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The
40th Anniversary of the Internet was webcast live on UStream
TV. Presenters include Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington
Post; Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of One Laptop per Child;
Regina E. Dugan, Director of DARPA; Mike Mohaime and Frank Pearce,
executives of Blizzard Entertainment; John Taylor, bass player
for the rock band Duran Duran; and many others. To watch the videos,
At
the 2009 UCLA Engineering Awards Dinner, NASA Astronaut K.
Megan McArthur '93 presented the school with an object
carried into orbit. The object is a mini model of the Interface
Message Processor Machine, or IMP, that sent the first message
on the Internet in 1969. 
UCLA Engineering researchers have for the first time successfully
reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing
the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin. The research
could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with
similarly beneficial effects. The research team is lead by Yi
Tang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular
engineering.
Two
UCLA Engineering faculty members have been named inaugural holders
of endowed chairs in electrical engineering. M.C. Frank
Chang will hold the Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical
Engineering, and Alan N. Willson Jr. will hold
the Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering.
The endowed chairs, part of the engineering school's Enhancing
Engineering Excellence initiative, were each established with
a $1 million gift.
UCLA
Magazine asked Bruin thinkers from across the campus to tell where
they think we're at in the new digital age and from that benchmark,
hit forward and explore what personal and professional life will
be like in 2049. The group represented many fields of inquiry
and excellence, including neuroscience, humanities, sensor technology,
artificial intelligence, nursing, media arts.
UCLA
Engineering and element14, a new online technology resource and
community for electronic design engineers, announced on Nov. 4
that three students received $2,500 Live EDGE scholarships to
help further their educations in electrical and electronics engineering.
Of the 12 Live EDGE scholarships awarded to engineering students
worldwide, UCLA had the most winners. To read more, 
Laurent
Pilon, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, was awarded the 2009 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy
and Radiation Transfer (JQSRT) Young Scientist Award in Radiation
Transfer. This brand new award was established to acknowledge
the contributions to the field from talented young researchers
under the age of 36. 
Christopher
Lynch, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
has been appointed as the chair of the ASME Aerospace Division
Executive Committee. The division promotes the development and
dissemination of the mechanical, materials and systems engineering
aspects of aircraft, spacecraft and missile design and operation.
Jonathan
Stewart, professor of civil and environmental engineering,
was elected as a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
last month. The grade of fellow recognizes distinguished careers
of ASCE members who have contributed significantly to the civil
engineering profession.