In 2012, Kimberly Cross MS ’07, PhD ’12 became the first Black woman to graduate from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.
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Engineering Alumna and Board Member to Head Customer Service at Southern California Edison
After a 22-year career at Southern California Edison (SCE) and three years in academia, UCLA chemical engineering alumna Lisa Cagnolatti ’83 will be
UCLA American Indian Student Group Wins Top Honors for Professional Development
UCLA’s American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) won Chapter of the Year for Professional Development Award at the 2021 AISES National Conference.
Engineering Alumna Makes Strides in Latinx Representation
When Leticia Solis ’90 was 14 years old, her older sister took her to a Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) conference at UCLA. It was there that Solis first learned what an engineer does and
Dean Murthy Shares Journey as Woman Engineer in Interview with Alma Mater
When Jayathi Murthy began her undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (IITK) in the 1970s, she was one of only two women in her class of more than 250 students.
Alumna Shares Journey to Becoming Highest-Ranking Latina Engineer at LADWP
When Evelyn Cortez-Davis ’92 was 12 years old, she and her family fled El Salvador, traveling through Guatemala and Mexico to reach Los Angeles.
First-Gen Latinx Engineering Ph.D. Student Leads Research on Water Quality in Belize
While the rest of the world shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ileana Callejas ’18, M.S. ’19 kept busy studying how the sudden drop in tourism was affecting the waters off the coast of Belize.
Transportation Equity Expert to Join UCLA Engineering, Public Affairs Faculty
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering welcomes Tierra Bills, who specializes in the socioeconomic impacts of transportation decisions, to its faculty as an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Bills
WE@UCLA Director Honored for Campus Diversity Efforts
Audrey Pool O’Neal, an adjunct associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the founding director of UCLA Women in Engineering (WE@UCLA),
UCLA Samueli Engineering in Action Speaker Series Addresses Transportation Equity
As part of a renewed commitment to increase equity and diversity in the fields of engineering and computer science, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering hosted in spring
UCLA Samueli Launches Mentor Professor Program to Enhance Equity and Diversity
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is proud to welcome three new faculty members to its growing roster of nearly 200 full-time professors. The recruitment
UCLA Engineering Outstanding Bachelor Awardee Champions Equity for LGBTQ+ Community
Computer science major Arjun Subramonian graduated summa cum laude in March 2021, amassing not only multiple top awards, but also raising awareness of LGBTQ+ and other underserved communities around Los Angeles.