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fall 2009, issue no. 22

Virtual Anatomy

> Ancient Art Unraveled > Alumnus Aaron Cohen â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 > Clean-Tech Leaders

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from the dean

At the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, we are committed to interdisciplinary scholarly work in emerging areas. And throughout the school, more and more of this work is happening outside of traditional engineering disciplines. This commitment is highlighted by two feature stories in this issue. The cover feature on Demetri Terzopoulos introduces his many years of progress in human simulation and computer modeling â&#x20AC;&#x201D; work that was first popularized as special effects in Hollywood films earning Terzopoulos an Oscar, but now has applications in medicine, security and other fields. A second feature on Ioanna Kakoulli details her research and analysis of ancient art and artifacts using advanced engineering techniques. One of my priorities as dean has also been to increase diversity in both the student population and among faculty at UCLA Engineering. In the past few years, we have recruited some exceptional women to the faculty and some of their work has been included in this issue. Terri Hogue is leading an outreach program that helps to get young students excited about science; Yu Huang received a 2009 PECASE Award, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honor for young researchers, for her work in renewable clean energy; Diana Huffaker has created a leadership program in clean technology; and I have already mentioned the feature on Ioanna. Also, of our six new faculty hires for 2009, three are women. Engineering has historically been a male-dominated field. But this is changing. And we are proud to be playing a significant role in this movement, with women who set the highest standards for excellence in the classroom, in innovative research, and in serving the community.

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Associate Deans Richard D. Wesel Academic and Student Affairs Jane P. Chang Research and Physical Resources Assistant Dean Mary Okino Chief Financial Officer Department Chairs Timothy J. Deming Bioengineering Harold G. Monbouquette Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Jiun-Shyan (J.S.) Chen Civil and Environmental Engineering Adnan Darwiche Computer Science Ali H. Sayed Electrical Engineering Jenn-Ming Yang Materials Science and Engineering Adrienne Lavine Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering UCLA Engineer Advisory Board Timothy J. Deming Vijay K. Dhir William Goodin Adrienne Lavine Mary Okino Richard D. Wesel External Affairs Communications Matthew Chin Communications Manager Wileen Wong Kromhout Director of Media Relations and Marketing Joseph Donahoo Executive Director of Development

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Stimulus Funds Help Start Program to Create Clean-Tech Leaders

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r Mice with the glyoxylate shunt that were fed the same high-fat diet for six weeks remained skinny, compared with the mice without the shunt.

Engineering metabolic pathway in mice to prevent diet-induced obesity Wileen Wong Kromhout

hile recent research advances and treatment methods have had little effect in reducing obesity levels, UCLA Engineering researchers, in collaboration with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, may have discovered a completely new way to approach the problem. In a study published in the June 3 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, Chancellor’s Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering professor James Liao, associate professor of human genetics and pediatrics Katrina Dipple and their research team demonstrate how they successfully constructed a non-native pathway in mice that increased fatty acid metabolism and resulted in resistance to dietinduced obesity. “When we looked at the fatty-acid metabolism issue, we noted there are two aspects of the problem that needed to be addressed,” Liao said. “One is the regulation; fatty acid metabolism is highly regulated. The other is digestion of the fatty acid; there needs to be a channel to burn this fat.” “We know plants and bacteria digest fats differently from humans, from mammals,” said Jason Dean, a graduate student on Liao’s team and an author of the study. Plant seeds usually store a lot of fat. When they germinate, they convert the fat to sugar to grow. The reason they can digest fat this way is because they have a set of enzymes that’s

uniquely present in plants and bacteria. These enzymes are called the ‘glyoxylate shunt’ and are missing in mammals.” To investigate the effects of the glyoxylate shunt on fatty acid metabolism in mammals, Liao’s team cloned bacteria genes from Escherichia coli that would enable the shunt, then introduced the cloned E. coli genes into the mitochondria of liver cells in mice; mitochondria are where fatty acids are burned in cells. They found that the glyoxylate shunt cut the energygenerating pathway of the cell in half, allowing the cell to digest the fatty acid much faster than normal. They also found that by cutting through this pathway, they created an additional pathway for converting fatty acid into carbon dioxide. This new cycle allowed the cell to digest fatty acid more effectively. The team also found that the new pathway decreased the regulatory signal malonyl-CoA. When malonyl-CoA levels are high, a signal is released that tells the body it is too full and that it needs to stop using fat and begin making it. Malonyl-CoA is high after eating a meal, blocking fatty acid metabolism. The new pathway, however, allowed for fat degradation even when the body was full. The complete news release is available online at: http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2009/obesity_liao.htm

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World’s fastest camera

relies on an entirely new type of imaging Wileen Wong Kromhout

ltrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such elusive moments, a camera must be able to capture millions or billions of images continuously with a very high frame rate. Conventional cameras are simply not up to the task. Now, UCLA Engineering researchers have developed a novel, continuously running camera that captures images roughly a thousand times faster than any existing conventional camera. In a paper published in the April 30 issue of Nature, Keisuke Goda, Kevin Tsia and team leader Bahram Jalali describe an entirely new approach to imaging that does not require a traditional CCD (charge-coupled device) or CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) video camera. Building on more than a decade of research on photonic time stretch, a technique for capturing elusive events, the team has demonstrated a camera that captures images at some 6 million frames per second. One of the applications the team envisions for the camera is flow cytometry, a technique used for blood analysis. Traditional blood analyzers can count cells and extract information about their size, but they cannot take pictures of every cell because no camera is fast and sensitive enough for the job. “To find these rogue cells — needles in the haystack — you need to analyze billions of cells, the entire haystack,” said Jalali, a professor of electrical engineering. Ultra-highspeed imaging of cells in flow is a potential solution for detection of rare abnormal cells.” The new imager operates by capturing each picture with an ultrashort laser pulse — a flash of light only a billionth

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of a second long. It then converts each pulse to a serial data stream that resembles the data in a fiber optic network rather than the signal coming out of a camera. Using a technique known as amplified dispersive Fourier transform, these laser pulses, each containing an entire picture, are amplified and simultaneously stretched in time to the point that they are slow enough to be captured with an electronic digitizer. “Our serial time encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM) technology enables continuous real time imaging at a frame rate of more than 6 MHz, a shutter speed of less than 450 ps and an optical image gain of more than 300 – the world’s fastest continuously running camera, useful for studying rapid phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology,” said research coauthor Keisuke Goda, a postdoctoral researcher. The study was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Department of Defense’s central research and development organization. The complete news release and YouTube video demonstrating the camera are available at: http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2009/camera_ jalali.htm

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faculty news

UCLA Engineering

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Bioengineering Professor Gerard C.L. Wong Ph.D. — UC Berkeley Gerard Wong’s research program is centered on studying self-organization in biological and biomedical systems using state-of-the-art techniques from physics and chemistry. Current interests include antimicrobials, sociomicrobiology of bacterial communities, and high-resolution diffractive imaging techniques using synchrotron x-ray and electron scattering. Prior to joining UCLA, Wong was a faculty member of the Materials Science, Physics, and Bioengineering departments of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He held two postdoctoral appointments, one at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam, and one at UC Santa Barbara. He is a recipient of the Apker Award from the American Physical Society, the Beckman Young Investigator Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and Xerox Faculty Research Awards. Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Shaily Mahendra Ph.D. — UC Berkeley Shaily Mahendra’s research interests include environmental toxicology and applications of nanomaterials; applications of molecular and isotopic tools in environmental microbiology; and biodegradation of emerging water contaminants. Prior to joining UCLA, Mahendra was a research scientist at Rice University. Computer Science Assistant Professor Jennifer Wortman Vaughan Ph.D. — University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Wortman Vaughan’s research interests are in machine learning, computational economics, social network theory, and algorithms, all of which she studies using techniques from theoretical computer science. Vaughan will spend one year as a Computing Innovation Fellow at Harvard University before arriving at UCLA in 2010.

Electrical Engineering Professor Suhas Diggavi Ph.D. — Stanford University Suhas Diggavi’s research interests are in information theory, wireless networks, and signal processing. His current work is in cooperative information flow over wireless networks; network data compression; network secrecy; and large scale data analysis algorithms. Diggavi has been on the faculty of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Switzerland. Before that, he was principal member of technical staff at AT&T Shannon Laboratory. Diggavi is a recipient of a IEEE Donald Fink Prize Paper Award, a IEEE VTC Best Paper Award, and the Okawa Foundation Award. He is an editor for ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

Assistant Professor Lara Dolecek Ph.D. — UC Berkeley Lara Dolecek’s research interests are broad and span information and probability theory, graphical models, combinatorics, statistical algorithms and computational methods with applications to high-performance complex systems for data processing, communication, and storage. Prior to joining UCLA, Dolecek was a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Tetsuya Iwasaki Ph.D. — Purdue University Tetsuya Iwasaki’s research interests include neuronal control mechanism of animal locomotion, nonlinear oscillators, and robust/nonlinear control theory and its applications to mechanical, aerospace, and electrical systems. Prior to joining UCLA, Iwasaki was a faculty member at the University of Virginia. He had previously held a faculty appointment at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has served as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Systems and Control Letters, and IFAC Automatica and has received a NSF CAREER Award.

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Yu Huang receives Highest Honor

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u Huang, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the United States government to young engineers and scientists at the outset of their professional careers. Huang, whose research interest centers on the interface of functional nanosystems and biosystems, was nominated for the award by the Department of Defense’s Army Research Office for her work on the biomolecule-regulated synthesis and assembly of nanocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis systems, which could one day lead to solutions in renewable clean energy. At the heart of the artificial photosynthesis process, Huang said, is photocatalytic water splitting, in which solar energy is used to split water and produce hydrogen fuel. Huang’s group is developing highly active and selective nanocatalysts for this purpose.

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“It’s usually very difficult for young faculty to explore new areas of research. It is a great honor to be recognized with the PECASE,” said Huang, who was awarded $1 million in support of her work for the next five years. “Now our research group can take a significant step toward addressing the increasing challenges related to global warming.” Huang is among this year’s 100 recipients, who will be invited to participate in a special White House ceremony in the fall. She is also one of four UCLA Engineering faculty members to have received the PECASE in the last five years. “We are extremely proud of Yu and her research accomplishments,” said Vijay K. Dhir, dean of UCLA Engineering. “We take great pride in knowing that her work in nanoscale technology will contribute to the important area of renewable energy, and it is gratifying to see one of our faculty recognized at a national level once again.”

New Faculty Chairs M.C. Frank Chang has been named the holder of the Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering. The chair was made possible by the support of Hyley Huang, chairman of Wintek Corp., a leading maker of LCD panels. Chang is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, elected for the “development and commercialization of GaAs power amplifiers and integrated circuits.”

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Alan Willson has been named holder of the Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering. The chair was made possible by a gift from alumnus Charles P. Reames MS ’80, Ph.D. ’85, senior director of broadband systems engineering at Broadcom Corp.

Most recently Willson was named the 2009 Distinguished Lecturer, by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and received the IEEE Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award.

Symantec, a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions has endowed the Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science to support the teaching and research of a distinguished junior faculty member. The endowment will attract promising scholars to the school who can advance research of technologies to secure and manage information.

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Cover Feature

The biomechanical human model: In these images, the soft tissue simulator produces realistic deformations of the (right) visualization geometry and (left) the embedded volumetric muscles images courtesy of Demetri Terzopoulos

Realistic Human Simulation Matthew Chin

n his distinguished career in computer science, Demetri Terzopoulos has evolved from simulating real-world objects, to creating comprehensive simulations of reality.

In the late 1980s, while working as a scientist at a Schlumberger Research center in Silicon Valley, Terzopoulos helped pioneer physicsbased computer graphics techniques to simulate how cloth and other nonrigid objects move, such as a flag flapping in the wind.

These techniques were soon incorporated as special effects in Hollywood films. So today, whether it’s a completely computer-animated movie like Toy Story or Monsters, Inc., or a film that incorporates computer generated effects like the Harry Potter or Star Wars franchises, Terzopoulos’ pioneering work helped set the stage for some of those films’ amazing images and special effects. And this work earned Terzopou-

los a 2005 Academy Award for Technical Achievement. Terzopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science, has been working on the profound challenge of realistic human simulation. This includes emulating complex human activity in urban environments, which has resulted in computer models featuring autonomous virtual pedestrians. These models are more than simple crowd simulations; rather, they are comprehensive artificial life models of individual human appear-

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ance, locomotion, behavior, and cognition. Each virtual human can independently sense and interpret the environment, then make decisions based on several different factors, and perform the appropriate actions. This work has applications not just in the motion picture and interactive game industries, but also in simulating the behavior of groups of people in different settings—for example, predicting what a crowd in a train station will do in some specific emergency situation. “We have already simulated some nontrivial social interactions among pedestrians through the use of decision networks,” said Terzopoulos, adding that “There remain many fascinating open problems to investigate, but as a next step, we hope to model some relevant aspects of human verbal communication so that the social interactions of our virtual pedestrians will be much more lifelike.” Terzopoulos, his Ph.D. student Sung-Hee Lee, and postdoctoral researcher Eftychios Sifakis, have also developed and continue to refine a comprehensive biomechanical model of the human body. This computer model includes a skeleton with 75 bones and 165 jointed degrees of freedom, plus a staggering 846 muscle actuators. Surrounding the muscleskeletal framework is a 3D finite-element mesh that simulates the realistic deformation of soft tissues.

The highly detailed model, for which Lee received the 2009 UCLA Computer Science Outstanding Ph.D. Award, can potentially facilitate advances in medical technology or surgical techniques, among many other applications. According to Terzopoulos, enabling such an elaborate biomechanical model to control itself remains a big challenge. “We have successfully developed a neuro-muscular controller that can be trained to actuate the neck muscles so as to balance the head in gravity atop the cervical column and to synthesize voluntary head movements that are essential to many aspects of human behavior,” he said. “And we are now endeavoring to generalize our approach with the hope of controlling the order-of-magnitude greater number of muscles in the complete biomechanical body model.” So, what is the big picture in realistic human simulation? “My long-term objective is a computer simulated world that approaches the complexity and realism of the real world, inhabited by virtual humans that look, move, and behave as much as possible like real people,” said Terzopoulos. “Such a reality emulator could be used in revolutionary ways across multiple scientific disciplines.” Terzopoulos’ ongoing work on realistic human simulation was recognized in April with a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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As the country presses forward in developing green energy and Los Angeles strives to become a hub of clean technology, UCLA electrical engineering professor Diana Huffaker noticed there was one thing still missing: a program to train the future leaders of the environmental industry in L.A.

Stimulus funds help start

program to create cl Alison Hewitt

So she created it — and, working with about 20 other professors, won support for it: $3 million in stimulus funding via a highly competitive grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship (IGERT) award. The Clean Energy for Green Industry Fellowship, Diana Huffaker designed to develop leaders in environmental energy, could start as soon as the upcoming winter quarter. It will grant Ph.D. students a $33,000 stipend for pursuing coursework in the science, business and policies of clean technology. “Over the course of the five-year program, we’ll graduate 33 Ph.D.s with expertise in energy storage, energy harvesting and energy conservation,” Huffaker said. “They’ll be in existing Ph.D. programs, such as chemistry or engineering, and for our fellowship they’ll take a series of five classes, including lab research and policy. The program is the first of its kind in the L.A. basin.” The fellowship will be the only program in Los Angeles to teach the science and business of clean technology with a goal of boosting the clean-tech economy and creating green-collar jobs, she said. UCLA recently joined the city, two other universities and several local agencies in creating CleanTech Los Matthew Chin

Angeles, an effort to make the city the global capital of clean technology. The partnership intends to turn the city into a center of green technology, green jobs and green manufacturing, with a research and manufacturing corridor near downtown Los Angeles. The IGERT fellowships will help UCLA fulfill its role in the partnership, Huffaker said. Huffaker, an electrical engineering professor with a background in engineering physics and nanotechnology, arrived at UCLA two years ago. Her own clean-energy specialty is energy harvesting, focusing on collecting waste heat with thermal photo-voltaics — like solar panels for heat instead of sunlight. But Huffaker’s gift was in reaching out to other disciplines, said Magali Delmas, a management professor with the Institute of the Environment (IOE) who studies how green products are marketed and what works. “She had this vision, which is so unique, about bringing policy and management to the program,” said Delmas, who is working with an IOE colleague, economics and public policy professor Matthew Kahn, to develop the curriculum for one of the IGERT fellowship’s five classes.

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“It’s important that the students understand that just because we can find wonderful new technologies, that doesn’t mean that it will make money or that anyone will even adopt it,” Delmas said. “We’ll talk about what gets adopted, what the incentives are, how government policies affect it. Understanding the economic and social aspects of innovation will make the students stronger in their careers.” Students will also learn about some of Los Angeles’ unique policy issues, Huffaker said. In addition to Delmas

complemented by a third: a lab course at a new clean energy test facility to be built at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), supported by NSF funding and matching dollars from UCLA, where students can experiment with energy collection and storage. UCLA Anderson School of Management will teach the final class, looking at small-company development and intellectual property law, giving students the basis to start a business or sell an idea to a business, Huffaker said.

Over the course of the five-year program, we’ll graduate 33 Ph.D.s with expertise in energy conservation.

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and Kahn’s class on the economics and politics of climate change and environmentalism, IGERT fellows will take four other classes. Two classes will be combined in a three-part lecture series team taught by three professors. The first section will focus on energy harvesting, via solar cells, heat recovery and wind energy. Next, the students will learn about energy storage, such as in bio fuel-cells and super-capacitors. Finally, the lectures will turn to conservation methods, including architectural designs that can save energy in buildings, and car designs that can save fuel. These two-classes-in-one will be

Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Laurent Pilon, who researches ways to turn heat into energy and algae into fuel, will help develop curriculum for the fellowship’s lab course. Pilon noted that in addition to the IGERT award for this training fellowship, UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science recently received Department of Energy funding to host an Energy Frontier Research Center, which will use nanoscale materials to convert solar energy into electricity, store electrical energy, and capture and separate greenhouse gases.

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feature

Entrepreneur Makes a Life

of giving back Wileen Wong Kromhout

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) may not be a household name but its long list of impressive clients, The Boeing Company, Honeywell, Caterpillar, Verizon, NASA, are. With humble beginnings in 1961 involving a UCLA Engineering alumnus and a $5,000 chamber for testing aluminum windows and doors, NTS today has evolved into the largest publicly traded business that provides engineering, product testing and evaluation services to a variety of industries including: aerospace, defense, transportation, electronics, power, computers and telecommunications. Its sales last year were 119 million dollars. “I never could have envisioned the company becoming what it is today,” said UCLA Engineering alumnus, Aaron Cohen ’58, co-founder of the company and current vice chairman of the board of directors. “Within a month of starting the business in my garage, we had tested all the windows and doors on the West Coast, and needed to find something else to do,” he said of those early days. “So we bought a leak detection company that tested various hardware for minute leaks using helium gas, again for $5,000 and started competing with my former employer for work by bidding for similar contracts.” Today, with testing facilities throughout the U.S. and in countries like Japan, Vietnam and Canada, NTS offers services such as extreme environmental testing with 50-foot diameter centrifuges, 5,000 cubic foot acoustic chambers, 1,500 cubic foot space simulation chambers and 10 meter EMI chambers. The company has worked on major space programs including the Space Shuttle, the International

Space Station, the Mars Rover and continues to test components for helicopters, submarines, and aircraft carriers, just to name a few. Sitting with Cohen, it is easy to see how proud he is of his company and how much he enjoys his job. It is also obvious that he holds a deep passion for life and for people. Everyone at his company calls him by his first name and he knows all of them by their first names too. Cohen also believes deeply in the importance of education and shows off his Bruin pride as often as possible, driving a car with a UCLA Engineering license frame surrounding a plate that states “58UCLA.” It is no wonder he found his second calling in life just a decade after establishing his business. In the ’70s, NTS began doing high rise construction inspection on buildings in Century City and in downtown Los Angeles, and needed to hire more inspectors. But there was a lack of qualified inspectors so the company contacted a welding school in Downey that was graduating students who learned to weld metals and who could then be certified by the city of Los Angeles to become building inspectors.

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“We decided to buy the school and produce our own inspectors. The school also had a branch in Anaheim and that’s when we fell into the school business,” said Cohen. But it quickly became much more than training qualified inspectors for the company. “We were enrolling mostly inner city kids who really had no hope, no job, no education, not even a high school diploma. Many of them had come from jail and rehab programs. We taught them how to be welders and inspectors and we were getting them jobs at many different companies. I found that very gratifying,” said Cohen. NTS purchased its first two schools in 1975. By 1981, the company had acquired eight schools, bringing in revenues of $5 million a year. The schools taught vocational subjects like nursing, dental assisting, medical assisting, court reporting, auto and aircraft mechanics, and welding. “Jack Lin, my business partner and I felt this was a great business. We were really helping people help themselves. We felt good about that and proud of the students,” said Cohen. NTS’ schools also led to the development of software needed to help run the schools. Being the engineer that he is, Cohen quickly found people to create what he needed and discovered there was also a great market for it among other school systems. In the next seven years, his “school” business, now United Education & Software, grew to 35 schools throughout the country with 20,000 students enrolled annually. The schools’ graduates, in aircraft mechanics, for example, were being hired by American Airlines, Delta, United and other airlines and soon represented 20 percent of the aircraft mechanics entering the work force each year in the U.S. “We helped thousands of kids,” said Cohen. “I received so many letters from students that graduated saying we got them off welfare and found them jobs. They thanked us for helping them turn their lives around.” Just as Cohen was getting into the business of education, UCLA came calling too. “I got a call asking me to come down and join a small alumni group that met regularly to try to help the dean. I tried it and got hooked” remembered Cohen. “We used to put on events like the annual alumni awards dinner that still takes place today. I love helping the school.” Unfortunately in December of 1989, United Education & Software had to file for bankruptcy. A new federal law eliminated certain government funding for students with-

Alumnus Aaron Cohen ‘58 at NTS’ Santa Clarita testing site. photo by Don Liebig

out a high school diploma. Half of the students enrolled at their schools did not have a high school diploma. Today as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, Cohen sees opportunities to continue to help students and give back to the school he cherishes. “I wish I had someone that could have mentored me when I was going to UCLA. My real motivation is to help people and I look forward to making a difference as a mentor, a donor, a role model,” said Cohen, whose company likes to give UCLA Engineering students their first break.

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Middle and High School Students in Los Angeles

Learn from UCLA Science and Engineering Experts Wileen Wong Kromhout

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SEE-LA Fellows left to right: Megan Burke, civil and environmental engineering; professor Terri Hogue; Gloria Perez, pathology and lab medicine; Tina Wey, ecology and evolutionary biology; Kimberly Cross, chemical and biomolecular engineering; Warren Essey, physics and Katie Bulgrin, mechanical engineering. photo by Todd Cheney left inset: Fellow Helen Jung, of civil and environmental engineering with environmental science students from Emerson Middle School in Yosemite National Park. right inset: Fellow Kris Kaiser, of ecology and evolutionary biology, with earth science students from Culver City Middle School, exploring stream organisms in Ballona Creek. photo by Kathy Scherling, Culver City High School

n an effort to improve science education at the middle and high school levels as well as raise students’ awareness and interest in the area of science and engineering, UCLA has established the Science and Engineering of the Environment of Los Angeles (SEE-LA). The program, which has received $3 million over five years from NSF’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 (GK-12) Education Program, pairs graduate fellows from UCLA with science teachers in the Los Angeles and Culver City unified school districts. SEE-LA focuses on the environment of Los Angeles. Issues such as urbanization, global and regional climate change, drought, floods, fires, earthquakes, pollution, transportation, preservation, biodiversity, energy and water use confront the students of L.A. on a daily basis. Graduate fellows, with research interests in the above or related areas, contribute to the professional development programs of the science departments of the schools. Students at the schools also benefit from fellows through an enriched learning experience with more individualized attention in the classroom and by having an opportunity to directly interact with fellows. “This year there will be four fellows from the engineering school and six from the physical and life sciences. These fellows basically serve as scientists in residence,” said Terri Hogue, director of SEE-LA and professor of civil and environmental engineering. “Like many of the artists in residence programs, our fellows serve as science experts in the classroom. With their help, students will get exposed to things that they’ve never heard of or seen. We want to get them excited about science.” Specifically, graduate fellows are partnered with two teachers from Emerson Middle School, University Senior High School, Culver City Middle School, or Culver City High School. Fellows spend two full days per week at their assigned schools and ten hours per week engaged in classroom activities. “The students love having the fellows in the classroom,” said Kris Kaiser, a senior graduate fellow returning to the program. “For most of them, we are the only scientists they will ever meet. In many cases, the kids are

fairly limited in their understanding of what they can be when they grow up. They have virtually no understanding of the wide range of paths science can take them in.” Fellows also spend an additional five hours per week in non-classroom activities such as planning with their teachers, researching and preparing lessons, meeting with the GK-12 management team, going through program evaluations, or attending workshops. A primary goal of the SEE-LA program is to also help graduate fellows improve their communication, teamwork, teaching, and public outreach skills through active collaborations with not only their assigned teachers, but also with UCLA faculty and through interactions with their students. “The NSF has recognized that a lot of us are very good at research, but we get rather narrowly focused. What we really need, if we’re going to make on impact on society, is to learn to step back and think about the bigger picture and be able to communicate with the general public,” said Hogue. “We also want to get graduates interested in doing long-term outreach to the community. As they become scientists or engineers in academia, research centers or other venues, we want them to stay interested in outreach that has broader impacts on the community.” Feedback regarding the program from teachers, students as well as the graduate fellows themselves has been very positive. Kaiser explained that though she wanted to improve her communication skills and improve as an educator, she never considered working with high school students. “But by the end of the year, I realized I was going to miss the kids the most! I’m amazed at how much I loved interacting with the students at this level,” said Kaiser. “Last year, we had 24 graduate fellow applicants and this year we had 45. Word got out that the graduate students have been really happy with the program. At the end of the year we also get to see the impact in the classrooms. Many of our fellows received letters and thank you notes from their students. It’s very rewarding for all of us,” said Hogue.

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Advanced techniques

to Study Ancient Civilizations Matthew Chin

The UCLA campus is virtually split into two parts — a fact many students learn at freshman orientation. North Campus — the realm of visual and performing arts, humanities, and social sciences — and South Campus — the domain of engineering, physical and biological sciences, and medicine. These labels are often only for convenience. UCLA is home to innovators who cross disciplines, combining advanced technology with classical scholarship to create new knowledge. One great example of this type of scholar is Ioanna Kakoulli, who works in the emerging field of archeometry, an integration of science and archeology. Kakoulli is an associate professor of materials science and engineering, with a joint appointment at the UCLA/ Getty Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation Program and the Cotsen Institute of Archeology. Kakoulli’s research includes the continuing study of ancient Greek painting and color technology, using advanced analytical techniques and synchrotron light source to decipher the materials ancient artists used. At the height of the Late Classical to Hellenistic Period (~400 to 100 BC), painting was particularly significant, since it was not confined to a specific area, nor to a specific ethnic group. Art became the lingua franca among different groups of people, from the Balkans to the Levant, and as far as India, throughout which ideas and goods flowed freely. Greek painters had perfected techniques and manufacturing of materials that resulted in lasting, beautiful art. Painting during this period went beyond the alluring composition of beautiful colors. Pliny the Elder (1st Century AD) provides the most significant insight in ancient Greek art, mentioning Agatharchos from Athens (5th Century BC) as the first artist to introduce perspective in painting, and Apollodoros, a vase painter, as the one who expressed realism and introduced shading that was

Ioanna Kakoulli, at the Getty Conservation Institute in Malibu, standing over UCLA students’ class projects that recreate, deteriorate, and then restore examples of ancient art. photo by Todd Cheney

extensively used by acclaimed Greek painters, Zeuxis and Apelles. “Pliny further refers to Polygnotus from Thasos ‘...who first depicted women with see-through clothing...’ Scientific studies of surviving examples from this period have shown how pictorial representations — something like what we understand of paintings today — was born in this period,” said Kakoulli. “Using modern technology, we are unmasking the secrets of ancient Greek painters and explaining, both in

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Details from the painting decorating the throne in the ’Tomb of Eurydice’ at Vergina, Greece. left: A photomicrograph of a mauve color used in the painting. The stratigraphy of the sample shows the precipitation of the organic colorant on calcite crystals. middle: The painter used gum arabic as the binding medium, and lakes (organometallic complexes) to create the illusionistic effect of transparency, clearly visible in the area where the gold bracelet is. right: This photo was taken with oblique illumination, enhancing the surface texture of the painting. photos courtesy of Ioanna Kakoulli

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historical and technical terms, the development of pictorial means, such as, the use of shading, three-dimensionality, spatial perspective, transparency, and gilding - innovations that characterize the Hellenistic period.” Creating these works required more than just a keen eye and skilled hand. Scientific techniques have revealed these ancient artists used local and imported natural minerals, dyes and plant gums, because of their luster and material characteristics. They also used artificial composites such as high fired ceramics glass frits and organo-metallic complexes with the desired properties. One of the works Kakoulli has analyzed extensively is the marble throne that decorates the tomb of Eurydice Sirra, Queen of Macedonia in the 4th Century BC, and better known as the grandmother of Alexander the Great. The free-standing throne is the most outstanding feature of the tomb. The legs and armrests are decorated with female figures, lions and deer, and mythological creatures like griffins. The most impressive part of the throne is the painted ‘picture panel’ representing a painting of Pluto and Persephone on a four-horse chariot. “For the study of this unique and archaeologically significant artifact, a variety of techniques were used. These included, broadband imaging from the ultraviolet to near infrared; optical and electron microscopy; infrared and x-ray spectroscopy, as well as chromatographic techniques,” said Kakoulli. According to Kakoulli, the analysis has shed new light on the technology of ancient painted monuments, including

highly sophisticated techniques using a variety of natural (local and imported) and synthetic materials. Though the technology of the ancient Greeks remains Kakoulli’s primary research interest, she also collaborates with other UCLA researchers. She is the co-director of a project that examines PreColumbian mummified human remains in Northern Chile’s Tarapaca Valley. This project incorporates modern medicine, as well as natural and forensic science to examine organic materials — to the molecular level — that can deduce the types of diseases they may have had, and the types of drugs they may have used. More recently, she is leading a research project on unique 12th Century Byzantine murals at the monastery of St. Neophytos in Paphos, Cyprus. Kakoulli teaches students in the UCLA/Getty conservation program and in the materials science department through hands-on research projects. “Our students are really very fortunate to have access to state-of-the-art facilities with advanced instrumentation at UCLA and the Getty Villa. Undoubtedly, UCLA and the Getty offer a unique educational and research platforms that enable and enhance learning and discovery. Our approach exposes students to critical and creative thinking that helps prepare them for successful careers,” said Kakoulli. More information on Ioanna Kakoulli’s research is available online at: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/archaeogroup/

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school news

Department Of Energy to fund

multimillion-dollar energy research center Wileen Wong Kromhout

leader in research on sustainable energy and clean technology, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is now the home to a new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

energy production, energy storage and carbon capture, we’ll be able to hit the ground running.” The center, whose goal also is to increase societal awareness of sustainable energy issues through an integrated program of research, education and outreach, will be collaborating with scientists at the DOE’s National

ZIFs are zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs). They feature high surface area and high thermal stability, and unusually high chemical stability. They have been shown to selectively absorb carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

The Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM) center, which the DOE will to fund at $11.5 million over five years, will focus on the creation and production of nanoscale materials for use in converting solar energy into electricity, electrical energy storage, and capturing and separating greenhouse gases. “A center for energy research is something we’ve been trying to establish for a long time,” said Vidvuds Ozolins, UCLA professor of materials science and engineering and the new center’s director. “We want the center to provide revolutionary breakthroughs, gamechanging solutions, and we want to carry the research into real life. By bringing together several faculty across campus who have already done significant work in

Renewable Energy Laboratory, Eastern Washington University, the University of Kansas and UC Davis. Global energy demands will only continue to grow, and the center’s work will be essential in helping to make alternative and renewable energy a viable resource for the 21st century,” said UCLA Engineering Dean Vijay K. Dhir. UCLA’s center will be one of 46 new EFRCs across the country. These new centers will bring together groups of leading scientists to address fundamental issues in a variety of fields, including solar energy, biofuels, transportation, electricity storage and transmission, clean coal, carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy. The complete news release is available online at: http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2009/EFRC.htm

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Vasilios Manousiouthakis in a prototype hydrogen fuel cell car. photo by Don Liebig

Professor awarded $2.1M to build

hydrogen fueling station at UCLA

Wileen Wong Kromhout

hemical and biomolecular engineering professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis has been awarded $2.1 million in grant funding to build a state-ofthe-art hydrogen fueling station on the UCLA campus. A $1.7 million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and a $400,000 grant from the state’s Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) will go toward the construction of one of the largest hydrogen fueling stations in California, with a capacity to produce 140 kilograms of hydrogen a day for use in hydrogen-powered vehicles. “The grants will enable UCLA to achieve a number of its long-term goals for promoting sustainability, both on campus and in the greater Los Angeles region,” said Michael Swords, executive director of Strategic Research Initiatives at UCLA. “The development of this hydrogen fueling station will also provide our students with a state-of-the-art learning and research facility where they can study and evaluate the logistics of hydrogen generation, distribution and supply.” The station, which will be available for use by the public, will be run by UCLA Engineering’s Hydrogen Engineering Research Consortium (HERC), which Manousiouthakis directs. The consortium was established in 2005 after UCLA partnered with

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DaimlerChrysler Corp. and global energy company BP to help demonstrate elements of the hydrogen economy infrastructure. “The proposed fueling station will show that we can effectively utilize the existing natural gas infrastructure to deliver hydrogen on-site. We won’t have to build new pipelines for hydrogen,” Manousiouthakis said. UCLA has been at the forefront of hydrogen-related research since the 1970s, first with its student-built hydrogen-fueled car, which won the national Urban Vehicle Design Competition, and more recently with its novel cycle to produce hydrogen through the thermochemical decomposition of water. Manousiouthakis, a systems engineering expert who focuses on the development of novel hydrogen production methods, believes that hydrogen production based on the reforming of natural gas — a process that involves the endothermic transformation of natural gas and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide — is the most economical route for hydrogen production today. The complete news release is available online at: http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/2009/hydrogen_ fueling_station.htm

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school news

UCLA names Soon-Shiong

executive director of Wireless Health Institute Wileen Wong Kromhout

r. Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder and chair-

A leading institute in this emerging field, the WHI

man of Abraxis BioScience and executive

has created partnerships with industry to bridge the gap

chairman and CEO of Abraxis Health, was

between available wireless information technologies and

appointed executive director of the UCLA Wireless

their translation into successful, widely adopted products

Health Institute. He also accepted a position as a

and services. “We are at a unique point in history, where the convergence of medical science, computer science and engineering could truly transform health care in this country,” Soon-Shiong said. “The Wireless Health Institute will harness the collective scientific talent in the nation, from every discipline involved in the complex supply chain of medicine, to address the urgent imperative to reform health care.” Soon-Shiong has made important innovations in several areas of medicine, including the first protein-bound nanoparticle chemotherapeutic for breast cancer. Since 2006, Soon-Shiong has devoted his attention to addressing health care delivery in the United States, with a specific focus on issues related to disparities in care, the need for data sharing and health integration, and the pursuit of evidence-based, outcomes-driven medicine. The WHI was developed at UCLA by co-directors Dr. Denise Aberle, professor and vice chair of radiological sciences; Dr. Lillian Gelberg, professor of family medicine and a health services researcher; William Kaiser,

visiting professor of bioengineering and of microbiol-

professor of electrical engineering; and Majid Sarrafza-

ogy, immunology and molecular genetics.

deh, professor of computer science. The institute contin-

The Wireless Health Institute (WHI), established

ues to lead the development of cutting-edge wireless solu-

in 2008, is a community of UCLA experts and in-

tions, including personal communication and monitoring

novators from a variety disciplines — including engi-

devices, wireless wearable sensors, and a variety of other

neering, medicine, nursing, pharmacology and public

innovative technologies, for a wide array of health care-

health — dedicated to improving the timeliness and

related applications.

reach of health care through the development and application of wireless, network-enabled technologies

The complete news release is available online at:

integrated with current and next-generation medical

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-wireless-

enterprise computing.

health-institute-92756.aspx

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Jason Cong

NSF awards UCLA $10 million

to create customized computing technology

Wileen Wong Kromhout

CLA has been awarded a $10 million grant

at any type of application, domain-specific comput-

by the National Science Foundation’s Expedi-

ing utilizes a customizable architecture and custom-

tions in Computing program to develop high-

oriented, high-level computer languages tailored to a

performance, energy efficient, customizable computing

particular application area or domain — in this case,

that could revolutionize the way computers are used in

medical imaging and hemodynamic modeling. This

health care and other important applications.

customization ultimately results in much less energy

In particular, UCLA Engineering researchers will demonstrate how the new technology, known as domain-specific computing, could transform the role of

“In regards to medical imaging and hemodynamic modeling, we’ll be able to see inside the brain and fa-

ing more cost-effective and convenient solutions for

cilitate real-time surgery, for example,” he said. “Also,

preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and

doctors will be able to do preventative procedures

dramatically improving health care quality, efficiency

much faster with automatic analysis and diagnosis of

and patient outcomes.

MRIs and CT scan images.” Research being conducted by the CDSC is a collab-

in various fields, the computing industry has entered an

orative effort among faculty from UCLA’s engineer-

“era of parallelization,” in which tens of thousands of

ing school, medical school and applied mathematics

computer servers are connected in warehouse-scale data

program, as well as faculty from Rice University, Ohio

centers, said Jason Cong, the Chancellor’s Professor of

State University and UC Santa Barbara.

Computer Science and director of the new UCLA Center

productivity.

medical imaging and hemodynamic simulation, provid-

In an effort to meet ever-increasing computing needs

consumption, faster results, lower costs and increased

The CDSC will integrate research with education,

for Domain-Specific Computing (CDSC), which will

exposing graduate, undergraduate and high school

oversee the research. But these parallel, general-purpose

students to the new concepts and research from this

computing systems still face serious challenges in terms

project through several new courses jointly developed

of performance, energy, space and cost.

and shared by researchers from all four universities.

Domain-specific computing holds significant advantages, Cong said. While general-purpose computing

The complete news release is available online at:

relies on computer architecture and languages aimed

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-awarded-10-million-97818.aspx

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student news

2009

senior dinner

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1 Terry Heinrich ‘08 served as the Master of Ceremonies for the 2009 Engineering Senior Class Dinner.

4 Alex Chapman ‘09, 2009 Senior Class Campaign Chair 5 Jammie Peng ‘09

2 A group shot of the newly inducted seniors into the Order of the Engineer

6 Bill Goodin MS ‘71, PhD ‘75, ME ‘82

3 Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Christopher Lynch

7 Tracy Jordan ‘09

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Engineering Students Continue a Tradition of Giving Back Since 2004, a team of students from the graduating class of UCLA Engineering undertakes a campaign to raise money to give back to the school. Each year has grown more successful than the last. What makes this initiative exceptional is that UCLA Engineering is the only school on campus where graduating undergraduates have their own campaign to give back to their school. Adding to the uniqueness is that each year the committee determines a particular use for the fund – something they can revisit again and again when they return to campus as alumni. Past examples include a renovation of the SEAS Café and new electronic displays throughout the school. This year, the funds will provide upgraded display cases for student teams and projects that will proudly display the groups’ successes and contributions to the community. The Class of 2009’s campaign committee was particularly successful in inspiring support from its peers. “In the beginning of the year, the goal of getting 75 classmates to give to the school seemed daunting. But in the end, close to 200 of us gave to UCLA. It was truly an amazing experience to have been a part of this gift to the school,” says Alex Chapman, Chair of the 2009 UCLA Engineering Senior Class Campaign committee. Dean Vijay Dhir adds, “I am so proud of our students. Earning an engineering degree is not easy. The fact that these students go above and beyond to give something back to the school is a testament to their dedication. I hope they are an inspiration to our alumni to match their level of commitment.”

UCLA Engineering Senior Class Campaign overall participation

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8 (l to r) Frank Chen ‘08, Bill Goodin, Sarkis Khachatryan ‘09 9 The 2009 Senior Class Campaign Committee presents their gift to Dean Vijay K. Dhir.

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student news

UCLA Engineering 2009 Commencement 4

1 Master’s degree candidates outside Pauley Pavilion. 2 Associate Dean Rick Wesel congratulates a doctoral candidate. 3 Bachelor’s degree candidates during the ceremony. 4 Candidates descending the stairs into Pauley.

5 Dean Vijay K. Dhir with commencement speaker John J. Tracy, senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology and chief technology officer for The Boeing Company.

6 Bachelor’s degree candidates before the ceremony.

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New Fellowships for

Graduate Students

wo UCLA Electrical Engineering alumni have each created $500,000 fellowships for graduate students. In fall 2010, graduate students will have extra financial help thanks to the generosity of Mukund Padmanabhan, M.S. ’89, Ph.D. ’92, and Fang Lu M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’92. “Alumni support is crucial to the growth of our department and I am proud to see such commitments at a time when we need support most,” says Ali Sayed, chair of the department of electrical engineering. Lu and Padmanabhan join a unique group of donors to the school. Many of UCLA Engineering’s most generous gifts have come from its electrical engineering alumni, many of whom studied in the Integrated Circuits & Systems Lab. Both of the fellowships will support students studying in this same area of research. The Guru Krupa Foundation Fellowship in Electrical Engineering, funded by Padmanabhan, will support students who - like he and Dean Vijay K. Dhir - received an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from top Indian In-

stitutes of Technology (IIT). The Living Spring Fellowship in Electrical Engineering, made possible by Lu and his wife Jui-Chuan Yeh, will be awarded to students with electrical engineering degrees from National Taiwan University, where Lu received his undergraduate degree; National Tsing Hua University, or National Chiao Tung University. Padmanabhan previously worked on speech recognition at IBM’s Watson Research Center, from 1992 to 2001, where he managed the Telephony Speech Algorithms group. Currently, Padmanabhan is researching statistical financial modeling, and works for hedge fund management company, Renaissance Technologies. Lu is a fellow and technical director at Broadcom Corporation where he has contributed to over 25 issued or pending U.S. Patents, primarily in the areas of the algorithm and architecture of digital signal processing, and high-speed analog and digital integrated circuit designs.

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alumni news

Principal of Diaz • Yourman & Associates Speaks about New Opportunities

For Engineering Graduates Joseph Donahoo

With the latest recession, UCLA Engineering sat down with Allen M. Yourman, Jr., PE, a principal of Orange County-based Diaz • Yourman & Associates, a privately held geotechnical consulting services corporation that provides services to owners, public agencies, and other organizations involved in the design, construction, environmental and legal fields. Yourman shared with us some bright spots in the economy that may offer new opportunity to engineers displaced in the downturn. Where can an engineer look for work?

my career, and second, expertise that is mutually beneficial.

The government has plans for increased spending in

Jon and Scott — and their students — are excellent con-

infrastructure, which has helped offset the dramatic slow-

sultants; they help me approach problems in new ways and

ing in homebuilding. Many engineers have transferrable

provide independent thinking. UCLA also benefits because

skills for infrastructure work. One can redraft a resume to

I can offer insight into how our profession works in the real

demonstrate how their skills are right for civil and related

world and why — technical challenges, budget and schedule

infrastructure work.

constraints, client expectations, etc.

What has made your business successful?

What would you recommend to someone starting a business?

To be successful, I have found one needs to either be

There is a fundamental truism to running your own business:

smarter than your competition, or work harder; I work

Love what you do, and do what you love. I said it takes hard

hard, and I read as many magazines and journals related to

work for most of us, and if someone has to put in very long

my work as possible. It is hard to stay on top of the latest

hours — sixty hours or more in a week — you have to love

technologies, so I also work closely with Professors Scott

what you are doing.

Brandenberg and Jonathan Stewart in UCLA’s Civil and

Any other advice?

Environmental Engineering Department.

You never know where help may come from. Return phone

Why work with UCLA?

calls. Do not be afraid to give where you can. Jon reached

I work with UCLA for two reasons: loyalty and expertise.

out to me, and I am glad I am involved with UCLA Engineer-

First I am loyal to UCLA because it prepared me well for

ing — and I am happy it helps us both.

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ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1940s

1960s

Edward L. Braun ’47 (Physics), MS ’54, ME ’97 has had numerous accomplishments in the field of engineering. Among those, he is responsible for 2 patents for his fundamental developments in the commercial banking industry.

Kenneth I. Friedman ’61 is the author of two books about World War II naval history: Afternoon of the Rising Sun: The Battle of Leyte Gulf and Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal. For more information, please go to www.battlesforguadalcanal.com.

1950s George Bekey ’50, MS ’52, PhD ’62 has co-authored and is the editor of a new book, Robotics: State of the Art and Future Challenges. He is a research scholar and part-time faculty member of the College of Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Tom Shiokari ’50 helped in the replacement of a monument in Lancaster commemorating the Japanese American families who live in the Antelope Valley.

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Robert S. Gaylord ’56, MS ’61 is pursuing his first love, creative writing, after a career developing launch vehicles and spacecraft systems. He is president of the Plateau Area Writers’ Association based in Buckley, Wash.

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Jack Blumenthal ’58, MS ’59, PhD ’63, CERT ’82 retired in 1998 from TRW after 36 years, and for the past eleven years has been a full-time high school math and science teacher at Mayfield Senior School in Pasadena. He is the only member of the National Academy of Engineering that is a full-time high school teacher.

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William J. Bowers ’58 has been retired from his own start up business for 21 years and is enjoying traveling and being with his family.

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Robert Morrison MS ’61 has been retired for 20 years. James “Jim” Postle ’62 sold his construction company in 2004 and is enjoying retirement. “My engineering education at UCLA positioned me well to run such a company. I will always be an enthusiastic BRUIN.” Neal Pepper ’63, PhD ’71 has twin sons who will be freshmen at UCLA this fall. Charles Holloway MS ’64, PhD ’69 is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where a chair was endowed in his name last year. Marc Z. Jeric MS ’65, PhD ’68 has been retired since 1995 and is now living in Las Vegas. Michael Schlesinger ’65, MS ’70, PhD ’76 was one of the contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize together with Al Gore. Roger Webb ’65, MS ’67 joined Defense Group, Inc. as Senior Vice President, Government Communications and Information Technology. He resides in Carlsbad, Calif. Martin “Marty” Soll ’67 retired from Boeing in June 2009.

Thomas J. Stone ’67, MS ’69 is serving as president of DesertXpress Enterprises.

Mary Ann Kass ’68 will be retiring from Northrop Grumman after 30-1/2 years of service. She was a logistics manager for the last 10 years.

Ron Sugar ’68, MS ’69, PhD ’71 co-authored Strategic Business Forecasting: A Structured Approach to Shaping the Future of Your Business which was released in February 2009.

eerThe Class of 1959 held their 50th Reunion at the Faculty Center at UCL A in May 2009.

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1970s Ira S. Kalb ’70, MBA ’72 received a 2009 USC Marshall Golden Apple Teaching Award, an award that is presented every year to the professors who have had the greatest impact on their students, as determined by the members of the graduating class. George H. Smith MS ’70 retired from the Federal Senior Executive Service in 1995 where he was a technical director for the Navy’s electronic warfare systems and engineering test development. He has since formed and headed Geosmith, Inc. where he continues to serve as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is also a real estate developer in southern Arizona as a managing member of Barrio Ventures LLC, building homes and developing commercial properties (barriodetubac.com). Rand Hulsing MS ’72 retired from L3 Communications in 2005 to start a new company with his business partner— Gladiator Technologies. With 66 patents in the field of inertial sensors, his education at UCLA has allowed him to reach his full potential. Ami Israel Goldman ’73 opened his company, GOLDMANTEC (www.goldmantec.com.br), a few years ago and it has become the leading Brazilian company in the audio and video conference marketplace. Stephen Sherman ’73 has been promoted to vice president of quality assurance and service at Gear6.

1980s Hagop Panossian ENG ’80, PhD ’81, a technical fellow at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and an adjunct professor at California State University, Northridge, has been elected as a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Armando Tovar ’81 completed 20 years of service with the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority in August. Aurelio Cruz ’82 has a son who will be studying computer science at UCLA this fall Steve Pomush ’82 (Math-Computer Science), MS ’86 is working at RAND. Gary Kinghorn ’83 is the product marketing manager for security products at 3COM based in Menlo Park, Calif. Allen Simen ’83 is a program manager at Moog Space & Defense Group in Chatsworth, Calif. Harry Tarnoff ’83 created the PrefixSuffix application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Hisako Muramatsu ’84 has become a real estate broker for Keller Williams Realty / Westside in Westwood. She would love to hear from old friends. Please contact her at www.LisaTheRealtor.com, 310-869-7159 or at hmuramatsu@verizon.net.

Van N. Schultz ’74, MS ’75 completed the Executive Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management in April 2009 obtaining a certificate in general management. He has been elected chair-elect for the UCLA Alumni Association and will serve as chair beginning July 2010.

George A. Lesieutre MS ’86, PhD ’89 was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and received their Sustained Service Award. He has served as head of the department of aerospace engineering at Penn State for five years, and is now getting involved in wind energy technology, “which is fun and interesting.” He also ran a personal record of 3:12 in the Boston Marathon.

Ghassem Jaberipur MS ’76 misses so many of his UCLA friends from all around world. “I’ll soon celebrate my 30th year in academia. Good old friends, please visit my homepage (http://faculties.sbu.ac.ir/~jaberipur/) and drop me a message (Jaberipur@sbu.ac.ir).”

Ken Levitt ’86 lives in Minnesota with his wife, Christina, and their three daughters, who are avid ice hockey players. He works at Dorsey & Whitney as an attorney for technology companies, and would love to hear from fellow classmates.

Sean Leonard ’79, president of S.L. Leonard & Associates, was awarded the project management contract for The Museum of Ventura County. For more information, please visit www.slleonard.com or call 805-445-4668.

Catherine F. Pieronek ’87 has been named Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Lan Ru Saadatnejad ’87, after 20 years of working in transportation engineering, has obtained her Project Management Professional certification. She is a registered professional civil engineer in California and has experience in both public and private sectors.

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1990s Rex Black ’90 has finished work on the third edition of his first book, Managing the Testing Process, which was released in August 2009.

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Michael Stiber MS ’90, PhD ’92 has been promoted to professor at the University of Washington, Bothell, where he is the interim director of the Computing and Software Systems Program.

Gaurav Bhasin MS ’98, MBA ’06 is currently a vice president at Pagemill Partners where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, strategic capital raises, and private placements. He is interested in meeting with technology companies and may be reached at gbhasin@pmib.com.

Doug Walters ’90 completed his 7-day, 545-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles on June 6, 2009. He raised nearly $16K in the fight to end AIDS and help people live longer and stronger. For more information, please visit www.tofighthiv.org/goto/Doug.Walters.

Vincent Gau MS ’98, PhD’01, founder and CEO of GeneFluidics, Inc., writes that its Proteus Robotic System has received the New Product Award from the Association for Laboratory Automation at LabAutomation2009.

David Wang ’91 is country manager of China for RF Micro Devices, Inc. and has also been promoted to director of Asia sales. He has been elected to the Council of China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and serves as vice chairman of CSIA’s IC assembly and testing branch. Hani Alexander MS ’93, PhD ’98 joined Alvarez & Marsal as a senior director in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles. Corey Bennett MS ’95, PhD ’00 is a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, where he has been continuing his work on temporal imaging which he started as a graduate student. His team recently won the 2009 R&D 100 Award for this technology.

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J.J. Blumenkranz ’95 was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Clement Cheng ’95 is celebrating 10 years of private practice in intellectual property. Joel Elad ’95 is co-authoring a book, Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies with Damien Stolarz ’03. Frank J. Shih MS ’95, MS ’97, PhD ’02 was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor at Seattle University.

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Robert G. Trazo ’95, a principal engineer at Southern California Geotechnical, Inc. and his wife, Viengxong Gimo (Chanphianamvong) Trazo ’94 (Art) recently welcomed the birth of their daughter, Olivia Audrey Trazo on February 12, 2009. Their son, Grant Luke Trazo, was born on September 1, 2006.

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Julian Hsu ’97 (Japanese), MS ’00, MBA ’08 and Vanessa Dang Hsu ’97 (Japanese) welcomed their third daughter, Alyssa Yukiko Hsu, who was born on June 24th, 10:45am, in Laguna Hills, Calif.

Wesley Negus ’98, MS ’00 was recently elected chair of the Surfrider Foundation’s West Los Angeles / Malibu Chapter and also continues to run his surfboard company 9:Fish. See more at http://www.9fishsurf.com. Ramanan Thiagarajah ’98, MBA ’09 graduated with honors from UCLA Anderson. Brian Crossman MS ’99 was appointed Director of Installation Engineering at Thales In-Flight Systems in Irvine, Calif.

2000s Gerard Au ’00 worked on “Making ‘IT’ Green” at UCLA. In addition, he is currently president-elect of the UCLA Staff Assembly and a junior delegate on the Council of UC Staff Assemblies. Naomi (Strauss) Azulai ’00, MS ’01 has been working in Houston, Texas since 2002, and earned her professional engineering license in 2005. In March 2008, she received the “Emerging Leader Award” from the Water Environment Association of Texas. Currently, she is staying at home with her infant son. Yuval Zukerman ’00 graduated as Class Marshall from Harvard University Extension pro, earning a master’s in information technology with a specialization in software engineering. “UCLA gave me an excellent springboard for learning and fed my drive to progress on my career.” He is currently a senior technical architect with Molecular, based in Boston, Mass. Tim Diep ’01 is an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Anargyros “Roger” L. Panayotopoulos ’01 received his master’s in mechanical engineering in 2003 from UC Berkeley. He has worked as lead applications development engineer at KLA-Tencor from 2004-2007, after which he moved to his current role—marketing of LED capital equipment laser isolation systems. Bong-Chieh Benjamin Chu ’02, PhD ’06 was promoted to technology transfer officer at the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, handling licensing of UCLA technologies in engineering and physical sciences.

Lisa Zieve ’03 married Greg Parker in July. Xuanlai “Nicholas” Fang PhD ’04 received a NSF CAREER award and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ 2009 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. He was also nominated among 2008’s Young Innovators Under 35 by Technology Review. Jessica (Hoeck) Agte ’05 married Aaron Agte ’05 (Applied Mathematics and Philosophy) in 2007. Zhara Ghofraniha ’05 and Ryan Gerard ’05 have married.

Hojung Ju MS ’02 has retired from Samsung Electronics after 7 years. He has been busy preparing to go back to UCLA to pursue his doctorate this fall.

Victor Jonathan Jovancevic MS ’05 is a real estate investment analyst working in Paris.

Pei-Wen “Vincent” Seah MS ’02, PhD ’06 developed a model that predicts online user behavior for a music social networking portal site. In his personal time, he also designed a unique race car data logging system that integrates both a data monitoring and a feedback control feature.

Alex Nazarchuk ’05 is a construction manager for the City of Santa Monica.

Fan Yang PhD ’02 was promoted to associate professor at the University of Mississippi in July, and received the 2009 Donald G. Dudley, Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He received a NASA grant of $750,000 to conduct research on reconfigurable antennas and reflect array antennas. Brandon Florian ’03, after graduation, worked for General Dynamics as a spacecraft systems engineer while pursuing his MBA at Pepperdine. Shortly after, he worked at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in business management. He has recently been assigned as a subsystem business manager. Mike Pratt ’03 passed the professional engineer exam in Texas and is working as an assistant research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute. Thomas Rau ’03 is a resident physician in radiology at the University of Colorado, Denver. He also was the lead author on a research article “Hemodynamic Effect of Unequal Anterior Cerebral Artery Flow Rates on the Anterior Communicating Artery Bifurcation: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study” which was published in Modelling and Simulation in Engineering. Damien Stolarz ’03 recently co-authored iPhone Hacks: Pushing the iPhone and iPod touch Beyond Their Limits. He’s also co-authoring another book, Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies with Joel Elad ’95.

Cathy Leong ’05 and Ryan Fong ’05 have married.

Kaori Noguchi ’05 has married. Ricardo Oliveira MS ’05, PhD ’09 received the 2009 Cisco Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the UCLA Department of Computer Science. Sarah (Tobin) Rosen ’05 and her husband, Chad ’05 (Hebrew), welcomed the birth of their daughter, Adena Shira, on May 26, 2009. Peter Durojaiye ’06 has been accepted to UCLA’s master’s online program in engineering with a focus on systems engineering and domain in information-based systems. Subhan Ali ’07 received his master’s from Stanford University with an emphasis in sustainable design and construction. Anthony Chen MS ’07 has been working at United Airlines as a structural repair engineer for 1-1/2 years. He also passed the engineer-in-training exam and plans to pursue a professional engineer’s license. Ben Chiang ’07 made the move into venture capital with Norwest Venture Partners in Palo Alto Calif. Feel free to reach out to him the next time you’re working on the next Google. Jinsong Huang PhD ’07 has been an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Nebraska, Lincoln since August 2009. Sean Mikha ’07 was promoted to the role of solution architect at one of the top 4 data warehouse vendors in the world.

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Jason Poulos MS ’07 will complete his PhD at UCLA this fall and has just started a company based on his research at UCLA. He has received a Small Business Innovation Research grant to continue his work which involves creating a disposable platform for high throughput ion channel studies. If you are interested in learning more, please contact jpoulos@ucla.edu

James R. Chambers ’51 James Welton MS ’64

Legacies Nadine Tran ’85 (Math-System Science), David Tran ’09 (missing Dan Tran ’83)

Cen Kwang Ge ’08 is a software engineer at Candelis, Inc, a medical software company. Bunga Setiawan ’08 is working on her master’s degree in materials science and engineering at UCLA.

Arlene (Koster) Horwitz ’78 (Communication Studies), Matthew Horwitz ’09, Dennis Horwitz ’76, MS ’81

Louis Worth ’08 is currently enrolled in UCLA as a master’s student in mechanical engineering, and will be graduating fall 2009.

John Jordan ’84, Tracy Jordan ’09, Karen (Yee) Jordan ’83 (Cybernetics)

Jonathan Wang ’09 will begin his graduate work in environmental engineering at Stanford this fall.

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Engineering Design Group Reunion It has been 46 years since our engineering design group graduated from UCLA. There were eight of us: six started in February 1959 and two transferred in their junior year. Our senior year engineering project consisted of the design, construction and testing of a “High Pressure Cesium Thermionic Energy Converter,” a device that converts heat into electricity. The project was a success and we were fortunate enough to win the “Engineering Faculty-Friends Prize” for best project by a student group. The design group included the following members: Evan Barmache ’63; Louis Bodnar ’63, MS ’69; Allan Feinstein MS ’64; Gary Fisher ’63, MS ’65, PhD ’71; James Gordon ’63, MS ’66, PhD ’72; Neal Pepper ’63, PhD ’71; Walter Sainio ’63, MS ’64; and Donald Urfrig ’63.

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After graduation we all went our separate ways. Some of us went on to master’s and doctoral programs and others went to work in various fields. Some of us stayed in touch but others drifted away and none of us have been together since we completed the project more than four decades ago. When the UCLA Engineering Alumni Directory was issued in 2006, I took the initiative and contacted everyone. All of us still lived in California: seven of us were still in the Los Angeles area, while one lived in Oakland. All of us were in reasonably good health, and everyone was enthusiastic about a reunion. After many e-mail exchanges, we finally reunited at Jim Gordon’s house in December 2006 with our wives. This year will be our fourth Engineering Design Group reunion. —Evan Barmache

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annual report 2008-09

2008-09 ANNUAL REPORT Enrollment 2008-09 Undergraduate 3,006 Master’s 681 PhD 821 Total 4,508

Dollars by Purpose 2008-09 Programs/Research 47% Capital 24%

Degrees Awarded (2009 projections) Undergraduate 504 Master’s 298 PhD 143 Total 945

Students 11%

Faculty 13%

Full-Time Faculty: 161 Phd:Faculty ratio: 5.1:1

Discretionary 5% Gifts to UCLA Engineering by Purpose (2008 – 09): $18,003,194 Publications (2008 – 2009): UCLA Engineering faculty published 14 books, 18 chapters, 394 journal articles and 403 articles in conference proceedings. Editorial Postions (2008 – 09): UCLA Engineering faculty held 35 editorships at professional journals and 55 associate editor positions. Research Expenditures (2008 – 09): $93,332,083.30

faculty awards 2008-09  UCLA Distinguished Professor of Computer  Yu Huang, assistant professor of materials Science Leonard Kleinrock was presented with the prestigious National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony in September 2008. He received the medal for his “fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, for the functional specification of packet switching which is the foundation of Internet Technology, for mentoring generations of students and for leading the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world.”

 Two faculty members were 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, were among 65 members and nine foreign associates elected in 2009.

science, was awarded the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the United States government to young engineers and scientists at the outset of their professional careers.

 Demetri Terzopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science, received a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Terzopoulos’ research encompasses computer graphics, computer vision, medical image analysis, computer-aided design and artificial intelligence/life.

 Puneet Gupta, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Terri S. Hogue, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Dejan Markovic, assistant professor of electrical engineering have each received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. 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.

 Two faculty members were awarded a 2009 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships are awarded to “exceptional young researchers” based on their “outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge.” The recipients are Eleazar Eskin, assistant professor of computer science and human genetics, and Yi Tang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Tang also will receive the Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

 Electrical engineering professor Abeer Alwan was 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.

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 Women in Technology International (WITI) has named computer science professor Deborah Estrin, holder of the Jon Postel Chair in Computer Networks and the founding director of the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, (CENS) as one of five women in its 2008 Hall of Fame Class. The honor recognizes contributions to science and technology, the ability to shape the next generation of scientists and technologists, and making the world a better place through science and technology.

 Electrical engineering professor Chand Joshi was 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.

 James Liao, Chancellor’s Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will receive 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 AIChE. Liao will also receive this year’s divisional Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology.

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cal engineering, was one of 15 researchers across the country to receive a 2009 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. The program received nearly 200 proposals. Ozcan also was selected to receive the 2009 IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society Young Investigator Award from the IEEE Society for Photonics.

 Electrical engineering professor Yahya RahmatSamii, holder of the Northrop Grumman Chair in Electromagnetics, was selected to receive the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

 The American Society of Gene Therapy has honored Tatiana Segura, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, as an Outstanding New Investigator in the field of gene therapy research.

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cal engineering, has been selected to receive the 2009 Donald P. Eckman Award from the American Automatic Control Council. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by a young researcher under the age of 35 in the field of control theory.

 Electrical engineering professor Alan Willson will receive the 2010 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award for his “exemplary teaching and curriculum development and for inspirational guidance of PhD student research in the area of circuits and systems.”

 Computer science professor Lixia Zhang, whose research on several important Internet innovations have led to improved protocol designs and security, received the 2009 IEEE Internet award. The annual award honors exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility and/or end-use applications.

 Panagiotis D. Christofides, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of electrical engineering, was elected as a Fellow of IEEE, for “contributions to analysis and control of nonlinear and distributed parameter processes.” Christofides also was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, given by the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE.

 Three affiliated faculty members were named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are: UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale, who holds appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and in the School of Public Affairs; Alan C. Kay president of Viewpoints Research Institute and an adjunct professor of computer science; and Xiang Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley and adjunct professor at UCLA of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

 Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Yoram Cohen has been elected as a fellow of AIChE. Cohen has also been appointed as a UCLA Luskin Scholar in the Luskin Center for Innovation.

 Computer science professor Jason Cong was elected as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He was recognized for “contributions to electronic design automation.”

 Suneel Kodambaka, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, received the inaugural Paul Holloway Award from the American Vacuum Society.

 Kang L. Wang, the Raytheon Chair Professor of Physical Electronics, received the 2009 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) University Researcher Award, for his relevant work addressing the significant challenges the semiconductor industry is facing.

 Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Mohamed Abdou was elected as 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.

 Eric P. Bescher, an adjunct professor of materials science and engineering, has been appointed as the Distinguished Professor of the Zhejiang California International NanoSystems Institute. The institute is a joint effort between the Zhejiang Provincial Government, Zhejiang University, and UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).

 Materials science and engineering professor Bruce Dunn, holder of the Nippon Sheet Glass Chair, was honored as a Distinguished Lecturer at Case Western Reserve University for his work on three-dimensional batteries.

 Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professor ChihMing Ho, of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, received an honorary research chair professorship from National Taiwan University, his alma mater.

 Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Ann Karagozian was elected as vice-chair of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics. In subsequent years, Karagozian will serve as chair-elect, then chair of the division.

 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  Materials science and 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.

King-Ning Tu received the 2008 K.T. Li Chair Professor Award by National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

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Alumni Academic Appointments George Akingba PhD ’05 Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Indiana State University School of Medicine (Advisor: Carlo Montemagno) Philip Brisk PhD ’06 Computer Science and Engineering UC Riverside (Advisor: Majid Sarrafzadeh) Ben Davis PhD ’09 Chemical Engineering Cooper Union (Advisor: Vasilios I. Manousiouthakis) Shalabh Gupta PhD ‘09 Electronic and Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay, India (Advisor: Bahram Jalali)

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Yu Hu PhD ’09 Electrical Engineering University of Alberta, Canada (Advisor: Lei He) Helen Jung PhD ’09 Civil Engineering California Baptist University (Advisor: Terri S. Hogue) Yu-Fu (Paul) Ko PhD ’05 Civil Engineering California State University, Long Beach (Advisor: J. Woody Ju) Bo-Cheng (Charles) Lai PhD ’07 Electronics Engineering National Chiao-Tung University (Advisor: Ingrid Verbauwhede) Anne Lemnitzer PhD ’09 Civil & Environmental Engineering California State University, Fullerton (Advisors: John Wallace and Jonathan Stewart) Yanbao Ma PhD ’05 Mechanical Engineering UC Merced (Advisor : Xiaoling Zhong, Postdoctoral Advisor Chih-Ming Ho) Shane Markstrum PhD ’09 Computer Science Bucknell University (Advisor: Todd Millstein)

Tammara Massey PhD ’09 Senior Professional Staff/Systems Engineer Applied Information Sciences Department Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Advisor: Majid Sarrafzadeh) Fernando Pereira PhD ’08 Computer Science Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (Advisor: Jens Palsberg)

Soon-Yong Kwon Mechanical and Advanced Materials Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Postdoctoral Advisor: Suneel Kodambaka) Haibin Ling Computer Science Temple University (Postdoctoral Advisor: Stefano Soatto)

Changsoon Rha PhD ’06 College of Architecture Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea (Advisor: Ertugrul Taciroglu)

Hyunggon Park Electrical and Computer Engineering Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Postdoctoral Advisor: Mihaela van der Schaar)

Patrick Schaumont PhD ’04 Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Tech (Advisor: Ingrid Verbauwhede)

Giordano Pola Electrical Engineering University of L’Aquila, Italy (Postdoctoral Advisor: Paulo Tabuada)

Kevin (Kin-man) Tsia PhD ‘09 Electronic and Electrical Engineering The University of Hong Kong (Advisor: Bahram Jalali)

Arun Prakash Civil Engineering Purdue University (Postdoctoral Advisor: Ertugrul Taciroglu)

Shiqiang Wang PhD ’04 Materials Science and Engineering University of North Texas (Advisor: Nasr M. Ghoniem)

Tae-sik Yoon Department of Nano Science and Engineering Myongji University, South Korea (Postdoctoral Advisor: Ya-Hong Xie)

Hao Yu PhD ’07 Electrical Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Advisor: Lei He)

Jixun Zhan Biological & Irrigation Engineering Utah State University (Postdoctoral Advisor: Yi Tang)

Wenjun Zhang PhD ’09 Chemical Engineering UC Berkeley (Advisor: Yi Tang)

Endowed Chair Holders

Other Academic Appointments Pierre Ganty Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Software Development Technologies (Postdoctoral Advisor: Rupak Majumdar) Byung-Woo Hong Computer Science Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (Postdoctoral Advisor: Stefano Soatto) Seok-tae “Steve” Kang Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Alberta, Canada (Postdoctoral Advisor: Eric M.V. Hoek)

Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Chair in Advanced Aerospace Technology Chih-Ming Ho Jon Postel Chair in Networking Deborah Estrin Nippon Sheet Glass Company Chair in Materials Science Bruce S. Dunn Norman E. Friedmann Chair in Knowledge Sciences Carlo Zaniolo Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering/Electro-Magnetics Yahya Rahmat-Samii Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering Tatsuo Itoh

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Northrop Grumman Opto-Electronics Chair in Electrical Engineering Eli Yablonovitch Raytheon Chair in Electrical Engineering Kang Wang Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering H. Thomas Hahn Rockwell International Chair in Engineering J. John Kim William Frederick Seyer Endowed Chair in Materials Electrochemistry Jane Chang Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering M.C. Frank Chang

UCLA Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council CO-CHAIRS Sam F. Iacobellis MS ’63 Deputy Chairman (Retired) Rockwell International Corporation Henry Samueli ’76, MS ’76, PhD ’80 Co-founder Broadcom Corporation Members Madhavan Balachandran Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Amgen Inc. William F. Ballhaus, Jr. CEO (Retired) The Aerospace Corporation Janice Chaffin MBA ’81 Group President, Consumer Business Unit Symantec Corporation M.C. Frank Chang Professor Electrical Engineering UCLA Derek Cheung Professor Director, Institute for Technology Advancement UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Aaron S. Cohen ’58 Vice Chairman and Founder National Technical Systems

Lucien “Al” Couvillon, Jr. ’62, MS ’66 Vice President Integration and Knowledge Sharing Boston Scientific Corporation Richard A. Croxall Vice President and Chief Engineer (Retired) Northrop Grumman Corporation Vijay K. Dhir Dean UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Roy Doumani ’57 Professor Molecular and Medical Pharmacology UCLA James L. Easton ’59 Chairman and President Jas D. Easton, Inc. B. John Garrick MS ’62, PhD ’68 President & CEO (Retired) PLG, Inc. Eugene C. Gritton ’63, MS ’65, PhD ’67 Vice President National Security Research RAND Corporation William A. Jeffrey President and CEO HRL Laboratories, LLC Jon C. Jones ME ’83 President Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Linda P. Katehi MS ’81, PhD ’84 Chancellor University of California, Davis Leonard Kleinrock Professor Emeritus Computer Science UCLA Leslie M. Lackman Director, Industrial Relations Director, Institute for Technology Advancement UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Jeff Lawrence ’79 President and CEO Clivia Systems Steven D. Liedle Project Manager Bechtel Power Corporation

Rajeev Madhavan Chairman and CEO Magma Design Automation, Inc. Joanne M. Maguire MS ’78, CERT ’89 Executive Vice President Lockheed Martin Space Systems Group Pankaj Patel Senior Vice President and General Manager Cisco Systems, Inc. Gregory J. Pottie Professor, Electrical Engineering UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Rami R. Razouk ’75, MS ’75, PhD ’80 Senior Vice President Engineering and Technology The Aerospace Corporation Edward K. Rice Chairman CTS Cement Manufacturing Company Kevin Riley President Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC Dwight C. Streit MS ’83, PhD ’86 Vice President Microelectronics Technology Northrop Grumman Corporation Ronald D. Sugar ’68, MS ’69 PhD ’71 Chairman and CEO Northrop Grumman Corporation Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr. ’59, MS ’61 Electronics Consultant Tannas Electronics Murli Tolaney Chairman MWH Global, Inc. Stephen Trilling CERT ’00 Vice President Security Technology and Response Symantec Corporation Nicholas M. Uros ME ’84, CERT ’93 Vice President Advanced Concepts and Technology Raytheon Systems Company David A. Whelan MS ’78, PhD ’83 Vice President, General Manager, and Deputy to the President The Boeing Company

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Faculty Patents 2008–09 Gregory Carman, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Dong Lee, were awarded a patent for energy harvesting using a thermoelectric material. Jane Chang, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Trinh Van, Tony Chiang, Chandra Deshpandey, and Karl Lesser, were awarded a patent for controlled nano-doping of ultra thin films. Yong Chen, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was awarded a patent for nanoscale electromolecular lithography. Wesley Chu, professor of computer science, Zhenyu Liu, and Qinghua Zou, were awarded a patent for a knowledgeable-based approach for scenario-specific content correlation in a medical digital library. Vijay Gupta, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was awarded a patent for laser-generated stress waves for stiction repair in mems structures and devices. Vijay Gupta, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Vassil Kireev, were awarded a patent for glass-modified stress waves for adhesion measurement of ultra thin films and nanoelectronics device fabrication. Tatsuo Itoh, professor of electrical engineering, Christopher Caloz, I-Hsiang Lin, and Hiroshi Okabe, were awarded a patent for composite right/left couplers. Itoh, Cheng-Jung Lee, and Kevin Leong, were awarded a patent for meta material bases resonant small antenna. Itoh, Kevin Leong, and Alexandre Dupuy, were awarded a patent for a power combiner. Bahram Jalali, professor of electrical engineering, Chia-Jen Hsu, and Bijani Houshmand, were awarded a patent for non-electronic radio front-end technology. Chang-Jin Kim, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Brandon Uichong Yi, were awarded a patent for complete transfer of liquid drops by modification of nozzle design.

Harold Monbouquette, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Miguel Garcia-Garibay, were awarded a patent for surface nanopatterning. Ali Sayed, professor of electrical engineering, and Mansour Aldajani, received a patent for closed loop power control techniques. Sayed, and Naofal Al-Dhahir, were awarded a patent for mimo equalization. Kris J.V. Tiri and Ingrid Verbauwhede, adjunct professor of electrical engineering, received a patent for CMOS logic with input signal independent power consumption. Jiangtao Wen, John Villasenor, professor of electrical engineering, and Jeong-hoon Park, were awarded a patent for video codec method in error resilient mode and apparatus. Mary Eshaghian-Wilner, Alexander Khitun, and Kang Wang, professor of electrical engineering, were awarded a patent for methods to efficiently interconnect nanoscale computational components with spin-waves. Wang, and Fei Liu, were awarded a patent for telegraph signal microscopy for single atom, molecule, spin characterization. Wang, Filipp Baron, and Yaohui Zhang were awarded a patent for vertical gate-depleted single-electron transistors.

Xie was awarded a patent for an innovative substrate for mixed-signals integrated circuit applications.

Aliazam Abbasfar, Dariush Divsalar, Christopher Jones, Samuel Dolinar, Jeremy Thorpe, Kenneth Andrews, and Kung Yao, professor of electrical engineering, were awarded a patent for accumulaterepeat-accumulate LDPC codes. Daniel Yang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Shih-Hsi Tong, were awarded a patent for an algorithm for flowrate synthesis of lobe pumps. Yang Yang, professor of materials science and engineering, and Richard Kaner, professor of chemical and bimolecular engineering, were awarded a patent for AU nanoparticles doped polyaniline nanofiber non-volatile memory device. Yang, Liping Ma and Jun He, were awarded a patent for three-terminal organic memory devices. Yang and Ma, were awarded a patent for bottom insulating gate vertical organic transistor-bigvot. Yang and Ma, were awarded a patent for rewritable nano-surface organic electrical bistable services.

The Boelter Society The Boelter Society is the leadership giving society of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Members of

Wang, Roman Ostroumov, and Aleksandr Khitun were awarded a patent for a logic device using spin wave bus for information exchange.

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Kang Ting Nell, Shunichi Kuroda, and Ben Wu, associate professor of bioengineering, were awarded a patent for one expression systems and neuroprotective activity of nell2.

edges gifts made to the Henry Samueli School

Larissa Rodriguez and Wu, were awarded a patent for adipose derived stem cells for reconstruction of the urinary tract. Ya Hong Xie, professor of materials science and engineering, and Tae-Sik Yoon, were awarded a patent for dislocation engineering in silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer grown on Si substrate as a virtual substrate.

ute $1,000 or more annually, show incredible leadership and vision by generously supporting the school. This Honor Roll gratefully acknowlof Engineering and Applied Science from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Degrees listed include engineering alumni and parents of current engineering students only Dean’s Visionaries—$1,000,000 or more James Easton ’59 Henry ’76, MS ’76, PhD ’80 and Susan Samueli Dean’s Ambassadors— $100,000 to $999,999 Fang Lu MS ’88, ENG ’89, PhD ’92 and Jui-Chuan Yeh Mukund Padmanabhan MS ’89, PhD ’92

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Eugene ’68 and Marilyn Stein

Robert ’57, MS ’63, PhD ’67 and

Jeffrey and Monica Houck, Parents ’11

Lawrence ’59, MS ’61

Dorothy Webb

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Tien-Tsai PhD ’68 and Jane PhD ’71 Yang

Randall Kam and Lesley Brey, Parents ’10

Yechiam Yemini PhD ’79

Russell and Anne Yee

William Kingsley ’72, MS ’73, PhD ’79

Dean’s Scholars - $50,000 to $99,999

Boelter Sponsors—$5,000 to $9,999

Michael Kopp

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson

Andrew Africk

Jeff Lawrence ’79 and Diane Troth MS ’81

Joseph Boystak

David Banks ’80, MS ’81 and Judith

Craig Moles MS ’89

Robert ’72 and Judy Green

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Kenneth Oliver

Gerry Hall ’06

Paul Baran MS ’59

Kenneth ’77, MS ’80 and Nancy ’78 Privitt

Kevin Hall

James Barrie ’83, MS ’85, PhD ’88 and

John Pruett ’78 and Donna Lee-Pruett

Linda Katehi MS ’81, PhD ’84 and

Leslie Momoda ’85, MS ’87, PhD ’90

Thomas MS ’82, ENG ’84, PhD ’85

Spyros Tseregounis MS ’82, PhD ’84

Mark MS ’92, PhD ’95 and Sharon Berman

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Jonathan and Rica Orszag

Bill and Hillary Clinton

Thierry and Rita Sanglerat, Parents ’12

Edward and Linda Rice

Alan Cutter ’61

Jacquelyn Schoell

Boelter Investors - $25,000 to $49,999

Dennis Drag MS ’69, PhD ’82

Owen Shea and Marina Naito, Parents ’10

Bob English and Anna Zara

Akira Shinoda ’67

Leslie Lackman

Tom Shiokari ’50, MS ’60

Carey Nachenberg ’95, MS ’95

Ning and Minda Sizto, Parents ’10

Jerry Ogawa ’69

William and Judy Snow, Parents ’11

Garrett PhD ’66 and June Paine

David Triolo ’80

Marvin Rubinstein ’53

John and Ann Wasson, Parents ’11

Justin Sobaje ’99, MS ’00

Ben and Betty Wu

Peter and Haya Sender, Parents ’09

Boelter Contributors— $1,000 to $2,499

Ryan and Jessica Steelberg

John Adams ’62

George PhD ’64 and Adele Stern

Darren ’89 and Angela Aghabeg

Lee Stewart ’67

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NOVEMBER 6 Engineering Awards Dinner The Beverly Wilshire – A Four Seasons Hotel

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APRIL 3 Scholarship Brunch Covel Commons – UCLA Campus

Marumoto ’85, MS ’87 Stefan Kampe ’84 Andrew ’69 and Denise Katz Don Kendall MS ’85, PhD ’89 Yong MS ’83, PhD ’87 and Elizabeth Kim David Kim ’98, MS ’01 Eugene Korney and Patty Boyle

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