By UCLA Samueli NewsroomHenry Burton, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the inaugural holder of the Englekirk Presidential...
Year: 2016
UCLA Engineering to play key role in $140M smart manufacturing center
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]President Barack Obama has announced a $70 million federal award to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, with the goal of improving the efficiency of advanced...
Sierra Nevada snowpack not likely to recover from drought until 2019
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA researchers’ new method could be useful for analyzing snowpack in other mountains Even with this winter’s strong El Niño, the Sierra Nevada snowpack will likely take until 2019 to return to pre-drought levels,...
Computer Science Graduate Student is KPCB Fellow for 2016
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] June 16, 2016 UCLA computer science graduate student Brooke Wenig started her first week as a 2016 KPCB Engineering Fellow. The prestigious summer fellowship program, run by venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins Caufield...
Commencement 2016: Nearly 1,200 students earn engineering degrees
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Nearly 1,200 graduates of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science received their degrees at Pauley Pavilion on June 11, 2016, at the school’s 52nd commencement ceremony. Friends and family members...
Remembering Professor William S. Klug
By UCLA Samueli NewsroomThousands of members of the UCLA community came together in a variety of ways to honor Professor William S. Klug in the wake of his tragic death. Klug, 39, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and...
Samueli Foundation donates $10 million for endowed engineering chairs
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a $10 million gift from the Samueli Foundation that will help establish as many as 20 new endowed faculty chairs. The matching gift follows the...
Goorsky, Margulis named UCLA Distinguished Teachers
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two engineering faculty members – Mark Goorsky, professor of materials science and engineering; and Steve Margulis, professor of civil and environmental engineering – are among six across the campus who have received a...
2016 UCLA Engineering Award Winners at Commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Each year the seven departments of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the school as a whole, bestow honors on top graduates and those students made special contributions during their...
Raytheon Leader Thomas Kennedy to Offer Keynote Address at 2016 Commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button] Thomas A. Kennedy, the chief executive and chairman of defense technology leader Raytheon, will offer the keynote address at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science 2016 commencement ceremony. The...
UCLA establishes fund for family of slain faculty member William Klug
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA has established a fund to support the family of Professor William S. Klug, 39, who was slain in his office at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on June 1. Those who wish to support The...
William Klug remembered by UCLA Engineering family at June 3 vigil
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Friends and colleagues of UCLA professor William Klug gathered Friday at the campus Court of Sciences to share stories that celebrated the life and mourned the loss of the professor who was shot and killed in his office...