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Wileen Wong Kromhout
Director, Media Relations & Marketing
Office of External Affairs
wwkromhout@support.ucla.edu
Telephone:(310) 206-0540
Fax: (310) 825-3966

Mailing Address
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
7256 Boelter Hall, Box 951600
Los Angeles, California
90095-1600

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The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been redefining excellence in education, research and community outreach since it was established in 1945. Today, the School ranks among the top 10 engineering schools in public universities nationwide.

The School boasts exceptional faculty and students, groundbreaking research, and dynamic educational programs and opportunities. The faculty includes 15 members of the National Academy of Engineering, and among other accomplishments, UCLA is home to the first node of the Internet and the first reverse-osmosis membrane.

Since 2001, the School has been awarded five multimillion-dollar interdisciplinary research centers, funded by distinguished national and professional agencies. These centers will be the source of exciting new discoveries in space exploration, wireless sensor systems, nanomanufacturing and defense technologies.

The School offers 28 academic and professional degree programs, including an interdepartmental graduate degree program in biomedical engineering. Current research programs focus on such areas as biomedical informatics, the twenty-first century Internet, nano- and microelectromechanical systems, earthquake engineering, neuroengineering, metabolic engineering, information technologies and alternative energy solutions.