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E-BULLETIN
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
September 9, 2009
DEAN'S
LETTER
On October 29, we will
celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Internet. As many of you
know, the first Internet message was sent in 1969 from professor
Leonard Kleinrock's Boelter Hall lab. This celebration, featuring
speakers from Google, Warner Bros., Cisco, just to name a few,
will share innovations and discuss some of the ways in which the
Internet will continue to be the world's most powerful tool for
change. This exciting program will be held at UCLA's Covel Commons.
For information, please
click here. I hope you can make it.
I would also
like to recognize faculty who have taken on important leadership
roles in the past few months. Chemical and biomolecular engineering
professor Jane P. Chang is the new associate dean for research
and physical resources; Adnan Darwiche is the new chair of the
Computer Science Department; and Jenn-Ming Yang is the new chair
of the Materials Science and Engineering Department. I look forward
to working with them on our three-fold mission of education, research
and service.
Sincerely,
Vijay K. Dhir
Dean
FEATURES
UCLA
Engineering receives $1 million to establish two graduate fellowships
Two UCLA Engineering alumni have each given $500,000
to establish graduate fellowships in electrical engineering.
UCLA Engineering
to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Internet on Oct. 29
 Forty
years ago, a team led by UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock
sent the first message on the ARPANET. In the decades since then,
what is now the Internet has revolutionized every part of our
lives. To celebrate the Internet's 40th anniversary, Internet
leaders, activists and analysts will offer valuable insights on
the opportunities and pitfalls that lie ahead.
OTHER
NEWS
Saudi
Arabia's science agency to fund UCLA research in nanoelectronics,
clean energy
 King
Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia
and UCLA, represented by Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science, have signed an agreement that will establish
a Center of Excellence in Green Nanotechnology to promote educational
and research exchanges, and support research in nanoelectronics
and clean energy for the next 10 years.
 H.
Thomas Hahn, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
and holder of the Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering,
has been appointed president of the Korea Institute of Science
and Technology (KIST), South Korea's premier research institute.
Hahn, who also held joint appointments in materials science and
at the California NanoSystems Institute, will guide KIST toward
its goal of becoming a world class institute. To read more about
his many contributions and accomplishments during his 18 years
at UCLA, please
click here.
 James
C. Liao, Chancellor’s Professor of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, has been named the recipient of both
the James E. Bailey Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Field of Biological Engineering and the Alpha Chi Sigma Award
for Chemical Engineering Research from the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The awards will be presented at
the fall AICheE meeting.
 Yi
Tang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular
engineering, has been named the recipient of the Allan P. Colburn
Award for Excellence in Publications by AIChE. The award recognizes
one young member of the institute per year for his or her significant
contributions to chemical engineering through publications. The
award will be presented at the fall AIChE meeting.
A paper by mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate
Gary Fay and professor Jason Speyer
titled "GPS Code Tracking using a Sampling Importance Resampling
Particle Filter," has been named the AIAA Best Paper from
the 2008 Guidance Navigation and Control Conference by the AIAA
Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee.
 The
UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED)
held its fifth annual RISE-UP student research poster competition.
Bioengineering junior Dianne Pulido received
first place; mechanical engineering senior Alex Franceschi
won second; and electrical engineering major Anthony Erlinger
won third.
For details on the program, click
here.
GigOptix Inc., a leading provider of electronic engines for the
optically connected digital world today announced successful results
from collaborative work with Prof. Bahram Jalali`s
engineering group at UCLA on using GigOptix`s LX8900 in a novel
110GHz time stretched analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) application.
click
here to read the company's release.
MEDIA WATCH: UCLA
ENGINEERING IN THE NEWS
Associated
Press
As
Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth
The article examines the future of the Internet
as its 40th anniversary approaches. Computer science professor
Leonard Kleinrock and UCLA Engineering alumnus
Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist
are quoted. The article was carried in newspapers
around the country including the Los Angeles Times and the New
York Times.
Fox Business
Celebrating
the Internet's 40th Birthday (streaming video)
The Glick Report interviews Leonard Kleinrock on the 40th anniversary
of the Internet.
Computer World
The
Internet at 40: 'Net pioneer still surprised by online world
Leonard Kleinrock remembers the day it began and knows what he'd
do differently now.
ABC News
TIMELINE:
Internet Turns 40 Today… Or Does It?
Although some celebrate the net's birthday today (Sept. 2), others
say it didn't really have life until October 29 of the same year.
On that day, a message was typed by Kleinrock and sent to the
second node at Stanford Research Institute. That, Kleinrock has
said, "was the first breath of life the Internet ever took."
Technology Review
2009
Young Innovators under 35
Aydogan Ozcan, assistant professor of electrical
engineering, is named to the magazine's TR35 list of technologists
and scientists, all under the age of 35, who are changing the
world.
Forbes
Out
of the Labs: Water Wizardry
A nanoparticle sandwich could double the efficiency of energy-hogging
desalination membranes. Eric Hoek, associate
professor of civil and environmental engineering is featured.
Metropolis
Magazine
Polluting
Truck? Uneven sidewalk? Grab your Camera Phone
A research lab at UCLA aims to improve cities from
the grassroots up, with a soon-to-launch platform that will allow
citizens to document trends in their built environment using their
mobile phones. The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
(CENS) is featured.
University of California newsroom
UC
Tackles Water Crisis
Various research initiatives throughout the University of California
are zeroing in on the state's three-year drought to help find
ways to change the way we use our scarce water supply. Chemical
and Biomolecular engineering professor Yoram Cohen
is featured.
UCLA Today
Environmental
centers work together on climate change
From Engineering to Public Affairs, from the School of Law to
Arts and Architecture, schools from across the UCLA campus have
sprouted centers that examine climate change from every angle,
creating a wealth of specialized, in-depth research. But sometimes,
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
CALENDAR
September 17
Constitution
Day at UC
September 24
Fall
Quarter Instruction begins
UCLA Campus
October 16-18
UCLA Parents'
Weekend
UCLA Campus
October 28
Center
for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) 7th Annual Research Review
Covel Commons
October 29
40th Anniversary
of the Internet
Covel Commons
November 6
UCLA Engineering Awards Dinner
The
Beverly Wilshire - a Four Seasons Hotel
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