehumantissues,andunderstandingitmaybethekeytofindingnewwaystocombatpathogens. n
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Big ideasTiny SoluTionS
By Matthew Chin and Bill Kisliuk
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The UCLA Henry Samueli School of
Engineering and Applied Science is a
world leader in nano-scale engineering.
The school has been awarded tens of
millions of dollars to launch nanotech-
nology research centers, including
two in the last several months. Across
disciplines, faculty are leading efforts
to exploit nanotechnology for advances
in energy, healthcare, electronics and
other areas.
From clean energy to smaller, faster devices, uClA Engineering researchers take the lead in the nano realm
tAn illustration of a nano-scale remote submarine, no larger than a red blood cell, which could be developed to navigate circulatory systems and collect vital data.
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FAMEIt’s not just smaller for the sake of
being smaller. Conducting research at
the atomic scale unlocks phenomena
inaccessible at larger sizes.
Finding ways to take advantage of
these phenomena – such as the spin
of an electron, a material’s magnetic
properties, or the manipulation of
magnetism by an electric field – is the
mission for the Center on Function
Accelerated nanoMaterial Engineering
(FAME). Specifically, FAME is creating
and investigating nonconventional
materials and structures for innovations
in electronic devices.
In January, the two sponsors of the
center – the Semiconductor Research
Corporation (SRC), a consortium of
semiconductor industry companies, and
the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) – unveiled FAME and
five other centers, and announced FAME
would receive $35 million over the next
five years. FAME’s director is Jane P.
Chang, UCLA Engineering associate
dean and the William Frederick Seyer
Professor of Materials Electrochemistry
in the Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering.
“This is truly an interdisciplinary
research center where science and
engineering are integrated to enable
innovation in solid state devices," Chang
said. "The unique and fascinating
functionalities that we can tailor by
manipulating matter at the atomic scale
will open up enormous opportunities to
design devices that can achieve what was
considered impossible just a decade ago.”
FAME includes a team of 35
principal investigators, at 16 of the
nation’s best research universities. They
are working on integrating theoretical
and experimental approaches to realize
the center’s objectives.
pGraphene on a transistor device offers exceptional performance that goes beyond silicon- based transistors. Photo: .Alexander Balandin, UC Riverside and FAME member.
FAME director Jane P. Chang
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An array of nickel magnetic bit elements,
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TANMS director Gregory Carman
Manipulating matter at the atomic scale will open up enormous opportunities
“Advancing the performance
of analog, logic or memory devices
by many orders of magnitude will
push the envelope of electronics and
information technology over the next
several decades,” she said. “We are doing
research in truly exciting times.”
TAnMSWhen mechanical and aerospace
engineering professor Gregory Carman
describes nano-scale research, he cites
a cartoon strip that was way ahead
of its time – and not just because the
protagonist wore a wristwatch-radio.
“There’s a line from the old ‘Dick
Tracy’ comic strip, ‘The nation that
controls magnetism will control the
universe,’” said Carman, quoting a
phrase from long-running strip by
Chester Gould. “In our case, controlling
magnetism with multiferroic materials
provides a pathway to revolutionize
nanoscale electromagnetic devices.”
Carman directs the Center for
Translational Applications of Nanoscale
Multiferroic Systems (TANMS), a
National Science Foundation Nanoscale
Engineering Research Center established
in September with an $18.5 million,
five-year grant. The center’s roster
includes the best engineers and
scientists in multiferroic materials
at UCLA and four partner
universities. They’re working
toward a paradigm
shift in consumer
electronics
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New materials could produce substantially smaller devices such as memory, antennas and motors
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by engineering new electromagnetic
materials in the nanoscale.
Today’s electromagnetic systems use
current to produce power. Current is
much like water flowing through a pipe.
As the size of the pipe decreases, so does
the amount of electromagnetic energy
that can be produced. However, recent
discoveries have demonstrated that
certain materials – called mutliferroics
– can intrinsically
produce magnetic
states and can be
switched on and off
through an electric
field. As a result, miniaturization does
not negatively influence power produced.
These new materials and systems
could produce substantially smaller
electromagnetic devices such as memory,
antennas, and motors – the three focus
areas for TANMS. Its researchers are
working on increased Efficiency, reduced
physical Size, and increased Power
output (ESP).
How much smaller, more powerful
and efficient could devices be? Carman
imagines a robotic submarine – on the
order of a red blood cell – capable of
complex operations and navigation inside
human circulatory systems.
MEEMIt may take changes at the molecular
level to make solar panels a more viable
source of power, and that is the focus of
researchers at Molecularly Engineered
Energy Materials (MEEM).
In a laboratory setting, today’s
solar cells convert into energy only
about 10% of the light that strikes them.
“That is about the minimum needed
to be economically competitive,” said
Vidvuds Ozolins, director of MEEM and
a professor of materials science and
engineering. “In the field, solar cells only
convert 3% or 4% of available light. The
goal is to create solar cells that would be
very high efficiency.”
Ozolins and his colleagues are
synthesizing molecules and manipulating
variations of carbon clusters known
as buckyballs – named for pioneering
engineer R. Buckminster Fuller – to
design molecules that will self-assemble to
more efficiently store and transmit energy.
Researchers seek to develop a super-capacitor with a high capability
for both energy storage and delivery.
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TANMS researchers have used an electric
field to turn a magnetic field
off (left) and on.
New materials could produce substantially smaller devices such as memory, antennas and motors
Ozolins seeks to develop a
super-capacitor – combining the storage
capabilities of lithium-ion batteries
with the high energy delivery rate of
capacitors – for applications such as
the smart electric grid and regenerative
braking, which recovers energy lost to
heat when a driver hits the brakes.
“It is difficult to get power and
energy density into the same device,”
Ozolins said. “A super-capacitor would
be transformative.”
The center, launched in 2009 as
one of the Department of Energy’s
Energy Frontier Research Centers,
includes members of several UCLA
departments as well as researchers
from four other institutions.
Cutting-edge nanoscale research
throughout UCLA Engineering also
will be supported by the Western
Institute of Nanotechnology on Green
Engineering and Metrology (WIN-GEM).
Phase I of the forthcoming Engineering
VI building will house WIN-GEM. The
facility will include laboratories to study
low-power, nonvolatile nanoelectronics;
carbon nanoelectronics and topological
insulators; and green manufacturing
of novel energy generation, storage and
management technologies. Engineering
VI also will have a basement lab with
vibrational isolation and electromagnetic
interference shielding to support highly
sensitive instrumentation that probes
materials and devices at the
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A composite material of carbon nanotubes
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Buildingabridgefromthelaboratorytothemarketplace,
theUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandApplied
Scienceishelpinglaunchtechnologyfirmsandaggressively
miningindustryexpertisetohelpshaperesearch.
Workingwiththeschoolofengineering’sInstitutefor
TechnologyAdvancement(ITA),professorshaveincorporated
eightcompaniesandplacedeightmoreinthepipeline.Thefirms
areattractinginvestorinterestandresearchfunds,whileatthe
sametimecontributingtotheengineeringschool’sfinancial
health.TheInstituteforTechnologyAdvancementalsoworks
toidentifymulti-disciplinaryresearchprojectsattractiveto
grantingagenciesandhealthcare,electronicsandotherfirms.
Dwight Streit and uClA Engineering’s institute for Technology Advancement are making capital gains on campus discoveries.
ITA: The IncubATor
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t“We’re reaching out to the private sector
and key agencies, and we’re getting
investment in return,” said Dwight Streit,
director of the institute and a former
executive with Northrop Grumman
and TRW Space & Electronics. “We can
provide speed and flexibility for organiza-
tions interested in getting into new areas
of research. And the companies created
by faculty or students donate equity to
the school.”
Streit, who holds more than 30
U.S. and international patents and
is a professor with appointments
in UCLA’s departments of Materials
Science and Engineering and Electrical
Engineering, has gathered a team of
interdisciplinary experts — from federal
agencies including NASA and the
Department of Energy and companies
including Alcoa and Boeing — to support
UCLA Engineering faculty. As a result,
ITA has become a one-stop shop for
professors looking to launch a start-up,
license a product or win a grant.
“A lot of the time, professors are
happy to stay in the academic world and
publish research,” said Marla Sanchez,
a member of ITA’s industrial advisory
board and a Silicon Valley consultant for
technology firms. “But the research they
are coming up with is potentially very
beneficial for the world, and there is a
big transition to getting it out there.”
Sanchez, a former chief financial
officer at the fiber optics firm Avanex
Corp. who co-founded Cupertino-
based InSite Partners, said ITA
advisory board members work to find
backers for promising projects and
advise researchers on optimizing the
commercial potential of their work.
Founded in 2007 with a grant from
the Samueli Foundation and bolstered
in 2009 with a gift from the Easton
Sports Development Foundation, ITA has
launched three firms that already have
attracted outside investment and paid
dividends to the school.
WAvEConnEx—Based on the work
of Frank Chang, the Wintek Chair in
Electrical Engineering at UCLA and
chair of the department, the company is
developing a silicon chip about the size
of a grain of rice that could dramatically
improve Internet connectivity and data
transfer on wireless devices.
qA slide of skin tissue obtained with
the portable LUCAS microscope, a pocket-
sized holographic device developed
by Holomic.
‘We’re reaching out to the private sector and key agencies, and we’re
getting investment in return.’ITA DIrecTor DwIghT STreIT
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HoloMiC—Founded on the
biophotonics work of Aydogan Ozcan,
an associate professor of electrical
engineering and bioengineering, Holomic
inventions include portable microscopes
and lightweight diagnostic tools that
can perform sophisticated blood, water
quality and other analyses, transmitting
information from the field to labs and
hospitals via a standard smartphone.
EASEl BioTECHnologiES—Easel is
pioneering methods of biosynthesizing
harmful pollutants and developing
low-emission biofuels based on the
work of Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Professor James C. Liao, chair of
the Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering Department.
In each case, the companies have
donated equity to UCLA Engineering,
ensuring that the school will see
long-term benefits should the firms
prove successful.
ITA also encourages students to
think big through an annual entre-
preneur competition. Teams – which
must include at least one student
each from UCLA Engineering and the
UCLA Anderson School of Management
– compete to develop a new piece of
technology and a viable business strategy
for launching it. With Kay Family
Foundation support, the top teams in 2013 will share a $50,000 prize.
William Ouchi, Sanford and Betty
Sigoloff Chair in Corporate Renewal at
the Anderson School, said ITA is
helping overcome years of academic
reluctance to go entrepreneurial – a
hangover from the days when federal
funding agencies controlled intellectual
property and universities had not
seen the upside to working
with the private sector.
Now, Ouchi said,
“There is very broad
agreement across campus
and across disciplines
that our three missions
– teaching, research and
serving the community –
are greatly enhanced if we have everyone
take the fruits of their scholarship all the
way to the outside world.”
Streit noted that high-performing
university labs increasingly have
caught the interest of companies
attempting to break new ground.
“We have outstanding faculty with
brilliant ideas,” Streit said. “The door
is open to partner with UCLA, and
the bottom line is it is very good for
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university labs have increasingly caught the interest of companies attempting to break new ground.
pThree companies based on the work of UCLA Engineering faculty – Easel Biotech-nologies, Holomic and Waveconnex – have already paid dividends for the UCLA School of Engineering.
BUILdING A NEw ANCHORfor innovation
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Support from alumni and friends of the school is the driving force for Engineering VI, which will have wet and dry labs, student study spaces, three centers of excellence and a 250-seat learning center.
Adding150,000squarefeetofspaceforcutting-edgeresearch,UCLAEngineeringbrokegroundinOctober2012onitsnewestbuilding,EngineeringVI.Rep.HenryWaxman(D-LosAngeles)joinedUCLAChancellorGeneBlock,DeanVijayK.Dhir,BroadcomCorp.c0-founder,ChairmanandChiefTechnologyOfficerHenrySamueliandothersinplungingtheceremonialfirstshovelintothesoil.
EngineeringVIwillhouselaboratories–includingasophisticatedbasementfacilityshieldedagainstelectromagneticandvibrationalinterference–threenanotech-nologycenters,officespacefor30facultymembersandtheschool’sentrepre-neurialarm,theInstituteforTechnologyAdvancement(ITA).Thebuilding,intheheartofcampusandadjacenttootherengineeringbuildings,willmeetLEEDGoldstandardsforuseofsustainablematerialsanddesignelements.
ThestateofCaliforniaisnotprovidinganyoftheestimated$120millionto$130millionneededforEngineeringVI.Thefirstphaseofconstructionreceiveda$6milliongrantfromtheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologyaswellassupportfromalumni,foundations,corporations,theschoolandthecampus.WorkonPhaseIisslatedforcompletionin2014.Fundraisingisongoingforthesecondandfinalphaseofconstruction.
“EngineeringVIwilldomorethanexpandourfacilitiesforstudentsandfaculty.Itwillpromotecollaborationbetweenourresearchersandothersthroughouttheregiontomakeimportanttechnologicaladvanceswithbroadsocialimplications,”saidDhir.
“Withoutrelyingonstatesupport,wehavereceived–andhopetocontinuetoreceive–generousassistancefromdonorsandalumniwhowanttoseetheschoolcarrythisimportantworkforward.” n
t(left to right) Associate Dean Jane P. Chang, Rep. Henry Waxman, Dean Vijay K. Dhir, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli, NIST executive Stella Fiotes and National Technical Systems founder Aaron Cohen at the Engineering VI groundbreaking.
‘Engineering vi will… promote collaboration between our research-ers and others through-out the region to make important technologi-cal advances.’ – Dean Vijay K. Dhir
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SCHOOL
News unshaken by three dozen rival teams, in February a group
of uClA civil engineering students took first prize in the
Earthquake Engineering Research institute’s 10th annual
Seismic Design Competition. it is the second straight year
uClA won the award.In the contest, teams of undergraduates designed and
built a model of a skyscraper that could survive an earth-
quake with minimal financial damage. The competition took
place in Seattle, and teams had to offer a replacement for the
Space Needle as the city’s signature building.
Captain Emily Yagi and her colleagues designed a
tower that survived shake tests and won the top prize under
criteria that also included architecture and presentation. Yagi
consulted with civil and environmental engineering associate
professor Jian Zhang and others on the project and relied on
teammates Norman Chak and Seema Barua for key logistical
support. Yagi also was on the winning team captained by
Jennifer Huynh in 2012. Both Huynh and Yagi are seniors.
Yagi said the biggest challenge
for her team was constructing the
intricate model made of balsa wood
and glue. “It took a month of working
five days a week, two hours a day,”
she said.
The 2013 team also included:
Anthony Ambrosio-Meir, Maxwell
Armenta, Winston Boyce, Dennis Cha,
Sam Cummings, Bill Faught, Victoria
Lam, Paul Lee, Andy Luu, Steven
Tindula, Benjamin Wong, Mary Xue
and Jane Zhu. n
No.1By Bill Kisliuk
Photos: Emily Yagi
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ForgingtieswithleadingresearchinstitutionsinChina,theUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciencehasagreedtostudentandfacultyexchangeprogramswithPekingUniversityinBeijingandHohaiUniversityinNanjing.Athirdagreement,withtheUniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChinainHefei,isstillbeingfinalized.
UCLAEngineeringDeanVijayK.DhirmetwithhiscounterpartsattheChineseuniversitiesduringavisittoAsiainJanuary2013.
StudentsparticipatingintheexchangeprogramswillhavetheopportunitytoearndegreesfromaChineseuniversityandUCLAEngineering.
UCLAEngineeringfacultymayalsovisittheschoolsandmaybeinvitedtoparticipateinjointprojectswithChineseresearchers.Theagreementscallfortheuniversitiestosharerightstointellectualpropertydevelopedbyfacultyandstudentstakingpartintheexchange.
“Theseagreementswillstrengthenallofourinstitutions,”Dhirsaid.
“WebelievethatbysharingtheresourcesofUCLAEngineeringwiththeseleadingChinesecenters,wewillbeabletodeepenourstudents’learningexperience,enhancefacultyinteractionsandproduceinnovativeresearch.” n
UCLA,TOPCHINESESCHOOLSlaunchexchangeprograms
tAt left, Hong Mei, Peking University engineering school dean, and UCLA Engineering Dean Vijay K. Dhir forge an agreement. Below, Dhir and UCLA Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science Jason Cong, a Peking University alum, in Beijing.
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FACULTYHonors and Awards
JAmeS c. LIAo elected to national Academy of Engineering
JamesC.Liao,UCLA'sRalphM.ParsonsFoundationProfessorofChemical
EngineeringandchairoftheChemicalandBiomolecularEngineeringDepartmentattheUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience,hasbeenelectedtotheNationalAcademyofEngineering.
ElectiontotheacademyisoneofthehighestprofessionaldistinctionsthatcanbeawardedtoanengineerintheUnitedStates.
Theacademy'scitationrecognizedLiao“foradvancesinmetabolicengineeringofmicroorganismstoproducefuelsandchemicals.”Hejoined68othernewmembersand11foreignassociateselectedfortheiroutstandingcontributions
to“engineeringresearch,practice,oreducation,”theacademyannouncedonFebruary8.
“Jimhasmadepioneeringadvancesinapplyingmetabolicengineeringandsyntheticbiologytechniquestosolvecriticalandintertwinedproblemsinthebiologicalproductionoffuelsandthecombatingofgreenhousegases,”saidUCLAEngineeringDeanVijayK.Dhir,aNationalAcademyofEngineeringmember.
“Heistrulydeservingofthisveryhighestofhonors.”
Liaohasreceivedmuchacclaimforhisworkdevelopingmoreefficientbiofuels.Hehasgeneticallymodifiedbacteriatobothconsumecarbondioxide,aharmfulgreenhousegas,andproducetheliquid
pLiao uses plants and micro-organisms in his research on metabolic engineering, synthetic biology and systems biology to produce fuels and chemicals.
The academy recognized Liao for advances in engineering microorganisms to develop more clean and efficient fuels
By Matthew Chin
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‘This great honor should go to my previous and current group members, who really have made all the difference in the world.’ —James C. Liao
fuelisobutanol.Inessence,heandhisresearchteamhaveturnedexhaustintofuelinaseriesofbiochemicalreactionspoweredbysunlight.
Liaohasalsodevelopedawaytoturnelectricityintoliquidfuelandamethodforconvertingproteinsintofuel.Hehasusedhistechniquestoaddressobesitybyincreasingmetabolismrates—researchthatshowedsuccessfulresultsinmice.
Liaosayshisultimateresearchgoalsaretousebiochemicalmethodstoreplacepetroleumprocessingandtotreatmetabolicdiseases.
“Thisgreathonorshouldgotomypreviousandcurrentgroupmembers,whoreallyhavemadeallthedifferenceintheworld,"Liaosaidofhiselectiontotheacademy.”Ialsoappreciatethesupportofmycolleagues,thedepartmentandtheschool." n
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JONATHAN B. HOPkINS
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D.–MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology
JonathanB.Hopkins’researchgoalsareto
design,analyzeandfabricateflexiblematerials
andstructuresthathaveextraordinary
capabilities,suchasshapeandsizemutability,
elasticenergystorageandreleasecapacity,
andtheabilitytomovewithcomplexitywhile
beingcontrolledsimply.
Hopkinsisontheresearchstaffofthe
LawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory,
workinginPrecisionSystemsandManufac-
turing,andattheCenterforMicro&Nano
Technology.HewilljoinUCLAEngineering
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CHRISTINA FRAGOULI
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D.–UCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience
ChristinaFragouli’sresearchinterestsincludenetworkinformationflow
theoryandalgorithms,networkcoding,wirelessnetworks,sensornetworks
andsecurity.
FragouliisanassociateprofessorattheSchoolofComputerand
CommunicationSciences,EcolePolytechniqueFédéraledeLausanne(EPFL),in
Switzerland.ShewillarriveatUCLAEngineeringlaterthisyear.PriortoEPFL,
sheworkedatAT&TLabs’InformationSciencesCenterinFlorhamPark,N.J.,and
visitedtheBellLabs’MathCenterinMurrayHill,N.J.
SheservedasaneditorforIEEECommunica-
tionsLetters,IEEETransactionsonInformation
Theory,IEEETransactionsonCommunicationsand
forElsevier'sComputerCommunications,andis
currentlyaneditorforIEEETransactionsonMobile
Computing.SheisalsoaDistinguishedLecturerfor
theIEEEInformationTheorySociety.
ShereceivedtheFulbrightFellowshipforher
graduatestudies,theOutstandingPh.D.Student
Award2000-2001,UCLA,ElectricalEngineering
Department,theZontaAward2008inSwitzerland
andtheYoungInvestigatorERCgrantin2009. n
OnlineMastersThe primary purpose of this program is to enable employed engineers and computer scientists to enhance their technical education beyond the Bachelor of Science level, and to enhance their value to the technical organizations in which they are employed.
DiSTinCTivE FEATuRES oF THE pRogRAM• Each course is fully equivalent to the corresponding on-campus course and taught by the faculty members who teach the on-campus course.
• The online lectures are carefully prepared for the online student.
AREAS(CS)Computer ScienceComputer Networking
(EE)Electrical EngineeringIntegrated CircuitsSignal Processing &
Communications
(MSE)Materials Science
Advanced Structural Materials
Electronic Materials
(MAE)Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringManufacturing and
Design
(EN)Systems Engineering
Additional information and online applications available at: msol.ucla.edu
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DavidOkrent1922-2012
I N M E M O R I A M
DavidOkrent,UCLAprofessoremeritusofmechanicalandaero-spaceengineering,whomadepioneer-ingcontributionsinnuclearreactordesignandsafety,diedDec.14,2012.Hewas90.
Okrentreceivedhisbachelor’sdegreefromStevensInstituteofTechnology.HeearnedhisPh.D.fromHarvardUniversityin1951.
AfterreceivinghisPh.D.,OkrentjoinedArgonneNationalLaboratoryinIllinois,startingoutasanassociatephysicist.Hebe-camethemanagerofthelab’sFastReactorPhysicsandSafetyin1957,apositionheheldthrough1971.
Afterspending20yearsatArgonneNationalLab,OkrentjoinedUCLAEngineeringasafacultymemberandestablishedaworld-leadingresearchprograminnuclearsafety.Hetaughtundergraduateclassesinthermo-dynamics,nuclearreactortheoryanddesign,andprobabilisticriskassessment,andheledgraduate-levelcoursesinreactorsafetyand
design.Duringhistenureheadvised50Ph.D.students.
“Daviddidnotbelieveingivingaprescriptionto
research,and,instead,healwaysansweredquestionswithgreatquestionsofhisown,”saidUCLAEngineeringDeanVijayK.Dhir.
“Hewasabrilliantscholar,agreatthinker,asuperbmentorofgraduatestudentsand,aboveall,hewasatruegentleman.Hisinfluencespreadfarandwideinestablishingacultureofsafetyfornuclearreactors.”
Okrentreceivedmanypresti-gioushonorsforhiswork,includ-ingaGuggenheimFellowship,theGeorgeC.LaurencePioneeringAwardoftheAmericanNuclearSocietyandelectiontotheNa-tionalAcademyofEngineering.
OkrentretiredfromUCLAin1991,butcontinuedteachingclassesandmentoringgraduatestudentsforseveralyears. n
www.engineer.ucla.edu/ memoriam-okrent
CHRISTIANWAGNER
1927-2012ChristianN.J.Wagner,aUCLAprofessoremeritusofmaterialsscienceandengineering,diedonDec.31,2012,athishomeinPalmDesert.Hewas85.Wagnerwasinternationallyknownforresearchonthestructureofliquid,amorphousandnanocrystallinematerials,andonresidualstressesinplasticallydeformedmaterials.
BorninGermany,WagnerearnedhisPh.D.fromfromSaarlandUniversity.HeemigratedtotheUnitedStatesin1959,joiningYaleUniversity’sfacultyintheMetallurgyDepartment.HebecameaU.S.citizenin1969.
In1970,WagnerjoinedtheUCLAMaterialsDepartment.Heheldseveraladmin-istrativepostsuntilhisretirementin1991.
HewasafellowofASMInternationalandwasamemberTauBetaPiandseveralengineeringorganizations. n
www.engineer.ucla.edu/memoriam-wagner
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U.S.CoastGuardCapt.GailKulisch(ret.)reallycleanedupaftersheearnedhermaster’sdegreein1990.In2010,sheledtheCoastGuard’sspecialoperationsforcesintheirresponsetotheDeepwaterHorizonspillthatspewed200milliongallonsofoilintotheGulfofMexico.In2001,shedirectedamulti-agencyresponsetotheterroristattackonNewYork’s
TwinTowersandtheanthraxscareonCapitolHill.Sheservedascaptainof
theportinBostonfrom2007to2009.Kulisch’s28-yearCoastGuard
careerstartedbeforeshearrivedoncampus.Inthesummerof1989,inbetweenherfirstandsecond
yearsasaUCLAstudent,shehelpedaftertheExxonValdezspilledoil
intoAlaska’sPrinceWilliamSound.TheValdezresponse,shesaid,wasa
pioneeringexampleofbioremediationandcooperation,astheEnvironmentalProtection
Agencytestedmicroorganismsthatcouldconsumetoxinseven
asemergencyresponderscleanedthesite.
ApaperKulischco-authoredwithUCLA
EngineeringprofessorVincentVilkerin1991exploredtheuseofbacteriatofightchemicalspills.KulischsaidherCoastGuardcareerparalleledthemultidisciplinaryapproachsheencounteredatUCLA,requiringconsiderationofseveralanglesatonce.
“Nobodywantsorinvitesacrisis,”shesaid.“Inresponse,youdonotabandonscience,andyoudonotabandonhealthandsafety.”
KulischretiredfromtheCoastGuardinFebruary2012.ShehassincelaunchedBTGVentures,anenvironmentalconsultingfirmfocusedonsecurity,safetyandsustainability.n
Kulisch said the cross-
disciplinary approach
at uClA Engineering
helped her during
her 28-year Coast
guard career.
CATC H I NGU PWITH
GailKulischMS’90By Bill Kisliuk
pGail Kulisch with President George W. Bush, during a briefing after the 2001 terror attacks, and, right, as a student at UCLA.
in a phrase that rings across three generations, a member of the Kline family just earned a ph.D. in engineering from uClA.
ErikKlinefinishedhiscomputersciencedegreeinFall2012,workingwithProfessorPeterReiher.HeisnowdoingresearchonroutingsecurityfortheInformationSciencesInstituteatUSC.
Hisgrandfather,MelvinKline,whodiedin2010,earnedhisPh.D.atUCLAin1966beforebecominganelectricalengineeringconsultantandthenteachingattheNavalPostgraduateSchoolinMonterey,Calif.OneofMelvinKline’sadvisorswasfoundingDeanLlewellynM.K.Boelter.
Melvin’sson,CharleyKline,earnedthreedegreesatUCLA,includingaPh.D.incomputersciencein1980.He
workedwithProfessorLeonardKleinrockonthedevelop-mentsthatledtotheInternet,sendingthefirsttrans-missionsontheARPANETfrom3420BoelterHalltotheStanfordResearchInstituteonOct.,29,1969.However,Klinesaid,hismostsignificantBoelterHallmemoryinvolvesmeetingLanaii,thewomanwhowouldbecomehiswife,atacomputerclubgathering.
CharleyKlinesaidthatwhenhewasinjuniorhighschool,hisfatherbroughthimontocampustotryhishandatprogramming.EriksaidheknewnothingoftheUCLAcampusbeforeapplying.HeoptedforUCLAsolelyonthealignmentoftheschool’sstrengthsandhisinterests.“IhadnorealpreferencetogotoUCLA,”hesaid.“ThedecisionImadewasbasedonwhattheprogramswereabout.” n
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THREE GENERATIONS of Ph.d.s By Bill Kisliuk
tThree of a kind: From left, Melvin, Charley and Erik Kline, all of whom earned Ph.D.s at UCLA.
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1950sJoe spradley’54,MS’55,PhD’58,emeritusprofessorofphysicsatWheatonCollegeinIllinois,hadtworeferencebooksheeditedpublishedbySalemPress:“EarthScience:PhysicsandChemistryoftheEarth,”and“GreatLivesfromHistory:ScientistsandScience.”
gary macdougal’58continuesmakingadifferenceinthelivesofthedisadvantaged.HisOctober2012essayinThe New York Times,"TheWrongWaytoHelpthePoor"discussedhowthe$1trillionthegovernmentallocatesannuallytopovertyprogramswouldbeenoughifspentmoreintelligently.Theop-edpiecedrewbipartisanpraiseandwasnamedoneoftheTimes’topfivearticlesoftheweek.
1960sJack k. holmes’60,MS’63,PhD’67recentlyhadhistextbook
“SpreadSpectrumSystemsforGNSSandWirelessCommuni-cations,”publishedinChinese.ItwasoriginallypublishedbyArtechHousein2007.
robert W. farquharMS’61,executiveforspaceexplorationatKinetXAerospace,receivedseveralhonorsin2012,includingelectiontotheNationalAcademyofEngineering“fordeepspacemissionstoasteroidsand
cometsandforleadingtheNEARmissiontoEros;”theSpacePioneerAwardforScienceandEngineeringfromtheNationalSpaceSociety;certificatesofappreciationfromtheU.S.DepartmentofDefenseforhonorableserviceintheKoreanWarandfromNASA’sPlanetaryScienceDivisionfor
leadershipinsolarsystemexploration.HewasalsonamedaDistinguishedVisitingProfessorandChiefInternationalAcademicAdvisoratHarbinInstituteofTechnologyinChina.Farquhar’smemoir,“FiftyYearsontheSpaceFrontier:HaloOrbits,Comets,Asteroids,andMore”wasrecentlypublishedbyOutskirtsPress.
William VietiNghoffMEEngineeringExecutiveProgram’62,aretireefromBoeing,hasbeenrehiredbyBoeingtoprovidepresentationstoschoolsandotherorganizationsonthehistoryofrocketenginedevelopmentatthecompany’sformerSantaSusanaFieldLaboratoryinCalifornia.
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harold ray’63,whoafter35yearsofservicetoSouthernCaliforniaEdisonretiredasexecutivevicepresidentoverseeinggenerationandwholesaleenergyin2006,waselectedin2012totheexecutivecommitteeoftheAdvisoryCommitteeofReactorSafeguards(ACRS)oftheU.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommission.Hefirstjoinedthecommitteein2008andisnowinhissecondterm.Rayhastwodaughters,oneofwhomgraduatedfromUCLAEngineering.Hecurrentlyrunsaconsultingpractice.
laWreNce c. akers ’66retiredin2002after33yearsatPfizerInc.asachemicalengineerandpatentattorney.HenowlivesinNewYork.
doNald broWN’66recentlymovedtoOcala,Fla.,tocontinuehissecondcareerofteachingadvancedmathematicscoursesatTrinityCatholicHighSchool.BrownandhiswifeCathyareenjoyinglivinginFloridahorsecountry.
robert barker’68,MBA(UCLAAnderson)’70wasrecentlyappointedtotheadvisoryboardatFastorSystems.FastorSystemsisengagedinbringingsolutionstotherapidlygrowingcloudandenterprisesolid-statedrivemarkets.
asad m. madNi’69,MS’72,distinguishedadjunctprofessorofelectricalengineeringatUCLA,hasbeenelectedafellowoftheAmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronauticsfor“seminalcontributionsanddistinguishedleadershipinthedevelopmentand
commercializationofsensorsandsystemsforaerospace,transportationandcommercialaviation.”AIAAistheworld'slargesttechnicalsocietydedicatedtotheglobalaerospaceprofession.AIAAFellowsarepersonsofdistinctionwhohavemadenotableandvaluablecontributionstothearts,sciencesortechnologyofaeronauticsorastronautics.
1970sraymoNd hoppes’71,MS’75hasretiredtobecomeafull-timemodelrailroaderandbabysitter.Withthreegrandchildrenallunder3,henoteshehasabusylife.HeisamemberoftheNearSightedNarrowGaugersmodelrailroadclub.
ViNtoN g. cerfMS’70,PhD’72wasappointedbyPresidentObamainJanuarytotheNationalScienceBoardoftheNationalScienceFoundation.The25-memberboardsetspoliciesforthe
NSFasdirectedbythePresidentandCongress.TheboardalsoservesasanindependentbodyofadvisorstothePresidentandCongressonpolicyrelatedtoscienceandengineering.CerfisvicepresidentandchiefinternetevangelistatGoogle.
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VaN N. schultz’74,MS’75retiredfromAeraEnergyinNovember.HecompletedhistermaschairoftheUCLAAlumniAssociationinJune,andisnowoneoftwoUCAlumniRegentDesignates.SchultzisalsoontheChemicalandBiomolecularEngineeringDepartment’sadvisorycouncil.
robert skeltoNPhD’76waselectedtotheNationalAcademyofEngineeringin2012for“contributionstorobustcontrol,systemidentification,andmethodologyforcontrol-structureinteraction.”HealsoreceivedaresearchawardfromtheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundation.Hisbook
“TensegritySystems,”co-authoredbyMauriciodeOliveira,waspublishedin2009.
armaNdo beNaVidesMS’77,asystemsengineeratBoeingsince1992,receivedapatentfor“systemsandmethodfordeterminingpropellantmassandcenterofgravityforaspace-basedasset.”ThisishisfourthpatentwithBoeing,andsixthoverall.HecurrentlysupportsBoeing’sGPSandWGSprograms.
keNNeth W. priVitt’77,MS’80andNaNcy g. (WiNter) priVitt’78plantovisitall58U.S.nationalparks.KenrecentlyretiredfromIntelCorp.after24yearsofservice,andNancywillberetiringfromSanDiegoGasandElectricafter32yearsofservice.
1980sbriaN WoNg ’83waselectedtotheboardofdirectorsatsiliconphotonicsinnovatorKotura,Inc.WongiscurrentlypresidentandCEOofEnevateCorp.,aleadingrechargeableenergystoragetechnologycompany.
Nader karimi’86hasbecomethechiefinformationofficeratBCBGMaxAzria,afashionretailer.
lJilJaNa traJkoVicPhD’86,aprofessoratSimonFraserUniversity’sSchoolofEngineeringScience,hasbeenelectedpresident-elect(2013)andvicepresidentpublications(2012-14)oftheIEEESystems,Man,andCyberneticsSociety.Sheispastpresident(2007)oftheIEEECircuitsandSystemsSociety.
leo mascariNia’87,CEOofNetwork-911,Inc.,welcomedhisdaughterEmmaAnnMascarinia,borninNovember.
1990sraymoNd t. cheN’90,whocurrentlyservesasthedeputygeneralcounselforintellectualpropertylawand
solicitorfortheU.S.PatentandTrademarkOffice,wasnominatedinFebruarybyPresidentObamatoU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheFederalCircuit.
Jerome solomoN’91,a17-yearfilmandvideogameindustryveteran,hasjoinedCogswellPolytechnicalCollege,inSunnyvale,Calif.,asanassistantprofessorintheDigitalArts&AnimationDepartment.Additionally,SolomonsitsontheNationalCommitteeforACMSIGGRAPH2013.
kei kogurePhD’92isaco-translatorfromEnglishtoJapaneseof“BusinessandSociety–CorporateStrategy,PublicPolicy,Ethics”byPost,LawrenceandWeber,publishedbyMcGraw-Hill.Thebookhasbeenwidelyusedasatextbookformanyyears.ThetranslationwaspublishedbyMinervashoboinJapanin2012.
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briaN clark’95wasappointedregionalvicepresidentofsalesforCLSInvestments,oneofthecountry’slargestthirdpartymoneymanagers.ClarkpreviouslywasaregionalvicepresidentatNationwide,coveringthewesternUnitedStates.
roderick soN’95,MA’97,MS’99,PhD’05andbeckie chaN’01,MS‘02weremarriedinJanuary2013.BothworkforNorthropGrumman.
JasoN k. hui’97,MS’98,PhD’02wasselectedtoreceiveanAmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronauticsSustainedServiceAwardfor“sustainedandsignificantcontributionstotheGuidance,NavigationandControlTechnicalCommittee,andfordedicatedservicetoAIAA.”
ryaN a. loreNziNi’98celebratedthebirthofhisthirdchildinDecember.Also,in2012hereceivedtheprestigiousMAIdesignationfromtheAppraisalInstitute,andwaspromotedtovicepresidentatHulbergandAssociates.
2000staNya falteNsPhD’02,anengineeringeducator,istransitioningfromCalPolyPomonatoPurdueUniversity,whereshewillbetheeducationalcontentcreationmanagerfortheNetworkforComputationalNanotech-nology.Faltenswillworkwithpartnersatnanocentersanduniversitiestodevelopanddistributehighqualityeducationalcontent,includingsimulationtoolsandothermaterials,viananoHUB.org.
aasim Jukaku’02andhiswifeHatifahaverecentlylaunchedtheWebsiteHerBabyShower.com,whichfeaturesuniqueandpersonalizedbabyshowerfavors,aswellasgames,partysuppliesandgifts.
yashar mira’04,MBA(UCLAAnderson)’12isnowavicepresidentandprincipalatHeatscape,thethermalmanagementdesignandmanufacturingcompanyhejoinedin2009.
sharat batra’05andmarNelli tabbada’01weremarriedinDecember.BothworkfortheCityofLosAngeles.BotharemembersoftheEngineeringAlumniAssociationGoverningBoardofUCLA.
raJiNdra haNdapaNgoda’05passedtheCaliforniaGeotechnicalEngineer(GE)licensingexaminOctober.
taliNe khaNsa’06isservingasaKivaFellowinJordan,LebanonandSierraLeone.Fellowsworkinsupportofglobalmicrofinance.Khansaispursuingacareerinsolvinghumanitarianissuesafterspendingsixyearsintheaerospaceindustry.
laura balzaNoMS’07hasjoinedtheUniversityofMichiganasanassistantprofessorofelectricalengineeringandcomputerscience.
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halil berberogluPhD’08,anassistantprofessorofmechanicalengineeringattheCockrellSchoolofEngineeringattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,receivedaCAREERAwardfromtheNationalScienceFoundation,tosupportresearchonalgalbiofilmsforsustainablebiofuels.
morris hsu’09andJammie peNg’09weremarriedinSeptember2012.BothworkforLab126.HsuwaspresidentofEtaKappaNu,andPengwas
vicepresidentoftheschoolchapteroftheAmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineerswhileatUCLA.
Julia pasterNack’09hastraveledtomorethan40countriessincegraduation.Shealsoreceivedhermaster’sinmechanicalengineeringfromGeorgiaTech,whereshepursuedinterestsinmechatronicsandadvancedlinearcontrols.PasternackwasrecentlyselectedfortheInternationalLeadershipDevelopmentProgramatGKN,alargeengineeringfirminEngland,andnotesherpassionsforengineeringandtravelwerefosteredthroughengineeringclubsatUCLA.
2010sdeVoN laduziNsky’10wasselectedforthe2012-13CaliforniaExecutiveFellowshipprogram.BasedatCalStateSacramento,fellowsworkinthestate’sexecutivebranchtoexperiencefirst-handhowpublicpolicyisdeveloped.
krystiNa JohNsoN’11hasmovedfrombeingamanufacturingengineeratBoeinginPortland,Ore.,toanassemblyautomationengineerforBoeingResearch&TechnologyinCharleston,S.C.
hieN huyNh’12andDuc(Ly)HoangweremarriedinDecemberinVietnam.HuynhiscurrentlyaUCLAgradstudentinelectricalengineering.
daNiel haberbergerPhD’12isattheLaboratoryforLaserEnergeticsattheUniversityofRochester,inNewYork,workingontechniquesforprobinghightemperatureanddensityplasmaswithlasers.Heandhiswife,Lusnail,welcomedtheirfirstchild,JoseDanielHaberberger,inFebruary.
scott eNseriNkPhD’13hasstartedworkingforTrellisWareTechnologiesinSanDiegoasasystemsengineeronwirelesscommunicationproblems. n
Building for the futureWithyoursupport,theUCLAHenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScienceisbuildingonitsdecadesofachievementwithconstructionofEngineeringVI,astate-of-the-artfacilitywithnewlabs,ananotechnologycenterfocusedongreenenergyandmuchmore.BeapartoftheprogressbysupportingEngineeringVI.
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