UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

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The school was renamed for its alumnus and Professor Henry Samueli, who received his B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1980) in Electrical Engineering there.{{cite web|title=UCLA Engineering News |url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/1999/samueli_gift.html |access-date=2008-05-11 |year=1999 |publisher=UCLA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906110213/http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/news/1999/samueli_gift.html |archive-date=September 6, 2006 }} Samueli is co-founder, chairman, and chief technology officer of Broadcom Corporation and a philanthropist in the Orange County community. He and his wife Susan donated $30 million to the school in 1999. It was at UCLA that Dr. Henry Nicholas and Dr. Henry Samueli met and later formed Broadcom.

The main building is Boelter Hall (Engineering II and III), named after Llewellyn M. K. Boelter, a Mechanical Engineering professor at UC Berkeley who became the first Dean of the school. He "often took an active role in the lives of the school's students, and his approach to engineering impacted many of their careers," according to the school.[http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/magazine/UEf99.pdf Remembering Dean Boelter, UCLA Engineer, Fall 1999] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906102233/http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/magazine/UEf99.pdf |date=September 6, 2006 }} He retired in 1965 and was succeeded by Chauncey Starr, a pioneer in nuclear power development.

HSSEAS is housed in two other buildings: Engineering IV, and Engineering V, which houses the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0QHPHKjvtw |title=Engineering IV: UCLA Engineering Introduction 2007 |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2008-08-18 |access-date=2011-12-17}} Engineering I was demolished in August 2011, to be replaced by Engineering VI, which houses the Western Institute of Nanotechnology on Green Engineering and Metrology (WIN-GEM) in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/newsroom/featured-news/archive/2011/engineering-vi-new-anchor-for-innovation |title=Engineering VI: New Anchor for Innovation |publisher=Engineer.ucla.edu |access-date=2011-12-17}} The ground breaking ceremony for Engineering VI building was held October 26, 2012 with Congressman Henry A. Waxman and Henry Samueli. On March 19, 2015, Engineering VI phase I was dedicated and phase II broke ground with the help of James L. Easton, class of '59 alumnus.Bill Kisliuk, [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/newsroom/featured-news/archive/2015/ucla-engineering-celebrates-opening-of-engineering-vi UCLA Engineering Celebrates Opening of Engineering VI], UCLA Engineering, March 20, 2015 Engineering VI was completed and opened in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://samueli.ucla.edu/engineering-vi-grand-opening-new-building-heralds-new-era-of-growth-for-ucla-samueli/ |title=Engineering VI Grand Opening: new building heralds new era of growth for UCLA Samueli |publisher=Engineer.ucla.edu |access-date=2022-02-04}}

The school is credited as the birthplace of the Internet,{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=UCLA: Birthplace of the Internet |url=https://conferences.ucla.edu/ucla-birthplace-of-the-internet/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=UCLA Conferences & Catering |language=en-US}} where the first message was sent to a computer at Stanford University on October 29, 1969, by Professor Leonard Kleinrock and his research team at UCLA.[http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/history/timeline65_74.html 1969 -- First On the 'Net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511200609/http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/history/timeline65_74.html |date=May 11, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://internetanniversary.cs.ucla.edu/ |title=35th Anniversary of the Internet |publisher=Internetanniversary.cs.ucla.edu |date=2004-10-29 |access-date=2011-12-17}} On September 29, 2008, President George W. Bush presented the 2007 National Medal of Science to Kleinrock for "his fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, and for the functional specification of packet switching, which is the foundation of Internet technology. His mentoring of generations of students has led to the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world."White House News Sept. 29, 2008 Room 3420 at Boelter Hall, where the first message was sent, has been converted into The Kleinrock Internet Heritage Site and Archive (renamed KIHC – The Kleinrock Internet History Center at UCLA).[http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2011/07/19/19933/beginning-of-the-internet-commemorated-in-new-ucla Beginning of the Internet commemorated in new UCLA museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216122907/http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2011/07/19/19933/beginning-of-the-internet-commemorated-in-new-ucla |date=2013-02-16 }}, Southern California Public Radio, July 19, 2011

UCLA conferred its first Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1947, its first Master of Science degree in 1948, and its first Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1950. Annual Engineering commencement ceremonies are held in June at Pauley Pavilion.

The Samueli School of Engineering has seven departments and one interdepartmental program, which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The school offers the following degrees:

1. Online M.S. Degree
2. Graduate Certificate of Specialization

For Fall 2019, UCLA Engineering received 25,804 freshman applications and admitted 2,505 for an admission rate of 9.7%.{{cite web|last1=Corpuz|first1=Erkki|title=Report to the University-Wide Council on Engineering Education (UCEE)|url=https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/enrollment-degree-statistics-new/|website=UCLA Engineering Office of Academic and Student Affairs|publisher=UCLA|access-date=15 December 2019}}

For Fall 2015 admitted students had a median weighted grade point average (GPA) of 4.5 and a median SAT score of 2190.{{cite web|title=About The Students|url=http://engineering.ucla.edu/about-the-students/|website=UCLA Engineering|publisher=UCLA|access-date=22 November 2015}}

The breakdown of SAT scores by subject is as follows:

Median SAT Mathematics II score: 790

For Fall 2020, UCLA Engineering received 24,039 freshman applications and admitted 2,640 for an admission rate of 11.0%.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 UCEE Report|url=https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/seasoasa/2020-UCEE-Report.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

Admitted students had a median unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 4.00, a median weighted GPA of 4.59, and a median SAT score of 1540.{{cite web|title=Incoming freshmen share why they are #uclabound2022|url=https://samueli.ucla.edu/incoming-engineering-freshmen-share-why-they-are-uclabound2022/|website=UCLA Samueli School of Engineering|publisher=UCLA|access-date=15 December 2018}}

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Graduate Enrollment: 2,503{{cite web|last1=Washington|first1=James|title=Report to the University-Wide Council on Engineering Education (UCEE)|url=https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/seasoasa/2018-UCEE-Report.pdf|website=UCLA Engineering Office of Academic and Student Affairs|publisher=UCLA|access-date=15 December 2018}}

• M.S. Students: 1,386
• Ph.D. Students: 1,117

Total HSSEAS Enrollment: 6,584

;Winners of the UCLA Engineering Alumni of the Year award {{cite web |title=Past Engineering Award Recipients|url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/visitor-links/alumni/engineering-awards/alumnus-of-the-year-recipients|access-date=2014-11-04}}

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;Other notable alumni

• Allen Adham ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
• Michael Morhaime ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
• Frank Pearce ’90: co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
• James Collins ’50: founder of Sizzler
• Chris “Jesus” Ferguson ’86, Ph.D. ’99: professional poker player
• Klein Gilhousen ’69: co-inventor of CDMA technology and co-founder of Qualcomm
• Blake Krikorian ’90: founder of Sling Media
• K. Megan McArthur, ’93: NASA astronaut
• James D. Plummer ’66, M.S. ’67, Ph.D. ’71: Dean of Stanford University School of Engineering

• Llewellyn M.K. Boelter, 1944-1965[http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/explore/history/engineering-deans Engineering Deans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091955/http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/explore/history/engineering-deans |date=2015-04-02 }}, UCLA Engineering
• Chauncey Starr, 1967–1973
• Russell R. O'Neill, 1974–1983
• George L. Turin, 1983–1986
• A.R. Frank Wazzan, 1986–2001
• Vijay K. Dhir, 2003–2015
• Jayathi Murthy, 2016–2022
• Bruce Dunn, 2022–2023 (interim)
• Ah-Hyung "Alissa" Park, 2023–present

Faculty members: 164{{cite web|url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/explore/facts-and-figures/about-the-faculty |title=About the Faculty — UCLA Engineering |publisher=UCLA |access-date=2014-08-30}}

National Academy of Engineering members: 28

Faculty distinctions:

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• Center for Cell Control (CCC)
• Center for Domain Specific Computing (CDSC)
• Center for Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM)
• Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense (CNID)
• Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)
• Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN)
• Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research (CESTAR)
• Center for Research in Engineering, Media, and Performance (REMAP)
• California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
• Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
• Center for High Frequency Electronics
• Center for Information and Computation Security (CICS)
• Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing (SINAM)

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• Center for Systems, Dynamics and Controls (SyDyC)
• Center for Materials Research in Art and Archaeology (CMRAA)
• Water Technology Research Center (WaTeR)
• Wireless Health Institute (WHI)
• Flight Systems Research Center
• Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics Center
• Fusion Science and Technology Center
• Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration
• Institute for the Risk Sciences (IRS)
• Institute for Technology Advancement
• Nanoelectronics Research Facility
• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
• Southern California Particle Center and Supersite
• Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium

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• History of the Internet
• University of California, Los Angeles

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• [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/ UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110404210459/http://internethistory.ucla.edu/ KIHC – The Kleinrock Internet History Center at UCLA]
• [https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/enrollment-degree-statistics-new-2/ Enrollment and Degree Statistics]
• [http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty-samueli.htm Samueli's biography] at the UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering
• [http://www.samueli.org The Samueli Foundation]
• {{YouTube|vuiBTJZfeo8|The first Internet connection, with UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock}}

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