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E-BULLETIN
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
February 11, 2009
DEAN'S
LETTER
I am
very pleased to share with you that two faculty members of the
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science -
Deborah Estrin and John Kim -- have been elected to the National
Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional honors
that can be accorded to an engineer.
John and Deborah
were each recognized for pioneering research that changed the
landscape in their respective fields. John has made significant
contributions to understanding the fundamentals of turbulence.
Deborah has pioneered embedded sensing and directs a multi-university,
multi-disciplinary center in that area. Recognition of their outstanding
careers is a source of pride for all of us. Deborah is also the
first female faculty member from UCLA Engineering to be elected.
Since 2003, 11 UCLA Engineering faculty members have received
this very distinguished honor, bringing the number of NAE members
affiliated with UCLA to 24.
Throughout
the school, our faculty are making great strides to address the
challenges of the 21st Century. At the same time they are dedicated
to the education of our outstanding students, to ensure they are
well-prepared for successful careers. The awards that our faculty
receive are a testament to their world-class caliber, and their
strong commitment to our mission of research, education and service.
Sincerely,
Vijay K. Dhir
Dean
FEATURE
STORIES
Two
UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering
Two faculty members from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science have been elected to the National Academy
of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions awarded
to engineers. Deborah Estrin, a professor of
computer science with a joint appointment in electrical engineering,
and John Kim, a professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, are among 65 members and nine foreign associates
elected in 2009, the academy announced on February 6.
OTHER
NEWS
Electrical
engineering professor Abeer Alwan has been selected
as Distinguished Lecturer by the International Speech Communication
Association (ISCA) and will serve in 2009-10. ISCA is the largest
speech science and engineering international society.
Mechanical
and aerospace engineering professor Mohamed Abdou
was elected a chairman to the US Council of Energy Research and
Education Leaders (CEREL). CEREL consists of leaders of college
and university-based energy centers and programs.
Computer science professor Jason Cong was selected
as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
He was recognized for "contributions to electronic design
automation."
Electrical engineering professor Chand Joshi
has been selected to receive the 2009 Particle Accelerator Science
and Technology Award from the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science
Society. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to the development of particle accelerator science
and technology.
Civil and environmental engineering professor Jiann-Wen
Woody Ju was elected as a fellow of the American Concrete
Institute. Fellows are recognized for outstanding contributions
to the production or use of concrete materials, products, and
structures in the areas of education, research, development, design,
construction, or management. Ju also recently became an editorial
board member of the Journal of Chongqing University (English Edition).
Dejan Markovic, assistant professor of electrical
engineering has been selected to receive the 2009 NSF CAREER Award
from the National Science Foundation. The awards program supports
junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through
outstanding research, excellent education and the integration
of education and research within the context of the mission of
their organizations. His award is for "Area-and-Power-Minimized
Many-Channel Neural-Spike DSP."
Webb
Marner, adjunct professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, was recently appointed Secretary and Treasurer of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) by the Board
of Governors of the Society.
Civil and environmental engineering professor John W.
Wallace and 10 co-authors have been awarded the Best
Paper award for Vol. 23 (2007) of Earthquake Spectra, which is
the Professional Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Reserach
Institute. The paper title is “Update to ASCE/SEI 41 Concrete
Provisions."
MEDIA
WATCH: UCLA ENGINEERING IN THE NEWS
CNN
Invention
turns cell phone into mobile medical lab
Professor Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA has taken a typical
Sony Ericsson phone, and by adding a few off-the-shelf parts that
cost less than $50, he can get it to produce a remarkable image
that shows the thousands of cells in a small fluid sample such
as human blood. Called
LUCAS, the device could change the way doctors treat patients
in rural areas.
Ozcan's work
has also been profiled on CBS and the Science Channel. Visit his
lab's
news site for more links. And, an mp3 file of a recent BBC
radio segment on LUCAS is located here.
NBC
4
Cheap
High-Efficiency Solar Cells on the Horizon
UCLA researchers believe they have taken one step closer to creating
high-efficiency solar cells using cheap plastic with a dash of
silicon, it was reported Saturday. The research team (led by materials
science and engineering professor Yang Yang)
says it wants easy-to-use plastic solar energy cells to be sold
at local hardware stores, and then hung like posters on the wall.
Nature Photonics
News
and Views. Silicon photonics: Silicon's time lens
How can we capture ultrafast optical signals in real time? A time
lens is one possibility — able to image the temporal profile
of a short optical signal, analogous to a conventional lens. Such
a device has now been created on a silicon chip.
The article is by electrical engineering professor Bahram
Jalali, post-doctoral research Daniel Solli,
and graduate student Shalabh Gupta.
CALENDAR
February
12
Engineering
for Life Enrichment
A mini-symposium in conjunction with the 2009 National Academy
of Engineering meeting.
1:30 p.m., CNSI building auditorium.
Computer Science
Seminar
"Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery"
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
4:15 p.m., 3400 Boelter Hall
February 13
Structural
and Solid Mechanics Seminar
"New Insights into Dislocation Properties on the Atomic Scale"
Ghiath Monnet, EDF, France.
10:30 a.m., 38-138 Engineering IV
February 17
Environmental
Engineering and Hydrology and Water Resources Seminar
"Multifunctional Nanomaterial-enabled Membranes for Water
Treatment"
Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University
11 a.m., 4275 Boelter Hall
Structural
Engineering and Mechanics Seminar
"Bridge Design along the Sea to Sky Highway"
Schaun Valdovinos, Hatch Mott MacDonald
4 p.m., 2200 Young Hall
February 19
Computer Science Lecture
"What should we learn from 25 years of the Internet: A DNS
Case Study"
Paul Mockapetris, Nominum
4:15 p.m., Boelter Hall
February
20
Thermo/Fluids
Seminar
"Fluid-Structure Interaction in Human Voice Production"
Zhaoyan Zhang, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
Jacob Marschak
Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavior Sciences
"Sustainable Innovation: What is required of business, education
and government leaders to revive America's Innovation Ecosystem"
Judy Estrin, CEO, JLabs and Author, Closing the Innovation Gap
1 p.m. UCLA Anderson School of Management, Entrepreneurs Hall,
Room C301
February 23
Circuits
and Embedded Systems Seminar
"Multi-Gb/s communications at 60GHz: Radio architecture and
circuit design"
Yorgos Palaskas, Intel Corporation
1 p.m., 54-134 Engineering IV
February 24
Environmental
Engineering and Hydrology and Water Resources Seminar
"Evaluation of the WS/WQ benefits associated with Water Quality
IRP actions"
Chuching Wang, Metropolitan Water District
11 a.m., 4275 Boelter Hall
Geotechnical
Engineering Seminar
"Soil Structure Interaction for the BART Transbay Tube"
Shah Vahdani, Fugro West, Inc.
4 p.m., location tbd
February 26
Jon
Postel Distinguished Lecture
"Cloud Computing at Yahoo!"
Raghu Ramakrishnan, Yahoo! Research
4:15 p.m.,
3400 Boelter Hall
February
27
Structural
and Solid Mechanics Seminar
"From Droplets to Nanowires: Dynamics of Vapor-Liquid-Solid
Growth"
Klaus Schwartz, IBM Research
10:30 a.m., 38-138 Engineering IV
Jacob
Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavior
Sciences
"Causes and Counterfactuals: The Foundations of Empirical
Studies in the Social, Behavioral, Economic and Health Sciences"
Judea Pearl, UCLA Computer Science
1 p.m. UCLA Anderson School of Management, Entrepreneurs Hall,
Room C301
March 3
Environmental
Engineering and Hydrology and Water Resources Seminar
"Impact of NOM on the Fate, Transport and Toxicity of C60
Fullerene Nanoparticles"
Qilin Li, Rice University
11 a.m., 4275 Boelter Hall
March 10
Birdsall-Dreiss
Distinguished Lecture
"Will China run out of Water?"
Chunmiao Zheng, University of Alabama
2 p.m., 5436 Boelter Hall
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