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E-BULLETIN
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
April 11, 2007
DEAN'S
LETTER
When I reflect on the extraordinary work being undertaken by both
our faculty and students, I feel a great sense of excitement about
the School’s future. This month, I’d like to extend
a special invitation to all of our alumni and friends to come
back to campus, to visit the School and to share in its successes.
I’d particularly like to encourage you to
attend our upcoming 2007 Technology Forum. This annual research
review will showcase the School’s groundbreaking research
in a number of emerging disciplines including bioengineering,
embedded systems, and nanotechnology, and the impact these fields
will have on the future. We are exceedingly proud that the research
we conduct is helping people to live better lives.
The forum, which will be held on Thursday, May
3, is an excellent way to get an up-close and personal perspective
on the cutting-edge research being conducted across many of the
School’s disciplines.
I also invite you to enjoy a number of fun, lighthearted
student-driven events during Engineer's Week, held now through
April 13, during which a wide array of exhibitions and demonstrations
showcase the value of engineering. Find out what E-Week organizers
have planned by visiting the School’s web homepage, or use
the link in our events section.
During April, we also take the time to recognize
our student scholarship recipients and the generosity of those
donors who support them by holding a breakfast in their honor.
As well, our new freshman admits will have a chance to visit the
school and learn about their new "home away from home"
this month by attending the engineering freshman open house. We
look forward to hosting all of them on campus.
It’s always wonderful when our good work
is recognized by others, so I’m pleased to share the news
this month that the School has been ranked tenth among public
schools and 16th among all graduate engineering schools in the
country, according to the latest 2008 U.S. News & World
Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. However, our focus
remains upon the things that make us truly successful –
the innovative work done by our exceptionally talented students,
faculty, and staff, and our pioneering collaborations across campus
and with other top institutions, industry, and government. It
is these ongoing endeavors that continue to make us one of the
best engineering schools in the country.
We can all be proud of the many successes we are
accomplishing together. I look forward to seeing you on campus.
Sincerely,
Vijay K. Dhir
Dean
FEATURE
STORIES
UCLA Engineering to Hold May 3 Research Review on Emerging
Disciplines
 Marking
yet another milestone year of growth, UCLA Engineering will hold
its 2007 Technology Forum on Thursday, May 3. The annual research
review will showcase the School’s groundbreaking research
in a number of emerging disciplines including bioengineering,
embedded systems, and nanotechnology, and the impact these fields
will have on the future. “Our annual review is an opportunity
to showcase the School’s myriad research accomplishments,”
said Dean Vijay K. Dhir. “We are exceedingly proud of the
impact our research has on helping people to live better lives.
The review is our chance to share this good work with the public.”
To read more, click here.
Guided Surgery Tool Brings
Expertise to Remote Locations
 Researchers
at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science,
working with laparoscopic surgeons, have developed a new method
of guided surgery that will permit experienced surgeons to guide
surgeries in remote locations such as battlefield hospitals. “Laparoscopic
surgery is a specialized field that requires a lot of practice,”
said Greg Carman, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
“To develop a way in which the best surgeon in the world
can assist with a surgery remotely holds the potential to revolutionize
the field.” To
read more, click here.
OTHER NEWS
Systems Career Check
 His
job is to see the future. He's got 115 patents — and counting.
He sometimes Rollerblades the 22 miles to and from his lab. Few
Bruin engineers are as colorful or as qualified to offer advice
as Marc Tremblay, senior vice president, fellow and chief architect
at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tremblay shares his insights on making
it as an engineer and the challenges for the next generation of
UCLA engineering grads in the latest issue of UCLA Magazine. To
read more, click here.
New Endowments to Benefit Students
 Undergraduate
students at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied
Science not only excel in the classroom, but are making important
contributions in the laboratory and through extracurricular activities,
as well. Thanks to the generosity of alumni, parents, and families,
our students will be able to spend more time on engineering projects,
and less time worrying about paying their UCLA fees. Several new
endowed scholarships have been established in the School that
will support exceptional engineering students in perpetuity. To
read more, click here.
Engineering Faculty Win Awards and Honors
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professors Mohamed
Abdou and Neil Morley have established
a new six-year collaborative program between the UCLA Fusion Science
and Technology Center and the Japanese National Institute of Fusion
Science. Called TITAN, the collaboration has $1.2M of new funding
to do in-depth experiments on the magnetohydrodynamic flow control
and thermofluid behavior of liquid metals in fusion relevant geometries
and flow parameter ranges.
Chancellor's Professor of civil and environmental
engineering and mechanical and aerospace engineering professor
J. S. Chen has been elected Treasurer of the
U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM). He will
serve in the three officer positions of the executive committee
(treasurer, vice president, and president) for a total of six
years. Chen also has been invited to serve as the editor-in-chief
of "Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics: an International
Journal" (IMMIJ). The aim of IMMIJ is to provide a platform
for publication of research results in which interaction and multiscale
mechanics play a vital role.
Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor
Yoram Cohen was a keynote Speaker at the 233rd
American Chemical Society's national spring meeting in Chicago
in March. He spoke on "High recovery membrane RO desalination
of brackish water: Opportunities and limitations."
Electrical engineering adjunct professor Giorgio
Franceschetti has been awarded the 2007 Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Society Distinguished Achievement Award. The award was
established to recognize individuals who have made significant
technical contributions, usually over a sustained period, within
the scope of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.
Civil and environmental engineering professor
Jonathan Stewart received an outstanding paper
award for his work "Nonlinear Site Amplification as Function
of 30 M Shear Wave Velocity," published in Issue 1 of the
journal "Earthquake Spectra." The paper has had a far-reaching
impact on the characterization of site effects on ground motions.
For example, it is being used to help re-evaluate the site factors
in the NEHRP provisions, and it was relied upon heavily during
the development of the next generation attenuation functions.
MEDIA
WATCH: UCLA ENGINEERING NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Electrical Engineering Times – Asia
New
Tech Pares Down I/O Power Draw
A group of leading academics have set a high-water mark in bringing
fast chip-to-chip links into the era of low-power design. Their
advance suggests the industry needs to rethink some fundamental
assumptions in the way it defines, measures and implements power
in interconnect designs. The work used a combination of techniques
to achieve its 2.2mW/Gbps milestone, including a voltage-mode
signaling technique developed by UCLA Engineering associate professor
Ken Yang.
KFWB Radio 980 Evening News
UCLA Engineering Receives $6 Million Department of Defense Grant
[Clip unavailable]
The U.S. Department of Defense is awarding a team of nine professors
from six universities $6 million over five years to exploit precise
biological assembly for the study of quantum physics in nanoparticle
arrays. Professors Kang Wang and Yu Huang of the UCLA Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science are teaming up with
leading researchers across the nation to develop biological strategies
combining DNA, proteins, and peptides with chemical synthesis
techniques to construct arrays of nanoparticles.
UCLA Magazine
Upward
Bound
UCLA is a beacon for those who dream of a better life for themselves
and for their families, such as Gbenga Elehinafe, a fourth-year
mechanical engineering student attending the UCLA Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Science Daily
Biologically
Based Quantum Computers? DNA, Proteins, And Peptides Could Help
Construct New Nanoscale Electronics
The U.S. Department of Defense is awarding a team of nine professors
from six universities $6 million over five years to exploit precise
biological assembly for the study of quantum physics in nanoparticle
arrays. Professors Kang Wang and Yu Huang of the UCLA Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science are teaming up with
leading researchers across the nation to develop biological strategies
combining DNA, proteins, and peptides with chemical synthesis
techniques to construct arrays of nanoparticles. This research
will help to produce a fundamental understanding of quantum electronic
systems, which could impact the way future electronics are created.
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Women
in Technology Award Winners Named
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
Monday named this year's Women of Vision award winners. UCLA Engineering’s
Deborah Estrin will be honored at a May 3 banquet at San Jose's
Fairmont Hotel. Estrin, a professor of computer science, was selected
for the innovation award "for her sustained and significant
founding research in network interconnection and simulation, embedded
networking, sensornet research, and security." Her research
focuses on the design of network and routing protocols for very
large, global, networks.
Semiconductor Online
DoD
Awards $6 Million For Research On Quantum Electronic Systems
The U.S. Department of Defense is awarding a team of nine professors
from six universities $6 million over five years to exploit precise
biological assembly for the study of quantum physics in nanoparticle
arrays. Professors Kang Wang and Yu Huang of the UCLA Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science are teaming up with
leading researchers across the nation to develop biological strategies
combining DNA, proteins, and peptides with chemical synthesis
techniques to construct arrays of nanoparticles.
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