The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering held its 2018 commencement on Saturday, June 16, at Pauley Pavilion. Approximately 770 bachelor’s degrees, 425 master’s degrees, and 110 doctoral degrees were conferred at the ceremony. More than 9,000 family members and friends of the graduates attended.
Each year the seven departments of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, and the school as a whole, bestow honors on graduating students who have had distinguished accomplishments and made special contributions .
As newly minted Samueli engineers go off to pursue great things, two class members share their story on how access to educational and financial resources, an engaged support system, and hard work prepared them for graduation and life beyond UCLA.
We are pleased to announce the Honorable Heidi Shyu MS ‘81, Engr ‘82 will address this year’s graduating class at commencement on June 16 at Pauley Pavilion.
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Four UCLA Engineering students – two graduate students and two undergraduates — have received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for 2018.
Professor Ertugrul Taciroglu has been appointed chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
Veteran auto industry executive Freeman Shen MS ’94 discussed the state of China’s car industry and its challenges with a few hundred UCLA students.
For batteries to fit into tinier electronic devices without compromising performance they need “to be built like a skyscraper in New York instead of a ranch house in California,” says Bruce Dunn.
Tony Nowatzki, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award.
Professor Tim Fisher has been appointed chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
A new algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long, whether or not they receive a heart transplant.