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RESEARCH SUMMARIES SUMMARIES

UCLA Researchers Identify Post-Fire Effects on Downstream Water Supplies Linkages Observed Between the Physical Response of Burned Watersheds and Resulting Mercury Flux

By Mike Gaetani and Terri S. Hogue

physical and chemical response of water- research group has been conducting an sheds in parts of the San Bernardino extensive field campaign within the Piru Mountains burned by fires in 2003. This Creek-Pyramid Reservoir system, research identified significant post-fire including regular aqueous, soil, and changes in runoff patterns and stream sediment sampling. In the lab, researchers chemistry, attributed to nearly complete analyzed soils for organic content and vegetation loss, reduced permeability of total mercury, while aqueous samples the soils and the formation of a were analyzed for various geochemical hydrophobic (water-repellent) layer parameters, as well as total mercury and from the burning of surface litter and Methylmercury. vegetation. Flooding and debris flows also are linked directly to these changes. Methylmercury is known to be a poison to the human nervous system and has a In the fall of 2005, Hogue teamed with strong tendency to increase in concen- civil and environmental engineering tration to toxic levels as it moves through professor Jenny Jay to launch a unique food webs. Hogue and Jay also are interdisciplinary program to investigate investigating post-fire conditions that mercury flux in post-fire watersheds. may contribute to the transformation of Their goal is to better understand the elemental mercury into methylmercury. i H o g u e r r

e mechanisms and linkages between the T physical changes in burned watersheds In December 2007, the group presented Student researchers install an automated and the resulting mercury transport and early results at the American Geophysical sampling system on a California Dept. of cycling within the system. Exploratory Union national meeting. In short, highly Water Resources structure at Piru Creek. sampling of soils and runoff events after erodible soil surfaces in burned systems The sampler collects high resolution storm the 2005 fires in the Santa Monica are contributing to transport of fine samples during runoff events. Mountains revealed – in contrast to particles during runoff events and are normal conditions – a loss of total impacting the water quality of down- ecent wildfires in Southern mercury at the soil surface in the burn stream water bodies, including an California have resulted in area. Hogue and Jay hypothesize that increase in sediment-bound mercury. extensive devastation, lost this was attributed to vaporization of lives, charred homes, surface mercury into the atmosphere The Hogue-Jay group plans to use their dRestroyed property and displaced and, more significantly, erosion and findings to develop models of runoff and families. Although fires are an essential transport during rain events. In support contaminant transport in post-fire and natural occurrence for most ecosys- of this, stream samples collected from watersheds.The prediction of streamflow tems, they can severely impact water Upper Malibu Creek during the first and transported contaminants is essential quality in stream systems. The mobility post-fire storm revealed dramatically to water agencies, flood control districts and availability of nutrients (nitrates) and elevated mercury levels – 30 times and emergency managers who must deal trace elements (iron, aluminum and higher than samples taken from a with post-fire consequences. Moreover, arsenic) are altered during fires. Limited neighboring control stream unaffected an understanding of mercury cycling studies, conducted mostly in Canada, by the fires. and possible methylation in post-fire suggest wildfires may also contribute systems will be critical to the alert of to the transport of mercury. Found in Based on the 2005 findings, Hogue potential bioaccumulation of neurotoxins all ecosystems due to atmospheric and Jay received a National Science in aquatic systems. transport, mercury is a toxic element that Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory emits from both natural and human Research Award to investigate the For more information, visit the sources. impacts of the 2006 Day Fire that struck website: www.seas.ucla.edu/~thogue northern Los Angeles and Ventura In 2003 civil and environmental Counties. A major drinking water engineering professor Terri Hogue reservoir, Pyramid Reservoir, is located undertook investigations to study the downstream from the burn area. Their

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UCLA Engineering Researchers capture Optical ‘Rogue Waves’

By Matthew Chin

findings appear in a recent issue of the swans,” also occur in financial markets journal Nature. with spectacular consequences. Our observations may help develop mathe- “Optical rogue waves bear a close matical models that can identify the con- connection to their oceanic cousins,” ditions that lead to such events.” said lead investigator Daniel Solli, a UCLA Engineering researcher. “Optical Co-authors on the Nature paper include experiments may help to resolve the UCLA Engineering researchers Claus mystery of oceanic rogue waves, which Ropers and Prakash Koonath. are very difficult to study directly.” The research was funded by the Defense

y It is thought that rogue waves are a non- Advanced Research Projects Agency a p h linear, perhaps chaotic, phenomenon, (DARPA), the central research and able to develop suddenly from seemingly development organization for the U.S.

U C L A p h o t g r innocuous normal waves. While the Department of Defense. , study of rogue waves has focused

D o n L i e b g on oceanic systems and water-based models, light waves traveling in optical Professor Bahram Jalali and researcher fibers obey very similar mathematics to Daniel Solli water waves traveling in the open ocean, aritime folklore tells tales making it easier to study them in a of giant “rogue waves” laboratory environment. that can appear and disappear without warn- Still, detecting a rogue wave is like find- iMng in the open ocean. Also known as ing a needle in a haystack.The wave is a “freak waves,” these ominous monsters solitary event that occurs rarely, and, to have been described by mariners for ages make matters worse, the timing of its and have even appeared prominently occurrence is entirely random. But using in many legendary literary works, from a novel detection method they devel- Homer’s “Odyssey” to “Robinson oped, the UCLA research group was able Crusoe.” to not only capture optical rogue waves but to measure their statistical properties Once dismissed by scientists as fanciful as well. sailors’ stories akin to sea monsters and uncharted inlands, recent observations They found that, similar to freak waves have shown that they are a real in the ocean, optical rogue waves obey phenomenon, capable of destroying even “L-shaped” statistics - a type of distribu- large modern ships. However, this tion in which the heights of most waves Artist’s rendering of rogue waves mysterious phenomenon has continued are tightly clustered around a small value to elude researchers, as man-made rogue but where large outliers also occur. waves have not been reported in While these occurrences are rare, their scientific literature — in water or in any probability is much larger than predicted other medium. by conventional (so-called normal or Gaussian) statistics. Now, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and “This discovery is the first observation of Applied Science have succeeded in man-made rogue waves reported in creating and capturing rogue waves. In scientific literature, but its implications their experiments, they have discovered go beyond just physics,” said Bahram optical rogue waves — freak, brief Jalali, UCLA professor of electrical pulses of intense light analogous to engineering and the research group the infamous oceanic monsters — leader. “For example, rare but extreme propagating through optical fiber. Their events, popularly known as “black

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Model Advances Prospect of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

By Matthew Chin

esearchers at the UCLA Because of this, researchers have turned tested the method on the well- Henry Samueli School of to multicomponent hydride mixtures studied Lithium-Magnesium-Nitrogen Engineering and Applied with higher volumetric and gravimetric Hydrogen system, predicting all Science have developed a densities, better operating temperatures experimentally observed pathways in mRodel that could help engineers and and improved reaction rates for practical the system. The researchers say this scientists speed up the development of hydrogen storage. However, this flexibil- method can also be applied to other hydrogen-fueled vehicles by identifying ity comes at the price of drastically multicomponent hydrogen systems. promising hydrogen-storage materials increased complexity associated with the and predicting favored thermodynamic large number of competing reactions “The development of an algorithm that chemical reactions through which and possible end-products other than goes beyond chemical intuition and hydrogen can be reversibly stored and hydrogen. Thus, predicting desirable finds all hydrogen storage reactions ‘in extracted. hydrogen storage with multicomponent silico’ is crucial and will help the mixtures has proved difficult. For scientific and engineering community to The new method, published in a recent example, the recently studied lithium develop revolutionary new hydrogen- issue of the journal Advanced Materials, hydride compound Li4BN3H10 was storage materials,” Akbarzadeh said. was developed by Alireza Akbarzadeh, a found to have as many as 17 hydrogen- “This is a major achievement in the UCLA postdoctoral research in materials release reactions, of which only three field, which can boost up the search for science and engineering; Vidvuds were found to be feasible — and the best reversible solid-state hydrogen Ozolins, UCLA associate professor of none were in the desired range of storage.” materials science and engineering; and temperatures and hydrogen pressures for Christopher Wolverton, professor of practical on-board storage in hydrogen- “We are steadily approaching the materials science and engineering at powered vehicles. moment when we will be able to Northwestern University in Illinois. theoretically design materials with The research team used modern desired properties, just like a tailor Because of global environmental quantum mechanical theories and high- makes a suit to fit the customer’s changes associated with man-made powered computers to develop an needs,” Ozolins said. “This will carbon dioxide emissions and the limited algorithm that can automatically and bring in a qualitatively new era of resources of fossil fuels, developing systematically pinpoint phases and collaboration between theory and com- alternate and renewable energy sources is reactions that have the most favored putation, experiment and technology important for a sustainable future. thermodynamic properties — that is, development.” Hydrogen is a potential source of clean those that can release hydrogen energy for future use in passenger at ambient temperatures using the The research was funded by grants from vehicles powered by cheap and energy- waste heat from a proton exchange the U.S. Department of Energy. efficient fuel cells, but its widespread membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The team adoption has been hindered by the need to store it on-board at very high densities.

A promising solution to this problem involves storing hydrogen within a material in the form of a chemically bound hydride, for example lithium hydride (LiH). Unfortunately, simple binary hydrides, in which hydrogen combines with light elements such as lithium, sodium, magnesium or others, do not adequately satisfy the require- ments for on-board storage, as the hydrogen-yielding reaction requires Theoretically predicted phase diagram for the Li-Mg-N-H system. Color-coding corresponds to heating the material to impractically the total weight percent of hydrogen released.These diagrams can be used to efficiently scan high temperatures. the phase space and pinpoint those compositions, which have the greatest potential for reversible hydrogen storage in a targeted range of temperatures and pressures.

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UCLA Scientists Working to Create Smaller, Faster Integrated Circuits By Stuart Wolpert

The traditional way to achieve smaller, think of the nodes as points on a giant faster integrated circuits — also known graph, and you can think of the as silicon chips — is by building smaller interconnects as hyper-edges that con- and smaller transistors and thinner wires. nect more than two nodes. We can use While the computer industry has made mathematics to determine how the smaller, improved devices, Cong, Chan placement problem should be solved. and their colleagues are improving the We use a mathematical technique called design of the chip itself. multiscale methods, in which we group nodes together until we get a A goal of the collaboration is the mathematical problem that is small Jason Cong and Tony Chan development of silicon chips that are enough to solve.” faster and cheaper and consume less power than the current generation of Chan and Radke design algorithms for ntegrated circuits are the “brain” in chips, said Cong, who is also a member computer software to improve the computers, cell phones, DVD of the California NanoSystems Institute placement of the nodes and are using players, iPhones, personal digital at UCLA. differential equations that they build into assistants, automobiles’ navigation the algorithms.The scientists expect that Isystems and anti-lock brakes, and many “We think optimizing chip design is an the research will lead to improved soft- other electronic devices. exciting direction,” he said. ware for enhanced chip design. Cong’s laboratory has found strong evidence A team of UCLA scientists has now Integrated circuits have a series of that existing computer-aided programs demonstrated substantial improvements interconnected, nanosize nodes; the for integrated circuit design are far from in integrated circuits, achieved not by locations of the nodes on the chip’s optimal. costly improvements in manufacturing surface are very important because they but by improved computer-aided design can minimize the wire length on which Chan and Radke are now working to software based on better mathematical the signal travels. minimize the amount of time it takes a algorithms. signal to get through a processor. Nodes include tiny “logic gates,” as well “We can get circuits designed with 30 as much larger memory blocks and other Research by Chan, Cong and their percent less wire length using improved functional blocks. There are tens of graduate students won the 2005 award optimization than what we had demon- millions of nodes on a chip. for best paper at the International strated three years ago, based on circuits Symposium of Physical Design (ISPD). that were samples from industry,” said “We have found there is a huge amount Their placement software, developed Jason Cong, UCLA professor and chair of room for improvement in the physical together with their former students of computer science. “We believe that design of the chip itself, including Kenton Sze and Min Xie, also produced when you apply these methods to where nodes are placed,” said UCLA the best wire-length results in the 2006 current industry circuits, you will see mathematics graduate student Eric Circuit Placement Contest organized by similar gains. Industry says even 5 Radke, who works with Chan and ISPD. percent is very significant. Cong. “We want to minimize the wire length in each node.” Chan and Cong are also working with “We are showing there is another way to Lieven Vandenberghe, UCLA professor make major improvements, with better A challenge, Cong said, is “how do you and vice chair of electrical engineering, design and better architecture,” added place the nodes on a two-dimensional as well as computer science graduate Cong, who has collaborated for nearly surface with big pieces and small pieces student Guojie Luo and electrical a decade with Tony Chan, UCLA that are all connected to one another? engineering graduate student John Lee. professor of mathematics and the It’s like a jigsaw puzzle with millions of National Science Foundation’s assistant pieces. How do you place them to The research is funded by the National director for mathematics and physical minimize the total interconnections Science Foundation and the Semicon- sciences. Chan also holds joint appoint- (wires) among them?” ductor Research Corp., the world’s lead- ments in Computer Science and the ing university research consortium for Biomedical Engineering Interdepart- “It’s fairly easy to model this problem semiconductors and related technology. mental Program. mathematically,” Radke said. “You can

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Petri Dish holding E. coli bacteria used in biofuel production UCLA researchers develop method for production of more efficient biofuels

BY MATTHEW CHIN

esearchers at the UCLA synthesize biofuels from renewable Isobutanol or C5 alcohols have never Henry Samueli School of resources. been produced from a renewable source Engineering and Applied with yields high enough to make them Science have developed a Biofuels, like commercially available viable as a gasoline substitute. nRew method for producing next- ethanol, are produced from agricultural generation biofuels by genetically products such as corn, sugarcane or “These alcohols are typically trace modifying Escherichia coli bacteria to be waste cellulose. Ethanol, however, has byproducts in fermentation,” Liao said. an efficient biofuel synthesizer. The limitations — it is not as efficient as “To modify an organism to produce method could lead to mass production gasoline and must be mixed with gas for these compounds usually results in of these biofuels. use as a transportation fuel. It also tends toxicity in the cell. We bypassed this to absorb water from its surroundings, difficulty by leveraging the native The strategy, developed by UCLA making it corrosive and preventing it metabolic networks in E. coli but altered chancellor’s professor of chemical and from being stored or distributed in exist- its intracellular chemistry using genetic biomolecular engineering James Liao, ing infrastructure without modification. engineering to produce these alcohols.” postdoctoral fellow Shota Atsumi and visiting professor Taizo Hanai, appeared Higher-chain alcohols have energy The research team modified key in a recent issue of the journal Nature. densities close to gasoline, are not as pathways in E. coli to produce several volatile or corrosive as ethanol, and do higher-chain alcohols from glucose, Concerns about long-term fossil fuel not readily absorb water. Furthermore, a renewable carbon source, including availability, coupled with environmental branched-chain alcohols, such as isobu- isobutanol, 1-butanol, 2-methyl-1- problems resulting from their production tanol, have higher-octane numbers, butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2- and use, have spurred increased efforts to resulting in less knocking in engines. phenylethanol.

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This strategy leverages the E. coli host’s energy independence,” said Earl highly active amino acid biosynthetic Weinstein, assistant director of the pathway by shifting part of it to alcohol UCLA Office of Intellectual Property. production. In particular, the research “It has been a pleasure to work with team achieved high-yield, high- the team at Gevo on this deal, and we specificity production of isobutanol look forward to an ongoing relationship from glucose. with them.”

This new strategy opens an unexplored “This discovery leads to new opportuni- frontier for biofuels production, both in ties for advanced biofuel development,” E. coli and in other microorganisms. said Patrick Gruber, Gevo’s chief executive officer. “As the exclusive “The ability to make these branched- licensee of this technology, we can chain higher alcohols so efficiently is further our national interests in develop- surprising,” Liao said. “Unlike ethanol, ing advanced renewable resource-based organisms are not used to producing fuels that will help address the issues of these unusual alcohols, and there is no climate change and future energy needs advantage for them to do so. The fact while creating a significant competitive that they can be made by E. coli is even advantage.” more surprising, since E. coli is not a promising host to tolerate alcohols. Liao has joined Gevo’s scientific These results mean that these unusual advisory board. In this role, he will alcohols in fact can be manufactured as continue to provide technical oversight

Professor James Liao, post-doctoral fellow Shota Atsumi and visiting professor Taizo Hanai

efficiently as what evolved in nature for and guidance during the commercial ethanol. Therefore, we now can explore development of this technology. these unusual alcohols as biofuels and are not bound by what nature has given us.” “Dr. Liao’s input will be invaluable as we scale up the commercial applications UCLA has licensed the technology made possible by this breakthrough in through an exclusive royalty-bearing technology and bring advanced biofuels license to Gevo Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.- to market,” said Matthew Peters, chief “This discovery leads to new based company founded in 2005 and scientific officer of Gevo. dedicated to producing biofuels. opportunities for advanced The research was supported in part “Given that part of UCLA’s mission is to by the UCLA–Department of Energy transfer technologies to the commercial Institute for Genomics and Proteomics biofuel development.” sector to benefit the public, we are and the UCLA–NASA Institute for excited at the prospect that this UCLA- Cell Mimetic Space Exploration. developed technology may play a key role in addressing climate change and

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Photos left to right: Professor Mohamed Abdou; Liquid Gallium-Indium-Tin is a good surrogate for lab studies of the

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reactors; adjunct professor Neil Morley p h o t g r and researcher Karim Messadek. U C L A , L i e b g D o n y b P h o t s Harnessing the Power of the Sun

Distinguished Professor Mohamed Abdou Leads the Quest to Unlock the Secrets of Fusion Energy

BY WILEEN WONG KROMHOUT

nergy is one of the most serious Fusion energy could not only be used to problems for humanity is an exciting challenges facing society in the produce electricity, but it could also be prospect,”Abdou said. 21st Century. According to the used for the desalination of water to International Energy Agency solve the serious problems of shortage Fusion is fueled by two elements, E(IEA), with the world’s population facing the world, and to produce deuterium and tritium. Deuterium is a expected to grow from 6.2 to 8.1 billion hydrogen as a replacement fuel for the form of hydrogen found in ordinary and the rise in the standard of transportation sector. water that costs only pennies to extract. living, energy use is expected to increase It is said that the top ten feet of water as much as 60 percent by 2030. Leading the quest in the United States from Lake Michigan could supply all of to advance the nuclear sciences and the U.S. energy needs for more than Many scientists and engineers believe technologies required to make fusion 15,000 years. Tritium can be produced the answer is fusion, the energy source of energy attractive and practical is from lithium, a light metal common in the sun and the stars. It is an energy Mohamed Abdou, distinguished profes- the Earth’s crust. source that is potentially inexhaustible sor of mechanical and aerospace and offers some very attractive features. engineering at the UCLA Henry The challenge is creating a “star on There would be no emission of green- Samueli School of Engineering and earth” and making it economically house or other polluting gases like Applied Science. Abdou, director of feasible in a reactor the size of a baseball carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, both the Fusion Science and Technology stadium. The conditions for a fusion usually released from fossil-fueled plants. Center and the Center for Energy reaction are not only difficult to achieve, There would be no risk of a serious Science and Technology (CESTAR), has but also to control. Deuterium and accident because radioactive waste from been on this journey for three decades. tritium must be heated to ten times the fusion plants could be controlled and temperature of the sun’s interior to minimized by the choice of materials, in “We’re doing work that is very achieve fusion. At the high temperatures contrast to fission where radioactivity is challenging and the thought of creating required for fusion, electrons that orbit a product of the fission reaction. an energy source to solve the energy

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the atomic nuclei are stripped away science experiments.The team is hoping FINESSE Study led by UCLA in the resulting in a new state of matter called to unlock the complicated phenomenon mid ’80s. plasma. occurring in the plasma chamber components that surround the burning “The studies that will lead to the design Plasma is a swirling, superheated mass plasma where fusion occurs.The UCLA of the facility will start in 2009.The idea of negatively charged electrons and team for the ITER Test Blanket Module and technical foundations forVNS/CTF positively charged nuclei. Once the Program includes adjunct professor came out of UCLA, out of this group. plasma is produced, an appropriate Neil Morley, and research engineers ITER will only demonstrate the plasma container must be built to hold and Alice Ying, Sergey Smolentsev, Karim physics of fusion, but VNS/CTF will sustain it.The most promising has been a Messadek, and Mahmoud Youssef. validate the nuclear science and demon- device known as a tokamak, in which strate the fusion nuclear components, plasma is confined by a donut-shaped “We’re the lead research group on the which are essential to a practical, self- magnetic field. technology side,” Morley explained. sustained, and attractive fusion energy “ITER is mainly a plasma experiment system” said Abdou. In the late ’80s, scientists and engineers and they are trying to build most of the from the international community, machine so that it runs as a plasma There is still much to be done in energy including Europe, Japan, Russia, and the experiment, without the additional cost research and Abdou believes a collabora- U.S. (China, South Korea and India and development of reactor relevant tive environment among researchers, joined recently), embarked on an technologies.” departments, universities, and countries, unprecedented international collaboration to test and demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power by producing burning plasma with energy output ten times the input. “The challenge is creating a The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), essen- ‘star on earth’ and making it tially a tokamak fusion reactor, is being built in the South of France at the cost of $10 billion. Construction is expected economically feasible in a reactor to be completed around 2016 and UCLA with Abdou’s team is leading the size of baseball stadium.” America’s effort to develop and test the technologies for advanced power extraction and conversion as well as internal tritium breeding necessary to Schematic design of ITER make the fusion fuel cycle self sustained.

“Our group at the Fusion Science and “So we’ll learn what we need to learn is how the most can be accomplished. Technology Center is the premiere about the plasma but then how will we This is also why he believes strongly in fusion technology group in the country. learn about the complex and elaborate CESTAR and volunteers much of his We changed the field by developing plasma chamber components such as the own time as the director. the computational tools, theory models blanket systems? That’s where our team and experiments for fusion nuclear and specialized TBM experiments come UCLA Engineering has many faculty technology,”Abdou said. in,” Morley said. with strong research programs in a number of key areas in the energy field. “In the ‘80s we were responsible for the Additionally, Abdou and a group of CESTAR promotes researcher teaming, technical planning of the entire U.S. students and researchers led also byYing expertise and equipment sharing, and fusion technology program. This plan is and researcher Mahmoud Youssef are information exchange. It also develops what the rest of the world is now engaged in analyzing and designing seminars for its members. And as CES- following.” Abdou’s group is currently nuclear components for ITER itself. TAR continues its work in the primary engaged in developing specific experi- areas of fusion, nuclear, hydrogen, ments for testing in ITER as part of the According to Abdou, along with the materials for energy application and so-called ITER Test Blanket Module ITER program, the U.S. is also planning energy conversion and conservation, (TBM) Program to build a parallel facility, called the Abdou hopes the center will also contin- Volumetric Neutron Source (VNS) or ue to bring people together to solve the The mission of the ITERTBM Program also the Component Test Facility (CTF), energy issues of today and tomorrow. is to perform integrated fusion nuclear which was an idea generated by the

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Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography Graduate students Kancy Lee, Pedro Gomez, Halil Berberoglu and Professor Laurent Pilon Powered by Microorganisms

UCLA Engineering Professor leads Effort to develop Algae for Clean Hydrogen Production

BY MATTHEW CHIN

he world is at an important Laurent Pilon, UCLA assistant professor “Efficiency and scalability are the major crossroads in history. It is deal- of mechanical and aerospace engineer- challenges faced by this technology ing with the interconnected ing, and graduate student Halil along with potential conflict for fresh issues of addressing climate Berberoglu are currently looking at algae water usage,” Pilon said. Tchange and air pollution caused by fossil – fast-growing plant-like microorgan- fuel use, while at the same time develop- isms – as the centerpiece of a potentially While this concept may at first sound ing new sources of energy along with powerful yet clean energy production unorthodox, in fact blue-green algae associated technologies to meet the system. Such a system would produce and other microorganisms have been growing global demand for energy. hydrogen for use in fuel cells, while at harnessed for many types of common the same time, the algae could act as a applications.They are used in production One potential solution is the hydrogen carbon dioxide sink, absorbing the of food and pharmaceutical products and fuel cell, a promising and environmental- greenhouse gas before it enters the even used as food additives. Some popu- ly friendly technology. But one question atmosphere. lar smoothie drinks contain algae for is, where will we get the hydrogen from? their high protein content.They are also This photobiological system has great utilized in industrial processes such as An answer may lie in some of the world’s potential to be an inexpensive and wastewater treatment, removal of heavy tiniest organisms:Algae. efficient energy solution. metals and other chemical processes.

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peak wavelengths, which means they could work well in the same system as neither really competes with the other for the same wavelength of sunlight.

The group is working with Anastasios Melis, a professor of plant and microbial biology at UC Berkeley, who sends the Pilon lab various strains of genetically modified microorganisms, green algae called Chlamydononas reinhardtii. Pilon’s team quantifies the effect of genetic engineering on the optical properties of these algae and tests their effectiveness in hydrogen production. For example One of the strains of algae that will be tested. reducing the concentration of pigments in the microorganisms could facilitate In a photobiological system that uses scale-up of this technology. algae for hydrogen production, the only inputs would be sunlight for energy, The group is also exploring other water as an electron source and carbon related projects on improving a photo- “Photobiological hydrogen dioxide or organic matter like glucose as bioreactor including optimizing the the carbon source. The outputs include algae’s growth medium and better light production represents an hydrogen gas as well as oxygen and more delivery solutions. algae which can be later used as biomass intriguing and promising for other products. One of Pilon’s long-term goals is to build a pilot system to consume the technology, which could be In Pilon’s laboratory, an automated table carbon dioxide emitted by the UCLA gently stirs beakers containing several co-generation power plant. On this part of a long-term portfolio different types of these algae, keeping effort, he is working with Jennifer Jay, each one ready for a turn in the lab’s UCLA assistant professor of civil of energy options.” photobioreactor, which looks similar to and environmental engineering. Their an antfarm, only with an algae-filled project is supported in part by the solution. This table-top sized reactor is California Energy Commission. where they test the algae’s effectiveness as both a carbon sink, and a hydrogen “Overall, energy conservation at producer. Specifically, they are looking at industrial and individual levels is the best how sunlight is absorbed and scattered and inexpensive short term solution by these microorganisms. to our energy crisis,” Pilon said. “Photobiological hydrogen production “In order to scale-up the process, we represents an intriguing and promising need to have a quantitative understand- technology, which could be part of a ing of how sunlight interacts with algae,” long-term portfolio of energy options.” Berberoglu said.

There are many variables into developing a viable photobiological system to produce hydrogen for energy.

One variable is the actual microorganisms used. Currently the Pilon lab is exploring several types of common hydrogen-producing microorganisms. Two of their potential microorganisms are Anabaena variabilis – a filamentous blue-green algae, and Rhodobacter sphaeroides – a unicellular purple bacteria. Each one absorbs light at different Using a nephelometer to measure the light-scattering properties of the algae

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Three Faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering

By Matthew Chin

and to carry this through all the way to its production and commercialization. I’m proud to say that in everyone’s pocket there is more than one HBT device working for their personal benefit for communications.”

Indeed, GaAs HBT technology has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.

While at Rockwell, Chang led the transfer of HBT technology from the

L i e b g science center to the product division

D o n and oversaw efforts to establish a worldwide commercial supply of low-cost M.C. Frank Chang,Yahya Rahmat-Samii,William W-G Yeh metal-organic chemical vapor deposi- hree faculty members from 22 affiliated faculty members who tion (MOCVD) HBT epimaterials with the UCLA Henry Samueli belong to the NAE. With three high reliability. He has also made several School of Engineering and members elected this year, UCLA, along pioneering contributions to high-speed Applied Science have been with Harvard University and the integrated circuit development. Telected to the National Academy of University of California, Berkeley, had Engineering, one of the highest profes- the most new members elected in 2008. In 2006, he was honored with the David sional distinctions awarded to engineers. Sarnoff Award from the Institute of Mau-Chung Frank Chang, who Electrical and Electronics Engineers M.C. Frank Chang, professor of electri- directs UCLA’s high-speed electronics (IEEE) for his contributions to HBT cal engineering; Yahya Rahmat-Samii, laboratory, has made seminal contribu- power amplifier development. distinguished professor of electrical tions to the discovery, development and engineering; and William W-G Yeh, commercialization of III-V-based het- Chang has authored more than 250 distinguished professor of civil and erojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) technical papers and 11 book chapters environmental engineering, were among and field-effective transistors (FETs) and holds 20 U.S. patents. He received 65 U.S. members and nine foreign for RF wireless communications. His Rockwell’s Leonardo Da Vinci Award in associates elected in 2008. pioneering work in realizing mass-pro- 1992 and was named an IEEE fellow in duced GaAs HBT integrated circuits and 1996. He received the National Chiao- “Bill, Frank and Yahya have each made power amplifiers has enabled modern Tung University’s Distinguished Alumni world-changing contributions to their wireless communications that require Award in 1997 and the National Tsing respective fields, and we are delighted sophisticated modulations for high data Hua University’s Distinguished Alumni that their exemplary careers have been rates and high output to cover a wide Award in 2002. He has previously served recognized with membership in the area with minimum battery-power as the editor of the IEEE journal National Academy of Engineering,” said consumption. These systems, including Transaction on Electronic Devices, and Vijay K. Dhir, UCLA Engineering Dean mobile phones and wireless LAN as a guest editor of IEEE’s Journal of systems, cannot be realized at low cost Solid-State Circuits and Journal of High Academy membership honors those without using such high-efficiency, Speed Electronics and Systems. who have made outstanding contribu- high-linearity power amplifiers. tions to engineering research, practice or Chang received his bachelor’s degree in education. Established in 1964, the “When I started to work on this physics from NationalTaiwan University, academy shares responsibility with the technology, people said that GaAs his master’s in materials science from National Academy of Sciences for advis- integrated circuits would only be a National Tsing Hua University and his ing the federal government on science technology for the future,” Chang said. doctorate in electrical engineering from and technology policy. “I am blessed that I had the opportunity National Chiao-Tung University,Taiwan, to participate in its development phase R.O.C. He joined the UCLA materials UCLA Engineering is now home to with a group of distinguished researchers

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science and engineering department in on several commissions of the United parameter estimation have been widely 1979 as a postdoctoral fellow under States National Committee of the used in groundwater modeling. professor Alfred S.Yue. In 1997, follow- International Union of Radio Science. ing a career in industry, he returned to “Upon reflection I consider myself UCLA as a faculty member. His honors include the 2007 Chen-To the beneficiary of both nurturing Tai Distinguished Educator Award from surroundings and exceptional people Yahya Rahmat-Samii, who holds the IEEE Antennas and Propagation and attribute any accomplishments, in UCLA’s Northrop Grumman Chair in Society; the 2006 NASA Board Award; large part, to them,” Yeh said. “I am Electromagnetics, has made pioneering the 2005 International Union of Radio particularly grateful to my students for research contributions in the develop- Science’s Booker Gold Medal; election the mutual exchange of ideas over the ment and measurement of reflector and as a foreign member of the Royal years. I hope they have learned from me, hand-held device antennas. Many of his Flemish Academy of Science and the and I know I have become a better designs are currently used in cell phones, Arts in 2001; an honorary doctorate in scholar and person because of them.” planetary spacecraft looking for the 2001 from Spain’s University of Santiago origin of the universe and life, earth de Compostela; the 2000 AMTA’s Yeh’s work has earned him distinction observation satellites and satellite dishes. Distinguished Achievement Award; both nationally and internationally. In the IEEE’s Third Millennium Medal; 1989, he received the American “I am very proud of the fundamental a distinguished alumni award from Geophysical Union's Robert E. Horton work that my group at UCLA the University of Illinois, Urbana- Award, now known as the Hydrological Engineering and I have undertaken over Champaign; and the Antennas and Sciences Award, and in 1993 he was many years in advancing the art, science Propagation Society’s Harold A.Wheeler elected a fellow of the union. He and engineering of antenna designs for Best Applications Prize Paper Award — received the American Society of Civil space, earth observation and personal in 1991 and 1994. Engineers’ Julian Hinds Award in 1994 communication applications,” Rahmat- and was granted honorary membership Samii said.“This is a great honor to have Rahmat-Samii served as chair of the in the society in 1996 for his these contributions recognized.And it is Department of Electrical Engineering “distinguished career as a scholar in my utmost aspiration to continue to from 2000 to 2005 and was a member of education and private practice in the tackle frontiers in engineering and the university’s Graduate Council for fields of water resources engineering and science and not be scared if I fail. In our three years. He received his master’s and groundwater hydrology.” In 1999, Yeh next attempt, we will for sure discover doctorate in electrical engineering from received the Warren A. Hall Medal from something new!” the University of Illinois, Urbana- the Universities Council on Water Champaign, and his bachelor’s, with Resources for his “unusual accomplish- Rahmat-Samii joined the UCLA the highest distinctions, from Iran’s ments and distinction in the water Engineering faculty in 1988, after University of Tehran. resources field.” working as a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. William W-G Yeh pioneered the devel- Yeh has made major contributions to the opment of large-scale optimization profession through his service to the Rahmat-Samii has authored or co- models that utilize systems analysis American Society of Civil Engineers authored more than 750 technical techniques to plan, manage, and operate and the American Geophysical Union, journal articles and conference papers, several of the nation’s large-scale water including serving as editor of the ASCE 25 book chapters, and three books and is resources systems. The methodology — Journal of Water Resources Planning and the holder of several patents. He has as well as the algorithms that he Management from 1988 to 1993. been an editor for a number of technical developed for the real-time operation of journals and has served as chairman complex, multiple-purpose, multiple- Yeh earned his doctorate from Stanford of several national and international reservoir systems — has been adopted University. Since joining UCLA in symposia. in the U.S. and throughout the world, 1967, he has served on the faculty in most notably in Brazil, Canada, Korea, several capacities, including twice as a Rahmat-Samii has been involved with and China and Taiwan. department chair. In 1975, he received the IEEE Antennas and Propagation the UCLA Engineering Alumni Society for many years in several Additionally,Yeh pioneered the develop- Association’s Distinguished Faculty capacities, including as president in ment of nonlinear inverse algorithms for Award for excellence in teaching. To 1995. He was elected an IEEE fellow parameter identification in groundwater date, Yeh has graduated 48 doctoral in 1985. He was a director and vice hydrology and founded the field students, many of whom are now president of the Antennas Measurement of inverse modeling in subsurface successful teachers, researchers and Techniques Association for three years hydrology. The methodologies and practicing engineers at various distin- and currently serves as a full member algorithms that Yeh developed for guished institutions and industries in the United States and abroad.

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Two UCLA Engineering Faculty receive PECASE awards

By Matthew Chin

struction of operating systems internals, PECASE nominees from NSF are until an entire operating system becomes selected from among those who have easy to understand and to play with.” received awards under the agency’s Faculty Early Career Development “It’s a great honor for my research group Program (CAREER). NSF made 413 and I to be recognized with the CAREER awards in 2006, out of more PECASE award,” Tang said. “This is a than 2,500 proposals reviewed. testament to the strong biomolecular engineering core we are building in Selection for the award is based on two the Chemical and Biomolecular important criteria: Engineering Department. We will ■ Innovative research at the frontiers of

a t y continue to use genetic engineering science and technology that is relevant to to produce new pharmaceutical the mission of the sponsoring organiza- G l e n C r compounds that may benefit human tion or agency, and Eddie Kohler and Yi Tang health. We will also increase our efforts ■ Community service demonstrated to reach out to the diverse Los Angeles through scientific leadership, education wo young faculty members of community and provide research or community outreach. the UCLA Henry Samueli opportunities for underrepresented high School of Engineering and school students.” In 2007, Kohler was awarded a Sloan Applied Science – Eddie Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. TKohler, assistant professor of computer “Professor Kohler and Professor Tang are Sloan Foundation.These fellowships are science, and Yi Tang, assistant professor of wonderfully creative and talented young intended to honor the best young minds chemical and biomolecular engineering researchers in their respective fields, and in the fields of chemistry, computational – have received Presidential Early Career we are extremely proud that they have and evolutionary molecular biology, Awards for Scientists and Engineers been honored with the PECASE computer science, economics, mathe- (PECASE). award,” said Vijay K. Dhir, UCLA matics, neuroscience, and physics. Engineering Dean. “These prestigious The awards are considered the country’s national awards are a clear recognition of In 2006, Kohler was one of five highest honor for engineers and scien- their work and a reflection of the high researchers awarded a Microsoft tists who are in the early part of their caliber of all the school’s faculty.” Research Faculty Fellowship. The careers. The awards, for the 2006 cycle, Microsoft fellowship program intends were announced on November 1, 2007 Kohler is developing a new component- to identify and support the best and by the White House. based design for file systems and disk brightest minds working to solve com- storage with particular focus on file plex challenges in computer science, The PECASE awards honor outstanding system consistency. The resulting design engineering and applied sciences at researchers who are beginning their will make file systems easier to develop universities throughout North America. independent research careers, and by factoring out common code, improve provide recognition of their potential for storage system robustness through first- leadership across the frontiers of scientif- class consistency support, and lead to ic knowledge during the 21st century. new application designs that are far more Kohler and Tang are two of 20 young resilient to system crashes. researchers to receive a PECASE award from the National Science Foundation. Tang is studying the metabolic pathway, Thirty-eight others won the award from the molecular assembly and the other federal agencies. combinatorial potential of natural products. Natural products produced by “I’m grateful to the National Science microorganisms have been prescribed as Foundation and the School for support- antibiotics, anticancer compounds and ing my research, and especially to my cholesterol-lowering drugs.The research students for their hard work, which may lead to the development of new makes it all worthwhile,” Kohler said.“In generation of pharmaceutical com- the future, I hope to broaden the recon- pounds to improve human health.

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Three UCLA Engineering Faculty Win NSF 2008 Faculty Early Career Development Awards

By Wileen Wong Kromhout

rates to allow for cellular infiltration and the formation and stability of membrane achieve temporally controlled gene structures in cell organelles is Klug’s transfer. These genes would allow the goal. His research aims to understand the cell itself to produce specific proteins physical forces that maintain the struc- needed at specific stages to aid in tures of membranes in cell organelles, in y particular endoplasmic reticula, Golgi

a p h the formation and replacement of functional tissue and allow for the treat- apparatus, and mitochondria. ment of hard to heal wounds like ulcers U C L A P h o t g r , or those found in diabetic patients. One question Klug’s research hopes to address is whether the proteins that are D o n L i e b g Regulated delivery of multiple bioactive so densely packed into organelle Tatiana Segura,William Klug and Eric Chiou signals has a broad impact on biomedical membranes actually are responsible in and bioengineering research because it some way for producing the complex hree faculty members at the will provide tools to investigate how membrane structure or if the membrane UCLA Henry Samueli multiple bioactive factors act in concert simply provides a nice home for the School of Engineering and in a particular system and help to proteins. Recent experiments have Applied Science have won the determine what particular combinations shown that changing the proteins can Thighly competitive and prestigious and release dynamics results in a desired lead to whole-scale rearrangements of National Science Foundations 2008 effect. the membrane, suggesting that the Faculty Early Career Development protein molecules can act like a kind (CAREER) Award. The award, among Chiou will design and fabricate a device of “glue” that holds the membrane the highest of honors for young faculty, based on a novel floating electrode opto- together in certain geometric patterns. recognizes the dual commitment of electronic tweezers (FEOET) mecha- scholarship and education. The three nism that allows for the use of direct The results of the study may ultimately this year are now among 18 UCLA optical images to control liquid droplets enable new medical techniques and Engineering faculty who have won suspended in an oil environment.The oil treatment of diseases related to organelle CAREER awards in the past five years. is required to prevent the droplets from function, including viral infections, mixing with other chemicals. Currently, diabetes, tumor growths, and neurode- Tatiana Segura, assistant professor of technologies exist that allow for droplets generative diseases. chemical and biomolecular engineering, to be released at a very high speed, about Eric Pei-Yu Chiou and William Klug, 10,000 droplets per second. But there is The CAREER award also contains a both assistant professors of mechanical no technology capable for controlling strong educational component. All three and aerospace engineering each received such a large number of droplets will incorporate their research activities $400,000 in funding for support of their individually and in parallel for the into their teaching curriculum for research over a five-year period. purpose of analysis. undergraduate and graduate students. Summer outreach programs for “We are extraordinarily pleased that The FEOET platform is potentially underrepresented students will also be Tatiana, Eric and Bill were honored this capable of preparing one million developed. year by the National Science different, multiplexed drug combinations Foundation,” said Vijay K. Dhir, dean of in less than two hours. This type of The three 2008 CAREER awards the school. “We take great pride in our technology will help researchers to test follow 15 awards garnered by UCLA young faculty and in knowing that the individual cell responses to different Engineering faculty over the past five research these three are conducting combinations of drugs on a massive years – one from bioengineering, three could one day lead to the enhanced scale. Medical and pharmaceutical labs from electrical engineering, four from treatment of diseases for the medical could eventually use this type of tech- mechanical and aerospace engineering, community.” nology to more efficiently and effective- three from chemical and biomolecular ly find the right combination of drugs to engineering, three from civil and Using a matrix tethered gene delivery fight diseases like cancer. environmental engineering and four approach, Segura will focus on engineer- from computer science. ing DNA containing hydrogel materials Building a theoretical framework for that have specific mechanical properties, the exploration of the effects of bio-adhesive properties and degradation transmembrane protein interactions on

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FACULTY NEWS FACULTY NEWS

In Memoriam: Russell O’Neill PhD ’56, Dean Emeritus of UCLA Engineering

Extension, assistant dean for Graduate taking students on field trips to Edwards Studies, coordinator of the Engineering Air Force Base. Since its inception in Executive Program and as the 1983, he had been an active board assistant director of the Institute of member of “Stone Soup” the exemplary Transportation and Traffic Engineering. after school program for children. He also served as acting dean on two occasions. Born in Chicago, O’Neill lived in Los Angeles since childhood. O’Neill started “Dean Emeritus O’Neill was a very his university education in 1934 at important contributor to the illustrious UCLA, then transferred to UC Berkeley record of the school and his long tenure to complete a bachelor’s and master’s here helped maintain a vital connection degrees in mechanical engineering. to our beginnings,” said Vijay K. Dhir, dean of the school. “He was completely Though he had wanted to be a teacher, dedicated to UCLA Engineering and O’Neill started his career in the defense many generations of our students. Under industry, working as a design engineer his leadership, the school reached with Dow Chemical in Midland, Mich. national prominence. We will miss him in the early 1940s. In 1944, he returned ussell R. O’Neill PhD ’56, greatly.” to Los Angeles and continued work in professor and dean emeritus the defense industry. A few years of the UCLA Henry In 1975, O’Neill was elected to the later, encouraged by the then Dean Samueli School of Engin- National Academy of Engineering, the L.M.K. Boelter, he became a lecturer Reering and Applied Science, died at his highest professional distinction that and extension studies representative at Sherman Oaks home on October 11, can be conferred upon an American UCLA Engineering. While working 2007. He was 91. engineer. O’Neill was recognized for full-time in these two positions, his “contributions and leadership in he earned his PhD in mechanical O’Neill joined the UCLA Engineering the fields of engineering education, engineering at UCLA. faculty in 1946 as one of its first mem- maritime cargo handling systems, and bers and stayed with the school until his maritime transportation engineering.” He was a member of Sigma Xi,Tau Beta death. Before joining the faculty, O’Neill Pi, the American Society for Mechanical was a design and development engineer In 1977, he was awarded the UCLA Engineers, the American Society for in the Midwest and in Los Angeles. University Service Award, which honors Engineering Education, and American individuals who have significantly Materials Handling Society. His research interests were in maritime enriched the substance of UCLA and cargo handling, logistics, systems whose efforts have added depth and O’Neill is survived by his wife, Sallie; engineering and transportation. His stature to the reputation of the sons, Richard and John; stepchildren, work at UCLA led to the development university. In 1983, O’Neill was awarded Stephanie Ballard and Ross Noden; and of a general-purpose computer system UCLA Engineering’s Alumnus of the two grandchildren. for handling the operations of complex Year Award, which honors the superior cargo movement and other systems. achievements of alumni who have This project was one of the first to use brought honor and distinction to the computer simulation as a research tool, school. and it contributed to modernization of the cargo movement system and the O'Neill retired in 1983, but remained adoption of standardized containers. actively involved in teaching and the community. He was recalled to UCLA O’Neill was appointed dean of the to teach the core engineering course, School in 1974 and served until 1983. “Ethics and Society,” which he taught Prior to becoming dean of the school, he until the fall of 2006. And from 1993 served in several administrative posts until 1996 he taught “The Future of including assistant head of Engineering Space” in an elder hostel program,

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty Member wins Packard Fellowship

Tang’s work is on understanding exten- mitment to strengthening university- sive protein-protein interactions required based science and engineering programs. for catalysis and to develop new tools for By supporting unusually creative combinatorial biosynthesis. The fellow- researchers early in their careers, the ship award of $625,000 is awarded over Foundation hopes to develop scientific five years, is award by the David and leaders, further the work of promising Lucille Packard Foundation. young scientists and engineers, and support efforts to attract talented gradu- The Packard Fellowship is among ate students into university research in the nation's largest nongovernmental the United States. programs designed to seek out and reward the pursuit of scientific discovery In 2007, 50 participating research with “no strings attached” support. The universities each submitted two nomi- fellowship program funds fellows’ nees who show exceptional promise. research in a broad range of disciplines That list of 100 was reviewed by the that includes physics, chemistry, foundation’s fellowship advisory panel, a mathematics, biology, astronomy, com- group of nationally recognized scientists, i Tang, assistant professor puter science, earth science, ocean sci- which then recommended 20 fellows for of chemical and biomolecular ence, and all branches of engineering. approval by the organization’s board of engineering, was one of 20 trustees Packard Fellowship in October U.S. researchers who received The program was established in 1988 2007. Ythe prestigious Packard Fellowship. and arose out of David Packard’s com-

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UCLA ENGINEERING NEWS NEWS Grand Opening for Engineering V

On Oct. 16, 2007, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held the grand opening celebration for Engineering V. This new state-of-the-art facility houses the departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering. More than 300 people attended the program.

Exterior of Engineering V California State Assemblymember Julia Brownley, Henry Samueli ’75, MS ’76, PhD ’80, Chancellor Gene Block and Dean Vijay K. Dhir cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony

The crowd gathers before the opening ceremony

UCLA Engineering student volunteers

Timothy J. Deming (right), professor and chair of bioengineering leads Chancellor Block and others on a tour of the building.

Bioengineering graduate student Foad Mashayekhi explains current research projects

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UCLA Engineering establishes Off-Campus Institute for Technology Advancement By Matthew Chin

ITA will be staffed by a core of business- “In today’s ultra-competitive and savvy technology experts who will work dynamic global technology market, it is closely with UCLA faculty, industrial becoming rare for large companies to partners and government agencies to invest in ideas that need a lot of time in facilitate the development and eventual the development phase before getting to commercialization of high-impact ideas consumers,” said Henry Samueli. “With that have great benefit for society. The the establishment of ITA, UCLA flexible organizational structure of ITA Engineering now has the vehicle to complements existing capabilities of get its cutting-edge technology break- both the university and industry, and throughs into the development phase allows the center to move quickly to and then into market.” promote the transition of discoveries to ITA Deputy Director Leslie Lackman, Dean development and commercialization. Space for the institute is provided by Vijay K. Dhir and ITA Director Derek Cheung Abraxis BioScience, Inc. and its CEO “As a public research university, UCLA Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. he UCLA Henry Samueli has a responsibility to make a positive School of Engineering and impact on our community and on The institute’s director is Derek Cheung, Applied Science has estab- society,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene an adjunct professor at UCLA lished the Institute for Block. “ITA at UCLA Engineering Engineering and the former president of Technology Advancement (ITA) – a new will enable the innovative technical Teledyne Scientific and Imaging LLC. off-campus technology development discoveries of our faculty to move He is also the former president and center dedicated to the effective transi- toward availability more quickly, giving CEO of Rockwell Scientific Company, tion of high-impact innovative research UCLA even greater impact and farther LLC, where he spent more than 30 from UCLA to product development reach. We are deeply grateful to the years. and commercialization. Start-up funding Samuelis once again for their extraordi- for the new institute comes from a major nary generosity on behalf of UCLA.” The institute’s deputy director is Leslie gift from Henry and Susan Samueli. M. Lackman, an adjunct professor and Henry Samueli is chairman of the board, “ITA will be the leading organization the Director of Industrial Relations for co-founder and CTO of Broadcom that develops connections between UCLA Engineering. He was a former Corporation and a three-time alumnus advanced breakthroughs from our vice president and site manager for the of the school that bears his name. research labs to industry, with the goal of Boeing Company before he retired and streamlining the creation of products, joined UCLA. ITA will serve several functions: processes and services that fill the needs • Lead the effort to identify and of society,” said UCLA Engineering ITA’s technology strategists possess formulate early state, highly valued Dean Vijay K. Dhir. “This new institute technical and business domain expertise research ideas at UCLA – then develop adds an important component to our in selective market areas. Their roles and transition these ideas to industry for mission of education, research and serv- are to work closely with UCLA economic impact. ice, and it will help UCLA Engineering Engineering faculty members in their remain on the forefront of dynamic, specialty area, and to identify and • Nurture and incubate breakthrough world-changing research. Our faculty formulate high-valued marketable ideas. ideas to create new industrial products. will now have better opportunities to see their innovations make a direct impact The Institute for Technology Advance- • Provide a learning platform for faculty on society. Our students will benefit ment is located at 4503 Glencoe Avenue and students to engage in transitional from participating in ITA projects and in Marina del Rey. technology research. enhance their skills in multi-disciplinary problem-solving, entrepreneurship, tech- For more information visit: • Further strengthen and expand nology management and commercializa- www.ita.ucla.edu. relationships with industry in providing tion of technology.” technical assistance for near-term applied research projects.

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UCLA ENGINEERING NEWS NEWS

UCLA Engineering announces Five New Faculty Chairs

By Matthew Chin

The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and “They had a lot of faith in me,” Reames said,“and this is an Applied Science has recently established five new endowed opportunity to return that favor.” faculty chairs. Reames also said the chair is an investment in the country’s “We are extremely grateful for the generous support from technological leadership for the future. our alumni and friends that have made the establishment of these five new chairs possible,” said Vijay K. Dhir, Dean of “Think about what has happened in the last 50 years in UCLA Engineering. “By supporting outstanding scholars electrical engineering, and try to imagine what is going to who are world leaders in their fields, these new chairs will happen in the next 50 years,” he said. “How do we not just enhance UCLA Engineering for many, many years to come.” keep pace but continue to lead the forefront of this field over the next 50 years? I hope that the establishment of this chair will help towards that end.” The new chairs are: The Edward K. and Linda L. ■ The Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in Electrical Rice Endowed Term Chair Engineering in Materials Science

■ The Edward K. and Linda L. Rice Endowed Term Chair The holder of the Edward K. in Materials Science and Linda L. Rice Endowed Term Chair in Materials ■ The Carol and Lawrence E.Tannas Jr. Endowed Chair in Science will have research Engineering interests in materials science and engineering, specifically ■ The Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering in the field of cementatious materials.

■ The Drs. Jane J. and Tien T.Yang Endowed Term Chair “To remain one of the top engineering schools in the coun- in Electrical Engineering try, it is critical that we continue to recruit and retain junior faculty with exceptional promise,” said Vijay K. Dhir, dean of These five new chairs are funded by a combined $4 million UCLA Engineering. “Endowed term chairs help the school for the support of teaching and research.The chairs are also in these efforts, and we are extremely grateful that the Rices, part of the Enhancing Engineering Excellence initiative who are great friends of the university and the school, have (E3). chosen to support this goal with their generous gift.”

The Charles P. Reames Endowed Edward Rice, chairman of CTS Cement Manufacturing Co., Chair in Electrical Engineering a manufacturer of innovative cement products, is a longtime and generous supporter of UCLA Engineering. He is a The holder of the Reames Chair will member of the UCLA Engineering Dean's Advisory Council be an outstanding scholar and teacher and received the UCLA Engineering Alumni Association in electrical engineering. The chair Service Award in 2002. Previous gifts from Rice include a was made possible by a gift from school conference room, funds for the annual UCLA UCLA Engineering alumnus Charles Engineering Outstanding Student Awards, annual scholar- P. Reames MS ’80, PhD ’85, who is ships for undergraduate engineering students, and the senior director of broadband sponsorship of the school’s concrete canoe team. Linda Rice systems engineering at Broadcom Corp. He has been with is also involved with UCLA and is a past president of the company since 1993 and previously served as Broadcom’s the UCLA Plato Society. director of modem technology and director of cable and satellite systems. “Linda and I are proud of our long association with UCLA, and we are very pleased that this gift for an endowed chair The new endowed chair is, in part, a gift of thanks from will benefit UCLA Engineering, its faculty and students,” Reames for the school’s early belief in his potential.When he Rice said. initially arrived at UCLA Engineering, Reames was awarded a fellowship to support his graduate studies under the super- Rice began his professional career at UCLA in 1951, when vision of electrical engineering professor Alan Willson. he joined the engineering faculty as a lecturer. In 1957, he

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left UCLA to co-found the engineering firm T.Y. Lin and “I appreciate the criticality of microelectronics technology Associates, where he was president for 17 years. From 1986 development and wanted to establish an endowed to 1990, he was a UCLA adjunct professor of materials professorship at a prominent U.S. university such as UCLA as science and engineering.Today, as chairman of CTS Cement a return of what benefitted me from my U.S. learning Manufacturing Co., he holds 18 patents in concrete and experience,” Huang said. building technology. Huang pioneered CMOS integrated circuits and LCD “There is a great need for research and application in the technology in Taiwan and was one of the lead engineers in science of cementatious materials,” Rice said. “Applied the monumental CMOS technology transfer from RCA to research on the development of new and longer-lasting Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute. Huang is materials is needed to provide better infrastructure, especially also the parent of a UCLA sophomore majoring in electrical in our transportation systems.” engineering.

The Carol and Lawrence The Drs. Jane J. and Tien T. E.Tannas Jr. Endowed Yang Endowed Term Chair Chair in Engineering in Electrical Engineering

The holder of the Tannas The holder of the Yang chair Chair will conduct research will have research interests in in electronic information electrical engineering, with a displays and associated specialized focus in photonic areas. The chair was estab- technologies. lished with a gift from alumnus Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. ’59, MS ’61, a consultant in the electronic information display As UCLA Engineering graduate students, both Yangs worked industry, and his wife, Carol. Both are long-time supporters on several advanced topics. Tien T.Yang, PhD ’68, or TT as of the school. he is better known, received his doctorate in research that included thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and applied math- After receiving his master’s degree,Tannas began his career in ematics. Jane Yang, PhD ’71, received her doctorate in the aerospace industry, working at several large engineering research that included solid state physics, electromagnetic corporations and specializing in advanced concepts in theory and materials science. Both Yangs worked in industry guidance, control and navigation. For many years, he also and on emerging technologies. In particular, both worked taught engineering courses at UCLA Extension. on high energy and high powered laser research and development for many years. Tannas is a fellow and past president of the Society for Information Display, an international organization which had “Our experience at UCLA provided us with a foundation in its origins at UCLA. Most of his recent work has focused on our disciplines and experiences that helped shape our lives. the development and application of resized LCDs for the In showing our gratefulness and hope that future students aerospace industry. receive the benefits we did during our time at UCLA, we’ve decided to contribute and invest in the future of “So many things matched,” Tannas said about the couple’s UCLA’s school of engineering,” said TT Yang. decision to establish the chair.“It has been my primary home away from home and the primary place for my intellectual “Our hope is that these actions will help inspire larger and professional association. UCLA was the focal point for charitable contributions and ultimately allow UCLA to many branch-points in our life and we are happy this become one of the leading photonic research centers,” added endowment is coming to fruition.” Jane Yang.

Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering

The holder of the Wintek chair will be a distinguished and internationally recog- “By supporting outstanding scholars who are nized faculty member in world leaders in their fields, these new chairs electrical engineering who has made an impact on semiconductor devices and/or inte- will enhance UCLA Engineering for many, grated circuit technology development and applications.The chair was made possible by the support of Hyley Huang, many years to come.” Vijay K, Dhir, Dean. chairman of Wintek Corp., a Taiwan-based manufacturer of small-to-medium-sized LCD panels used in digital cameras, cell phones, PDAs and video cameras.

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STUDENTS STUDENTS

Engineers Without Borders continues International Projects

By Matthew Chin

In September, civil and environmental its efforts on health, access to water and engineering graduate student Rita structural needs.

EWB-UCLA also encourages local community awareness of environmental/global issues through outreach and education programs at disadvantaged Los Angeles area high schools. These programs include the ongoing Project Boot-Up, led by Christine Lee. Lee joined EWB-UCLA as an undergraduate majoring in chemical and biomolecular engineering department. She is now pursuing a PhD in civil and environmental engineering. This effort collects computers from various private and corporate donors and uses them to set-up EWB-UCLA president Rita Kampalath, second from left, in Thailand. computer labs for underprivileged schools whose students do not otherwise he UCLA chapter of Graduate student Rita Kampalath have easy access to computers. Engineers Without Borders traveled to No Lae to conduct a site (EWB-UCLA) traveled to assessment for the proposed school In addition, Lee is also leading a project sites in Guatemala and house and to begin planning for the started this year to develop demonstra- Thailand this past summer to work on project. The project’s team includes tions that can then be taken to local area engineering projects that will improve students from civil and environmental high schools to foster student interest in the quality of life in disadvantaged areas. engineering. They hope to finish the science and engineering. Schools that design and start construction this EWB has visited in Los Angeles include In Guatemala, the group is working on summer. Dorsey High School, Central High the design and installation of rainwater School and View Park Preparatory. collection systems in a small rural village “The projects we work on are challeng- in the country’s mountainous region. ing because unlike homework problems, “Our members come from all different The system will collect water during the they don’t necessarily have one right, engineering disciplines, but I think we rainy season and keep it stored for use and straightforward answer,” said all share a strong sense of social responsi- later in the year when it’s dry. This Kampalath, president of EWB-UCLA. bility,” Kampalath said. “Although there project is led by civil and environmental “They’re also fun for that reason because are plenty of groups on campus who do engineering graduate student Bart it allows us to be creative and to help great work here and abroad, EWB is Forman. Students from electrical engi- people who really need it in a very unique in that it allows us to apply what neering and mechanical and aerospace immediate and tangible way.” we’ve learned as engineers towards this engineering are also participating in this goal.” project. The group plans to return to The mission of EWB-USA, the parent Guatemala this summer to work on the organization, is to partner with disadvan- Over the years, EWB-UCLA has been project’s installation. taged communities to improve quality funded by various sources, including of life through the implementation GM, Northrop Grumman, Collective In Thailand, EWB-UCLA is working in of environmental and economically Good Recycling and other private No Lae, a village in the northern part of sustainable engineering projects, at donors. the country, to build a school house. the same time developing socially Many of the villagers there are impover- responsible engineering students. For more information on Engineers ished refugees from nearby Burma. One Without Borders UCLA, visit: of the village’s needs is for an adequate The student-run EWB-UCLA strives to www.seas.ucla.edu/ewb facility for the education of its children. uphold this vision and generally focuses

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RECRUITER’S COLUMN

What types of positions have these graduates been hired to fill?

Entry level positions in engineering, computer sciences, finance, and business development. We also have mid-career employees going to UCLA for MBAs and advanced engineering degrees. What do you see as the strengths of They all have moved up through the UCLA’s graduates in engineering and ranks to their current leadership computer sciences? positions.

UCLA graduates are strong in the What other aspects of Pratt & Whitney fundamentals of key engineering and Rocketdyne’s relationship with UCLA computer sciences disciplines and possess are important to the company? Munir M. Sindir good communication skills. They per- Chief Engineer, California Operations form well in a team environment as well The interaction we have with faculty Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne as individual contributors. and staff on technical collaboration and our involvement with student projects, Why does Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Are UCLA employees in any key lead- the Center for Excellence in Engin- choose to recruit graduates from ership positions at Pratt & Whitney eering and Diversity, and PWR UCLA Engineering? Rocketdyne? If so, what qualities do Scholarship recipients are very they share that make them suited for important to us. We also value the close PWR likes to recruit the best students such roles? relationship we have with Dean Dhir from the top tier California universities. and our long-term participation in the UCLA has been consistently ranked Yes, there are.They have good technical/ activities of the Department of among top tier engineering schools in business knowledge, strong communica- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s the country and produces outstanding tion skills, and outstanding leadership Industrial Board of Advisors. engineering, business, and computer characteristics. sciences graduates.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NEWS

New Director of Media Relations and Marketing

Applied Science in January 2008. She Before her transition to media relations, brings more than 15 years of experience Kromhout worked in broadcast journal- in the field to the position. ism for almost ten years and served as producer and assignment editor for Kromhout most recently served as various national news organizations Associate Director of Public Relations & including CNN, NBC and E!. News at Pepperdine University, where she was responsible for developing com- Kromhout will oversee communications, prehensive media strategies, providing media and marketing activities for crisis communications support, strategic UCLA Engineering. counsel, and generating publicity for the entire institution. During her tenure at Pepperdine, she oversaw the build-out of he new Director of Media a live feed broadcast studio, the creation Relations and Marketing, of a university-wide faculty experts Wileen Wong Kromhout, guide and organized media panel joined the UCLA Henry discussions for various communications TSamueli School of Engineering and conferences.

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UCLA ALUMNI NEWS NEWS

2007 UCLA Engineering Awards

UCLA Engineering held its annual awards dinner on Nov. 2, 2007, at the Beverly Wilshire – a Four Seasons Hotel.

Professional Alumna Achievement Award Distinguished Young Alumni Awards

Josephine Cheng ’75, MS ’77 Tzung Hsiai PhD ’01

Josephine Cheng is a vice president at During his cardiology fellowship at IBM, where she leads the corpora- UCLA, Dr. Hsiai obtained a PhD in tion’s China Development Lab. She is Biomedical Engineering under the also an IBM fellow. Cheng is a guest mentorship of Chih-Ming Ho, pro- professor at Tsinghua University and fessor of mechanical and aerospace Shanghai University, a consultant engineering and Linda L. Demer in to the School of Software and the division of cardiology. Hsiai is Microelectronics at Peking University currently an associate professor of and an advisory committee member to Hong Kong Chinese biomedical engineering and cardiovascular medicine at USC, University. She holds 28 patents in the computer science field where he leads the Cardiovascular Research Core. He is a and has received many honors and awards for her Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and has accomplishments. In 2006, Cheng was elected to the National received the NIH Physician Scientist Career Development Academy of Engineering. Award, and the American Heart Association John J. Simpson Outstanding Research Achievement Award.

Alumnus Achievement in Academia Award Sharon Vuong ’01

John L. Junkins MS ’67, PhD ’69 Sharon Vuong is the Engineering Group Leader for Southern Califor- John L. Junkins is a distinguished nia in Motorola’s Government and professor of aerospace engineering at Public Safety Sector. During her short Texas A&M University. He also holds time with Motorola,Vuong has been the Royce E. Wisenbaker Chair in the lead engineer on numerous Engineering. His research interests multi-million dollar public safety include dynamic modeling and radio communications systems; has estimation theory, as applied to managed and mentored many new engineers and summer navigation, guidance and control of interns; and plays a major role in the hiring of new engineers spacecraft and robots. At Texas A&M., he is the founding and interns for her group. director of the Center for Mechanics and Control. He has received numerous national and international awards for his work, including his election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1996. Junkins has directed the research of more than 100 graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.

Thank you to the 2007 Awards Dinner Sponsors

Platinum Event Sponsor - $25,000 Blue Event Sponsors - $3,500 Marjorie L. ’46 and Ralph J. ’50 Crump Aera Energy LLC Amgen, Inc. Gold Event Sponsor - $10,000 Applied Materials, Inc. John MS '67, PhD '69 & Elouise Junkins The Aerospace Corporation The Boeing Company Lockheed Martin Corporation Maxim Integrated Products Broadcom Corporation National Technical Systems, Inc. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Josephine Cheng '75, MS '77 Northrop Grumman Corporation Aaron '58 & Nancy Cohen Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. Silver Event Sponsor - $6,000 Edward Rice RAND Corporation Easton Sports, Inc. HRL Laboratories, LLC Southern California Edison Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. Symantec Corporation

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Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award Edward K. Rice Student Awards

Asad A. Abidi, Professor, Electrical Outstanding Doctoral Student: Engineering Ricky Tseng, PhD ’07

Asad A. Abidi joined UCLA Ricky Tseng is currently employed Engineering in 1985. His research interests include CMOS RF design, by Intel Corporation, working on data high-speed analog integrated Silicon memories in component circuit design, conversion, and other research. He received his PhD degree techniques of analog signal process- in materials science and engineering ing. He has won numerous honors for under the supervision of professor his work including election to the Yang Yang. Tseng’s research mainly National Academy of Engineering in 2007. Abidi challenges focuses on developing polymer memory devices. His research his students to become independent thinkers and stresses a interest covers wide ranges from materials science to device complete understanding of the underlying concepts and engineering. He was supported by the UCLA Focus Center fundamentals of the course material. on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA). He also collaborated with researchers from Stanford University, Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Awards UC Riverside, USC, and the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on numerous studies. He has Jennifer Jay, Assistant Professor, Civil published and co-authored 23 journal and conference papers, and Environmental Engineering two book chapters and holds two U.S. patents.

Jennifer Jay teaches courses in aquatic chemistry, environmental Outstanding Master’s Student: microbiology, and chemical fate and Amarjeet Singh, MS ’07 transport, as well as a service-learning course in which undergraduates Amarjeet Singh is currently enrolled conduct research with local sixth as a PhD student at UCLA with grade classes. She recently became a professor William J. Kaiser in electri- Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellow for Service Learning for cal engineering. His research interests Political Engagement. In 2003 she received the Presidential include informative sensing using Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE) mobile robots for environmental to study mercury cycling in environmental biofilms. applications. He completed his under- Jay received her BS, MS, and PhD in civil and environmental graduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Delhi in 2002. Prior to joining UCLA in 2005, he was a senior research engineer at Tejas Networks India Ltd, developing technology for ethernet over optical network applications. He Daniel Kamei, Assistant Professor, served as vice president of the Engineering Graduate Student Bioengineering Association (EGSA), at UCLA during 2005-06.

Daniel Kamei graduated at the top of his chemical engineering class at Outstanding Undergraduate Student: UC Berkeley, and received minors Andre Encarnacao ’07 in Chemistry and Asian American Studies. Kamei went to the Mass- Andre Encarnacao is currently achusetts Institute of Technology for pursuing an MS in computer science his MS and PhD degrees in Chemical at Stanford University after receiving Engineering. Following his PhD, He held a doctoral research a BS in computer science and position in biological engineering at MIT. In 2003, Kamei engineering at UCLA. His research joined the UCLA Department of Bioengineering. Kamei has interests are in networking, particu- received the Kimmel Scholar Award and the Coulter Early larly ad-hoc networks, mobile Career Award for young investigators. His students have computing and security. He has previous research experience praised him for his courses that are demanding, but also at UCLA with the Individualized, Interactive Instruction (3i) rewarding. project, and the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) under the supervision of electrical engineering professor William Kaiser, and the Embedded and Reconfigurable Systems Lab under the supervision of computer science professor Majid Sarrafzadeh.

photos: Glenn Cratty

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UCLA ALUMNI NEWS NEWS

The Quintessential UCLA Couple: Bruce ’57, MS ’62 and Beverly Gladstone ’59

started another company called The couple had already established a FutureNet, which specialized in com- charitable remainder unitrust for the puter-aided design. In both cases, the university. This second major gift to startup companies succeeded because UCLA Engineering is also a charitable they filled an important niche in the remainder unitrust.This unrestricted gift rapidly developing world of computer is what most institutions hope for in technology applications. Each company that it can be dedicated to the School’s was later sold for a profit. highest priorities.

“Our timing, for these two companies, “Our experiences over the last fifty years couldn’t have been better,” Bruce said. make it abundantly clear that predicting “FutureData was at the beginning of the future is near impossible,” he said. the microprocessor revolution and “An unrestricted gift means the school FutureNet at the introduction of the can make optimum use of the funds IBM PC.” when they become available.”

s there a quintessential UCLA Engineering alumni might know Through their gifts, the UCLA couple – an alumni pair who Beverly through her displays in the Foundation makes regular payments to reflects the same qualities and tradi- Mathematical Sciences building breeze- the Gladstones for their lifetimes. The tions of the university? The pair way – one of the gateways to the South tax benefits derived from their gifts wIould have to be dynamic and diverse in Campus. Today, the breezeway’s glass include an income tax charitable their interests. They would have be to display case houses monitors with real- deduction and a reduction in their estate successful, creative and innovative. time worldwide atmospheric conditions. tax. In addition, because the trust is During the eight years that Beverly funded with securities, the couple Meet Bruce ’57, MS ’62 and Beverly ’59 worked for the Department of avoided the capital gains tax they would Gladstone, who may just be that Atmospheric Sciences, she utilized her have incurred if they sold the stock quintessential UCLA couple. Just as artistic talents in drafting, illustration, themselves. Both UCLA Engineering UCLA’s excellence spans the fields of photography and calligraphy for their and the Gladstones benefit from this engineering, the sciences, business and publications and department materials. planned gift, making it a win-win the arts. So to do Bruce and Beverly. Many of those were showcased in the situation. breezeway’s glass cabinet. Bruce, a two-time UCLA Engineering alumnus, is a successful technology “Our experiences over the last fifty years make it abundantly clear that entrepreneur. Beverly, who received predicting the future is near impossible. An unrestricted gift means the her bachelor’s degree in scientific illus- school can make optimum use of the funds when they become available.” tration, is a talented musician and visual artist. They met each other at UCLA, Beverly’s talents are also in music. As an These days, the Gladstones’ calendar is while both heading to a dance. undergraduate, she played violin in filled with events. They are members of the UCLA symphony. In the early the Chancellor’s Associates and attend After earning his engineering degree in 70’s she started and was director of cultural events at UCLA and many 1957, Bruce went to work in Southern the Renaissance Revival, an early other Los Angeles institutions through- California’s aerospace industry. A few music ensemble, in which she played out the year. years later, he returned to UCLA the recorder, violin, crumhorn and Engineering for his master’s degree but gemshorn. She still practices and plays his calling would be in entrepreneurship today. Beverly is also secretary of in the computing age. It was here Musica Angelica, the acclaimed Baroque he would meet Paul Page, a UCLA orchestra in Los Angeles. research engineer, with whom Bruce would later start two companies. Throughout their careers, the Gladstones have always been involved with UCLA, In the 1970s, Gladstone and Page started and when they started to think about a software development tool company their estate plans, UCLA was promi- called FutureData. In the 1980s, the pair nently in the picture as a beneficiary.

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Vinton Cerf MS ’57, PhD ’70 wins Japan Prize

The Japan Prize is awarded by the to communicate with each other. This Science and Technology Foundation of design laid the foundation for the Japan. It is awarded to people from all Internet – a network of networks – to parts of the world whose original and evolve into the integral part of our lives outstanding achievements in science and that it is today. technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and Cerf is a vice president and Chief served the cause of peace and prosperity Internet Evangelist for Google. In this for mankind. role, Cerf is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies and appli- Fields of study for the prize encompass cations on the Internet and other all categories of science and technology, platforms. Cerf is the 2003 UCLA inton G. Cerf, MS ’70, PhD with two fields designated for the prize Engineering Alumnus of the Year and ’72, has been awarded the each year in consideration of develop- served as the UCLA Engineering 2008 Japan Prize along with ments in science and technology. The commencement speaker in 2006. colleague Robert E. Kahn, for Japan Prize also includes a cash award of Vtheir “creation of network architecture 50 million Yen for each category. and communication protocol for the Internet.” Their work was honored in Cerf and Kahn created the TCP/IP the prize category “Information Comm- protocol used in today’s Internet to unication Theory and Technology.” allow computers on different networks

In Memoriam: Peter Staudhammer ’55, PhD ’57

Technology. Most recently, he was the transfer that led to successful product director for the Alfred E. Mann Institute lines. for Biological Engineering at USC. Under his leadership, TRW’s Central His career at TRW included research and Research Laboratories created an development of rocket engine combus- ionized plasma-based isotope separation tion, space-borne instrumentation, solid process to separate palladium isotopes for state electronics, thermonuclear fusion, prostate cancer therapy; applied gallium high-energy lasers and automotive arsenide technology for GHz communi- systems. He developed rocket engines cations; and developed megawatt-class fueled by hydrazine, now a standard in continuous-wave chemical lasers. spacecraft propulsion for exploration of eter Staudhammer, ’55, PhD the solar system. When he retired in 2002 as TRW’s chief ’57, a former executive at TRW technical officers and vice president whose many distinguished Staudhammer was the chief engineer of for science and technology, he had career highlights included serv- the lunar descent engine for NASA’s been overseeing 17,000 engineers and Ping as the chief engineer on the descent Apollo missions to the Moon. This scientists worldwide. engine for the Apollo lunar lander and included the successful rescue of Apollo designing science instruments that 13, which was accomplished with the Staudhammer was the 1992 UCLA helped explore the Solar System, died on lunar lander. Engineering Alumnus of the Year. He January 14. He was 73. also received NASA’s Distinguished At TRW, Staudhammer also managed Public Service Medal in 2002 and was Staudhammer capped his 42-year career development of classified systems for named by UC Riverside as its at TRW as Chief Technical Officer national defense and was responsible for Industrialist of the Year in 2004. and Vice President for Science and the company’s corporate technology

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UCLA ALUMNI NEWS NEWS 1950s 1980s 2000s

Robert C. Waters, ’56, MBA’63, Jon Adams ’83, MS ’99, was elected to Carlos Beltran ’00 is the co-founder of professor of engineering management at the board of directors for the IEEE Dynamic Consulting Engineers, Inc., a George Washington University, is Industry Standards and Technology general civil engineering firm serving retiring after 35 years in teaching. He is Organization. The IEEE-ISTO offers the California’s desert communities. planning to write a book on GE’s industry groups. evolution. Ramin Eshaghi PhD ’01, a senior scien- Winston Chen ’85, MS ’86 has joined tist at Boeing’s Integrated Defense Qpixel Technology Inc. as its vice Systems in Huntington Beach, Calif., is 1960s president of sales. Qpixel develops currently serving on the American low-power, high quality audio/video Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Asad M. Madni, ’69, MS ’72 was award- compression silicon solutions for digital Sensor Systems Technical Committee. ed the Marconi Medal from TCI consumer electronics devices College of Technology (previously, The Dmitry Tulchinsky MS ’04 has joined Marconi Institute). This is the highest Matthew J. Kilroy ’80 was elected in Johnson & Johnson as a patent liaison in honor granted by the college. He was June 2007 as a city councilman in their pharmaceutical research and devel- also appointed the first “Distinguished Redondo Beach, Calif. opment facilities in San Diego. He has College Professor” in the 98-year history also been accepted into the School of of the college. Candace (Sumner) Hoecker ’85 has Law at the University of San Diego. received the Boeing Space and Ronald D. Sugar ’68, PhD ’71, Intelligence Systems 2008 World Class Brian Vaeth ’04, a pipe support Chairman and CEO, Northrop Engineering Award for Leadership. engineer at Bechtel, has started a chapter Grumman Corporation, was named to of NextGen, a young engineers group the UCLA Anderson School of within Bechtel focused on professional Management Board of Visitors. development, networking and commu- 1990s nity service. 1970s Eric S. Deyerl ’90, MS ’92 has established the consulting firm Dial Clifford M. Krowne MS ’72, PhD ’75 Engineering, which is dedicated to the In Memoriam has co-edited a book, Physics of Negative sciences of accident reconstruction, Refractive and Negative Index Materials: design evaluation, and failure analysis. Robert Bussard, ’50, MS ’52 Optical and Electronic Aspects - Diversified Approaches and Structures with Y. Zhang. Jason K. Hui ’97, MS ’98, PhD ’02, a U.S.Air Force Lt. Ali Jivanjee ’04 principal systems engineer at BAE James M. McDonough, MA ’75, PhD Systems in Nashua, N.H., has recently Russell R. O’Neill, PhD ’56 ’80, a professor of mechanical engineer- been elevated to a senior member of ing at the University of Kentucky, is IEEE. Also he and his wife Jamie Peter Staudhammer, ’55, PhD ’57 serving as a visiting professor at National welcomed their first child, Jessamine Tsing Hua University of Taiwan, R.O.C. Lai-Yan Hui, in September. Trude C.Taylor, ’49

Neil A. Shaw ’77, MS ’77, a Principal Wesley Negus ’98, MS ’00 is the co- with Menlo Scientific Acoustics, an founder of a new surfboard company SUBMIT YOUR NEWS acoustical design firm in Topanga, called 9:Fish with the goal of designing California, and a Fellow the Acoustical a better surfboard through “true” Have you had a recent promotion or Society of America, was elected a Fellow engineering. of the Audio Engineering Society. appointment? Received an award or Enrico Zio ’95 was named Director of honor? Made a big stride in your career? Craig F. Smith ’71, PhD ’75, the the Graduate School of the Politecnico Or have some wonderful life news that Lawrence Livermore Chair Professor di Milano in Italy. The school offers 30 you want to share with your fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School in PhD courses in the areas of architecture, alumni? Monterey, Calif., has co-authored a engineering and industrial design. book, Research and Markets: Connections Let us know here: Patterns Of Discovery Presents A Debate www.engineer.ucla.edu/alumni/alumnews.html Of Prospective Technology To Synthesize A Cohesive And Compelling Vision Of Ubiquitous Intelligence.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2006-2007 BoelterB Soocieetylter Society We are pleased to honor the alumni, friends, parents, students, and corporate and foundation partners whose generosity is helping ensure the School’s continued excellence for many years to come. This Honor Roll gratefully acknowledges gifts made to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007. Limitations of space allow us to acknowledge only those individuals who made gifts to the School of $100 or more, but we would like to thank all of our donors for their commitment to the School and its programs. We have made every effort to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this Honor Roll. If you discover an error or omission, please call our office at (310) 206-0678 to report the correction.

DEAN'S VISONARIES -- $1,000,000 Leonard Kleinrock, Ph.D. Mrs. Jane A. Dong Mr. Hyley Huang Dr. Leslie M. Lackman Dr. Stanley B. Dong Mr. Lawrence E.Tannas, Jr. ’59, MS ’61 Mr. Peichen Pan Ms. Pratima Doshi Mrs. Carol A.Tannas Mr. Zingway Pei Mr. Ferdinand Fam ’77 Mrs. Adele R. Stern Mrs. Lennie Fam DEAN'S AMBASSADORS -- $100,000 - Dr. George S. Stern BA ’58, MA ’59, PhD ’64 Mr. Stephen J. Gilbert ’55 $999,999 Mr. Lee M. Stewart ’67 Mrs. Suzanne P. Gilbert Mr. John Burnett Mr. Robert B. Uhler Dr.William R. Goodin MS ’71, PhD ’75, ME ’82 Mrs. Beverly J. Gladstone Mr. Richard R.Vance Ms. Carole M. Grant Mr. Bruce E. Gladstone ’57, MS ’62 Mr. Alan L.Wood Mr. Frank A. Grant III Dr. Henry T. Nicholas, III ’82, MS ’85, PhD ’98 Dr. Chang Wu PhD ’99 Mr. Arnold Hackett Ms. Stacey E. Nicholas ’85, MS ’87 Dr. Ben M.Wu Dr. Richard A. Harmetz Mr. Edward K. Rice Mrs. Betty Wu Mr. Ernest R. Harris ’49 Dr. Linda L. Rice Mrs. Celia Joshi BOELTER SPONSORS -- $5,000 - $99,999 Dr. Robin B. Joshi ’89, MS ’91, PhD ’95 DEAN'S SCHOLARS -- $50,000 - $99,999 Dr. James D. Barrie ’83, MS ’85, PhD ’88 Mr. Jung S. Kim ’81 Dr. Mark Berman MS ’92, PhD ’95 Mr. Allan C. Billings ’56 Mrs. Agnes H. Kim Ms. Sharon B. Berman Ms. Barbara Cudzillo-Szafranska Mr. Craig R. Moles MS ’89 Dr. Jing Chang Dr.Timothy Deming Mrs. Jacquelyn C. Schoell Dr. Jason Cong Mr. Navin H. Doshi Mrs. Regina Y. Shingledecker Dr. B. John Garrick MS ’62, PhD ’68 Dr. Deborah D. Downs PhD ’80 Mr.Tom Shiokari ’50, MS ’60 Mrs. Elizabeth Argue Knesel Dr. Harry R. Gail, Jr. MA ’69, PhD ’83 Dr. Dwight C. Streit MS ’83, PhD ’86 Mr.Terence Lim ’92 Dr.William E. Kingsley, Jr. ’72, MS ’73, PhD ’79 Ms. Mona Tolaney Mr.William L. Martin MS ’50 Mrs. Eleanor S. Lee Mr. Murli Tolaney Mr. Lloyd M. Polentz MS ’57 Mr. Sandro H. Lee Mr.Yuan D.Tsai Dr. Shioupyn Shen PhD ’91 Dr. Asad M. Madni ’69, MS ’72 Mr. Allen M.Yourman, Jr. ’76, MS ’78 Ms.Waishan Wu Mr. Malcolm M. Mc Queen ’50 Dr. Leslie A. Momoda ’85, MS ’87, PhD ’90 BOELTER CONTRIBUTORS - $1,000 - BOELTER INVESTORS -- $25,000 - Mr. Carey S. Nachenberg MS ’95, ’95 $2,499 $49,999 Dr. Rami R. Razouk ’75, MS ’75, PhD ’80 Mr. John S. Adams ’62 Ms. Evelyn Baran Mr. Marvin Rubinstein ’53 Dr. Song-Haur An MS ’81, ENG ’83, PhD ’86 Mr. Paul Baran MS ’59 Mr. David S. Sabih MS ’62, JD ’73 Mr. Allen A. Arata ’74 Dr.Vinton G. Cerf MS ’70, PhD ’72 Mr. Glenn M. Sakamoto ’82, MS ’84 Dr. Jean-Loup Baer PhD ’68 Mr. Jack Gifford ’63 Mr. David K. Shingledecker Dr. Pramod P. Bansal PhD ’72 Mrs. Cynthia L. Nelson Mr. Eugene P. Stein ’68 Ms. Lisa L. Barker ’84 Mr. Randolph D. Nelson Ms. Marilyn L. Stein Dr. John R. Barr MS ’70, PhD ’78 Ms. Karin I. Neumark Dr. Hideaki Takagi PhD ’83 Dr. Richard S. Baty PhD ’70 Ms. Sigrid L.Thorstenberg Mr. Monte M.Toole Mr. Benton Bejach Ms. Elaine D.Wolfe Mrs. Ruthellen Toole Mrs.Wanlyn Bejach Mr. Kenneth Wolfe Dr. Robert M.Webb ’57, MS ’63, PhD ’67 Ms. Katherine S. Berkenbile ’83 Dr. Daniel H.Whang PhD ’01 Mr. Mark A. Biggers BOELTER FELLOWS -- $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. Charles A. Brallier, Jr. ’47 Mr. Aaron S. Cohen ’58 BOELTER ASSOCIATES -- $2,500 - $4,999 Ms. Lesley J. Brey Mrs. Marjorie L. Crump Mr. David C. Banks ’80, MS ’81 Mr. Steven F. Brye Mr. Ralph E. Crump ’50 Mrs. Judith A. Blaski-Banks Dr. Gary H. Burdorf ’87, MS ’89, PhD ’93 Dr. Janet L. Fahey Mr. Carl N. Burrow Ms. Cindy Burgess Ms. Dorothea H. Frederking Mrs. Melinda J. Burrow Mr. Henry W. Burgess MS ’75 Dr. Richard L. Gay MS ’73, ’73, PhD ’76 Mr. Douglas G. Corbett ’73 Mrs. Beverly M. Butcher Mr. Kevin G. Hall Mr. Alan P. Cutter ’61, MBA ’64 Mr. Earl T. Butcher ’52 Mrs. Stella S. Kleinrock Mr. Michael Deutsch ’78, MS ’80 Mrs. Stacey Byrnes Ms. Caroline Dockrell

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Kelly Mrs. Sabrina M. Lin Ms.Tina L. Hinch ’79, MS ’82 Ms. Susan Kelly Dr. Sheng-Rong Lin PhD ’71 Mrs. Colleen Hinker Mr. James F. Kerswell ’66 Mrs. Micaela B. Linsley Mr. Fred L. Hinker Mr. Nirmal Keshava ’89 Mr. Philip R. Linsley Mr. Steve S. Hirai ’92, MS ’93 Mr. Daniel G. Ketcham Ms.Valerie A. Lisiewicz ’88 Mr. Aaron C. Ho ’99 Mr. Chang N. Kim ’55, MS ’65 Mr.Willard A. Lobitz MS ’60 Dr. Dean Ho ’01, MS ’03, PhD ’05 Mr. Chong H. Kim MS ’90 Ms. Susan Logsdon Mr. John E. Hoagland MS ’85 Mr. David W. Kim ’98, MS ’01 Mr. Peter K. Loo ’84, MBA ’97 Ms. Candace Hoecker ’85, CERT ’00 Dr. Helen H. Kim ’86 Dr.Willard C. Loomis MS ’64, PhD ’71 Mr. Ross Hoecker Miss Michelle K. Kinch ’93, MBA ’02 Ms. Jihong Lou Dr. Robert E. Holman ’63, MS ’65, PhD ’71 Dr. Maurice A. King, Jr. ME ’70, PhD ’78 Mr. Andrew J. Louie ’96 Mrs. Sharon L. Holman Mr. John F. Kirk ’63 Ms. Josephine C. Louie ’96, BA ’96 Dr. Eric L. Holzman ’84, MS ’87, PhD ’89 Mr. Jimmy D. Kirkgard ’53, MS ’61 Dr. Ming Y. Louie MS ’73, ’73, PhD ’80 Ms. Pat Y. Hom MS ’85 Mr. John L. Kirkwood ’81, MS ’83 Ms. Bobbi Lovas Mr. Justin Hong ’05 Mrs. Patricia K. Kirkwood BA ’50, MS ’61 Mr.William Lovas ’62 Mr. Phillip R. Hong ’98 Mr. Kurt M. Kjelland ’88 Mr. Zachary L. Lovelady ’02, MS ’03 Ms. Judy Hopkins Dr. Melvin B. Kline ME ’59, PhD ’66 Mrs. Polly G. Low Dr. Danny Horii Mrs. June H. Kobayashi ’86, MS ’88 Mr. Elroy M. Lucero ’73 Mrs. Sandy N. Horii Mr. Ken K. Kobayashi ’63, MS ’67 Ms. Alexandra T. Luong Mr. Ronald G. Horspool ’65 Mr. Richard H. Kodani ’59 Dr. Steven D. Lust ENG ’85, PhD ’91

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Mr. Donald J. Lynch MS ’79 Mr. Barry P. O'Brien ’83, MS ’86 Mr. Nels A. Roselund ’59 Mrs. Kristeen V. Lynch Ms. Silvia P. Ochoa-Dellinger ’85 Ms. Susan R. Rosenthal Dr. Michael K. Mackay PhD ’83 Dr. John J. O'Connor Mrs. Pamela Roth Mr. Allan A. Madlangbayan Mr. Lincoln D. Odell ’56 Mr. Steven Roth Mr. Jayanta K. Maitra Mr.Yoshiaki Ogawa ’66 Ms. Gail R. Roulette Ms. Kristi D. Maling Mr. George F. Ohlmacher MS ’74 Mr. Ray S. Roulette Mr. Robert C. Maling, Jr. Mr. Hai Ou-Yang Mr. Jim Rowlands ’66 Ms.Teresa A. Marlow Dr. Garrett Paine PhD ’66 Mrs. Sharon E. Rowlands Mr. Micheal D. Marrero ’92 Mr. Sean B. Palacio ’89, MBA ’07 Mr. Robert E. Rubinstein ’71 Mr. Sharad Mathur MS ’90 Mr. Steven E. Palmer ’71 Mr. Marty K. Rupp MS ’84 Mr. Gary H. Matsunami ’83 Mr. Francis Pan ’62, MS ’66 Mr.Takashi Ryono ’50 Mr. Robert W. Maughmer MS ’67 Mr. Nicholas Pansic Mr. Elio R. Salazar, Jr. ’78 Mr. Jonathan W. Mc Gaw ’82 Mr. Sanjay K. Parikh Mr. Stanley A. Sass Ms. Nancy Mc Kown ’81 Mr. Heekay Park Mr. K. Frank Sayano ’58, MS ’62 Mr.William D. Mckell Mr. James J. Park Mr. James G. Scadden Mr. Donald P. Meena ’61 Mr. Jerico S. Pasco ’87 Ms. Gayle A. Schachne Mrs. Lillian B. Meena Ms. Mita Patel Mr. Gersten L. Schachne ’53, MS ’64 Mr. Leon Meggerson, Jr. ’65 Dr. Surya Pattanaik PhD ’78 Ms.Vicki J. Scharnhorst Mr. Joshua M. Meisel ’90 Mr. Donald L. Patton ’61 Dr. Peter R. Schultz PhD ’63 Mr. Anatoliy V. Melnikov ’04 Ms. Eleanor A. Patton Mr. Hagi Schwartz Mr. Forest L. Melton ’60 Mr. James Y. Payton ’56, MS ’62 Ms. Orit Schwartz Mr. Charles Mendenhall Mr. Frank G. Pearce, Jr. ’90 Mr. Charles Seim ’52 Ms. Barbara H. Mercurio Mr. Edward C. Pease Mr. Garth K. Setoguchi ’86 Mr. Charles A. Mercurio Mrs. Alice T. Peralta Mrs. Karen R. Shankman ’83 Mr.Wade D. Mergenthal ’80, MS ’83 Mr. Jose M. Peralta Mr. Sean M. Sheedy ’82, MS ’84 Mr. Philip C. Merkley ’67 Mr. Ernest F. Perez ’54 Dr. Mary H. Sheets Mr. Gary J. Meyerhofer Dr. Steve I. Perlmutter MS ’82 Mr. Larry J. Shelestak MS ’76 Mr. James C. Middlekauff ’57 Keren O. Perlmutter, Ph.D. ’90 Ms.Yimei Sheng ’96 Dr. Eric J. Mikkelson ENG ’94 Dr. Richard L. Perrine Mr. Irving Sherman MS ’64 Mr. Scott H. Milton ’92 Mr. Craig Peterson Dr. Chichang Shing MS ’91, PhD ’93 Dr. D. Lewis Mingori MS ’62 Dr. Joseph A. Peterson PhD ’80 Dr. Isaac R. Shokair ’78, MS ’80, ENG ’82, PhD ’85 Mr. Andrew H. Mishkin ’80, MS ’82 Mrs. Elyse M. Petzold Mr. Richard T. Shpall ’67, MS ’69 Mr. David G. Mitchell ’77 Mr. Ralph E. Petzold, Jr. ’66 Mr.Wah Y. Shum ’63 Mr. Sajal K. Mitra MS ’78, MBA ’80 Mrs. Mui Pham Mr. Jack E. Shupper ’56, MS ’58 Mr. Steven K. Miyamoto ’73 Mr. Hinh Phansavath ’95 Mr. Robert S. Siebert ’58 Mr. Don M. Mizota ’62 Dr. Fletcher R. Phillips MS ’64, PhD ’69, CERT ’82, Mrs. Melita Siemak Mr. Hiro P. Mizue ’67 CERT ’86 Mr. Robert Siemak Mr. Orlando E. Montes Dr. Edward T. Pitkin PhD ’64 Mr. Joel S. Silverman Dr. Louis T. Montulli PhD ’75 Mr. Zvi Plotnik ’73 Mrs. Anne Marie Simsarian Mr. Frank J. Moreno BA ’63, MS ’70 Mr. Norbert E. Pobanz ’58 Dr. Gregory G. Simsarian ’82 Mr. Peter F. Moreno ’75 Dr. Chi-Sang Poon PhD ’81 Dr.Thomas M. Simundich MS ’71, PhD ’75 Mrs. Barbara L. Morihiro Mr. Edward T. Putz ’72 Ms. Lois Sines Mr. Steve Morihiro Ms.Yuxin Qiu ’03 Mr. Anton I. Sipos ’97, MS ’99 Ms. Candale F. Morita Mr. Gongyuan Qu Mr. Robert A. Sire ’78, MS ’80 Mr. Cleven A. Morita Mr. Erick P. Quan ’65, MS ’70 Dr. Bernard Sklar PhD ’71 Mrs. Marilyn S. Moser Mr. Myron A. Quan ’77, MS ’83 Mr. Charles H. Slutzkin ’57 Mr. Mark S. Moser Mr.W. Craig Racine ’68, MS ’71 Mrs.Tina Smades Pansic Mr. Joseph Mungari ’70 Mr. Joseph A. Radwan Mr. Arthur Smalley Mr. Jerome G. Muno ’61 Ms. Susan J. Radwan Mr. Kenneth B. Smernoff ’67, MS ’69 Mr. James R. Munro ’57 Mrs. Jo Ann Ramirez ’82 Mr. Bruce J. Smith ’65 Mr. Eugene T. Murakami ’55 Dr. Alfonso F. Ratcliffe BA ’51, MS ’63, PhD ’70 Mr. Edward L. Smith III ’56, MBA ’59 Mr. John Murray Mr. David C. Rau Mr. Jerome E. Smith ’52, MS ’55 Mr. Eric E. Nabel MS ’76 Mr. Henry J. Rausch MS ’90 Mr.T. Louis Snitzer Mr.Walter T. Nakamura ’84 Mrs. Christine M. Raymond Mr. David J. Snodgrass ’71 Dr. Sang W. Nam MS ’96, PhD ’01 Mr. Douglas M. Raymond Mr. Lloyd K. Snyder ’88 Mr. Chenniah Nanjundiah Mr. Mark Reichard ’56 Mrs. Annie L. So Mr. James R. Nash Mrs. Saundra G. Reichard Mr. Peter T. So ’91 Mr. Ruffy N. Naval Mr. Ralph J. Reichert ’67, MS ’69 Ms. Ellen C. Solis Mr. Daniel J. Naylor ’95 Mrs. Cathleen A. Reiher Dr. Barbara Somlo ME ’97, MS ’98, CPH ’03, Dr. Henry G. Nebeker PhD ’76, ENG ’76 Dr. Peter L. Reiher MS ’83, PhD ’87 PhD ’05 Ms. Rita M. Nebeker Dr. Charlene E. Reimnitz Mr. Johann Song ’98, MBA ’03 Mr. Lan V. Ngo MS ’96 Ms. Arva F. Reinicke Dr. Stephen Song ’79, MS ’82, PhD ’86 Ms. Carol A. Nguyen Mr. Daniel L. Reynold Mr. Jonathan J. Soon ’05 Professor Michael Nikolaou PhD ’89 Mr. Eugene A. Rheingans ’59 Mr.William S. Speck ’82 Ms. Kathleen Nishida Mr. Paul B. Ricci MS ’80 Mr. Ram Srinivasan Mr. Kenneth S. Nishida ’82 Mr. Robert F. Rice MS ’68 Mr. Kennard T. Stafford ME ’67 Dr.Tracy Nishikawa MS ’85, PhD ’88 Mr. Louis W. Riethmann Mr. Michael H. Stafford ’66 Mrs. Cynthia K. Nishimura Mrs. Christine Rimer Mr. Ernst Stampfl MS ’64 Mr. Jon K. Nishimura Mr. Christopher A. Rimer ’91 Mr. Herbert Stampfl ’65 Ms. Barbara B. Noble MS ’72 Ms. Elizabeth K. Robert Ms. Margaret A. Stampfl Ms. Kaori Noguchi ’05 Mr. Christopher J. Robson ’94 Ms. Clara Steingold Mr. Michael W. Noonan ’70, MBA ’71 Ms. Linda J. Rock ’79 Dr. Harold Steingold MS ’60, PhD ’64 Mr. Gordon R. Norris ’54 Dr. James E. Rogers ’68, MS ’73, PhD ’80 Mr. Lawrence R. Stern ’50

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Ms. Linda C. Stiegler Mrs. Li-Hsueh Chao Uang Mr. Marc A.Wood ’69, ME ’85 Mr.Thomas F. Stipulkosky, Jr. MS ’78, CERT ’90 Mr. Robert P.Vallone Mr. Dan Wright ’66 Dr.Thomas J. Stone ’67, MS ’69 Dr. Darrel J.Van Buer PhD ’82 Ms. Patsy L.Wright Mr. Scott T. Sullivan ’81, MS ’82 Mrs.Theresa E.Van Willigen Mr.Winthrop J.Wu MS ’89 Mr. Robert H. Summers ’49 Mr. Edward F.Vance ’54 Mr.Yun J.Wu Dr. Lizhi Sun MS ’97, PhD ’98 Dr. Lieven Vandenberghe Ms. Paggy Wu ’04 Dr. J. Morris Swiger PhD ’65 Dr. Kyle N.Vaught PhD ’70 Mr. Izumi Yamada ’74 Ms. Karin M. Sye MS ’79 Mr. John E.Vehrencamp ’50 Mr.William E.Yamada ’71, MS ’73 Dr. Ann T.Tai ’84, MS ’86, PhD ’91 Mr. Charles L.Vickers, Jr. ’50 Mr. Dennis Yang ’90 Mr. Norito R.Takamoto ’56 Dr. Antonio Villalobos MS ’75, ENG ’79, PhD ’81 Ms. Frances Yang ’99 Mrs.Takaye Takamoto Mrs. Angelita A.Villaluz Ms. Hei-Pen H.Yang Dr.Wing C.Tam ’67, MA ’69, PhD ’72 Mr. Petronilo Q.Villaluz Mr.Ting-Yi Yang Mr. Howard S.Tamanaha ’77 Mr. Gilbert B.Vinluan ’85 Ms. Mary Y.Yao Mr.Tun S.Tan Mr. Anthony D.Virdone Mr. Dennis E.Yasutomi ’81 Mr.Veerapong R.Tanakit MS ’86 Mrs. Patricia M.Virdone Ms. Patricia K.Yeagley ’74 Mr. Chung-Yee Tang Dr. Quang D.Vo PhD ’87 Mrs. Marlene C.Yee Mrs. Feng-Wah Tang Mr. Edward A.Wagstaff ’69 Mr. Sai-Chung Yeung ’96 Mr. Leslie Tanimoto Mr.Yooichi Wakamiya ’55, MS ’57 Mrs. Cheryl A.Yim Mr. Jeffrey T.Tatsumi ’76, MS ’78 Mr. Sean T.Walsh ’89 Mr. Michael D.Yim Mr. Chuck C.Taur Mr.William C.Walter, Jr. ’83 Ms. Shuang Yin MS ’98 Mr. Rudy Tekippe Dr. George R.Wang MS ’85, PhD ’90 Mr. Steven A.Yinger ’80, MS ’82 Mrs. Sheryl Tekippe Mrs. Le-Yen Wang Mr. Steven A.Yoshizumi ’88 Mr. Kedrick H.Tendick ’50, CERT ’82 Ms. Pasy I.Wang ’99 Dr. Mary H.Young PhD ’80 Mr. Minh C.Thai ’02, MS ’03 Mr. Stuart C.Warrick, Jr. MS ’66, CERT ’91 Ms. Loraine M.Youngkin ’88 Mr. Hareesh Thridandam MS ’90 Mr. Christopher M.Watanabe ’72, MS ’73 Mrs. Salina K.Yu Mr.Thomas O.Tice ’69 Mr. Kinichi Watanabe ’57 Mr. David S.Yuan ’82, MBA ’06 Mr. John H.Tinley MS ’61 Mr.V. M.Watanabe ’72 Mr. Josh J.Yuan ’98 Ms. Lorna M.Tokunaga ’81, MS ’87 Mr. Alfred E.Waters II ME ’59 Mr.Yi C.Yueh ’93, MS ’96 Mr. Emmanuel J.Touma ’75 Mrs. Jeannette C.Webster Mr. Oren Zarin ’95 Mr. Armando Tovar ’81 Mr. Robert G.Webster, Jr. Mr. Hubert S. Zecha ’94 Dr. Peter G.Trajmar MS ’91, ENG ’94 Mr. Zhiqi Wei Mr. Jian Zhang Mr. Hung B.Tran Mr. Daniel A.Weiss Mr. Ning Zhong MA ’92, MS ’95 Dr.Theresa Tsai ’83, DDS ’86 Mr. Gil Weiss ’71 Mrs. Susan G. Zimmer MS ’83 Mr. Chuan-Hsi Trancy Tsao Mr. Brian K.White ’93, MS ’95 Mr.Timothy A. Zimmerlin ’73, MS ’76 Dr. Ben Y.Tseng Mr. Leslie A.White ’74 Mr. Dallas E. Zurcher III ’01 Dr. Gan-Tai Tseng PhD ’71 Mr. Gordon A.Wiker ’57 Mr. Edgar L. Zwieback ’54 Ms. Joan L.Tseng Ms. Eva Williams Dr. Kam S.Tso PhD ’87 Ms. Judith M.Wilson Mr. Robert Tso ’80, MS ’82 Dr. Kitchener C.Wilson PhD ’75 BEQUESTS Mr.Thomas K.Tsubota ’84 Mr. Lionel G.Wilson MS ’65 Mrs. Meredith E.Tsunehara Ms. Debra L.Wirz-Safranek ME ’96 Harriet J. Zizicas Mr.Yoshi Tsunehara Mr. Billy N.Wong ’71, MS ’74 Daniel Janeves Mr. Kai-Nien Tu Mr. Chun P.Wong ’92, MBA ’03 Mr. Charles D.Tupac ’82 Dr. Chung L.Wong MS ’75, ENG ’78, PhD ’84 Dr.Yoshio F.Turner ’88, MS ’91, PhD ’05 Mr. John Suihon Wong ’74, ’74 Mr. John A.Tyson Mr. Joseph T.Wong ’91 Dr.Tsair-Jyh Tzong Mr. Kenneth L.Wong ’69, MS ’72 Dr. Chia-Ming Uang Mr. Ronald M.Wong

ENGINEERING SENIOR GIFT 2007 Thank you to all the students, alumni, faculty, staff and parents who helped make the 2007 Engineering Senior Gift possible.

Mr. Kamran Afshari Aliabad ’07 Mr. Chien-An Chen ’08 Mr. David S. Chu ’08 Mr. Hiroshi Akiyama ’08 Mr. Frank X. Chen ’08 Mr. Dominic Chu Mr. Subhan M. Ali ’07 Mr. Jeffrey Chen ’06 Ms. Lucia W. Chung Anonymous Mr. Michael Y. Chen ’07 Mrs. Grace K. Coopman Mr. Aaron T. Aoyama ’06 Ms. Qian Chen ’08 Mr. Scott Coopman Mr. Subhash Arja ’08 Mr. Shih-Jeff Chen ’07 Mr. Stanislav Culaclii ’07 Mr. Lawrence K. Au ’04, MS ’07 Mr.Wei-Hao H. Chen ’07 Mr. Scott Benjamin Davis ’07 Mr. Ruslan Babayan Mr. Daniel S. Chin ’07 Ms. Anna Davitian ’07 Ms. Brenda Chang ’06 Mr. Grant Y. Chin Mr. Farzin Dinyarian ’08 Mr. Ching-Der Chang Mrs. Lurline P. Chin Ms. Caroline Dockrell Mr. Daniel C. Chang ’07 Mr. Jonathan Chiu ’08 Mr. Kamron Farrokh ’08 Mr. Eric W. Chang ’08 Mr. Jason Choi ’07 Mr. Guadalupe R. Flores Mr. Herrick L. Chang ’07 Ms. Puiyi Chong ’05, MS ’07 Mrs. Margaret B. Garahan Mr. Shou Y. Chang ’08 Mr. John T. Chou ’08 Mr. Patrick J. Garahan

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Dr.William R. Goodin MS ’71, PhD ’75, ME ’82 Mrs. Rai-Yun Lee Ms. Jia-Ning Qu ’07 Mr. Jeremy Z. Guo ’07 Mr. Ringo W. Lee Ralphs Grocery Company Mr. Hamed Hajibeik ’08 Ms.Yi-Hui Lee ’08 Mrs. Christine M. Raymond Mr.Walter E. Han ’07 Professor Nhan N. Levan Mr. Douglas M. Raymond Dr. Danny Horii Mr. Emanuel M. Lin ’05, MS ’07 Mr. Albert J. Robinson ’06, MS ’07 Mrs. Sandy N. Horii Mrs.Tsun-Sou C. Lin Mr. Brandon J. Roe ’07 Mr. Andrew Hsieh ’08 Dr.Ying-Chi Lin Mr.Tae S. Roh ’09 Mr. Kendrick S. Hsu ’07 Mr. Jan Lipson Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill Mr. Paul Hsu Ms. Chang Liu ’08 Mr. Peter J. Ryan ’07 Ms. Stephanie R. Hsu ’09 Ms. Frances Liu Ms. Jaclyn Saito Mr.William Hsu Ms. Polly S. Liu Ms. Grace S. Shih ’07 Mr. Carlus J Hu ’08 Mr.Tao Lu ’07 Ms. Kelly Shu Mr. Jeffrey Hwang ’08 Mr. Patrick A. Lundquist ’09 Mr. Elias A. Sleiman Dr. Stephen E. Jacobsen Mr. Michael O. Ma ’06 Mr. Donald Soon ’08 Dr. Rajeev Jain Mr.Victor V. Mai ’07 Mr. Daniel C. Su ’08 Mrs. Bushra P. Jonna Mr. Jayanta K. Maitra Mr. John E. Swartwood MA ’04 Mr. Michael S. Jonna Ms. Helen A. Mendenhall Mrs. Anne Tai Mr. Peter J. Jonna ’08 Mr. Kousha Najafi ’08 Ms. Kendra A.Titus ’07 Mr. Edward Kao ’08 Mr. James R. Nash Mr. Paul M.Torrez ’07 Mr. Philip S. Kao ’07 Mr. Arash Nasibi ’07 Mr. Dennis Tran ’07 Mr. Brian T. Kennedy ’07 Ms. Jessica K. Nguyen ’07 Mrs. Meredith E.Tsunehara Mr. Amit P. Khatri ’08 Mrs. Nancy G. Nielson Mr.Yoshi Tsunehara Mr. Brian Kim Mr. Niel M. Nielson Mr.Taikang M.Wan ’08 Mr. David D. Kim ’07 Mr. Joshua M. Nogales ’08 Mr. David H.Wang ’07 Ms. Gimmy J. Kim ’09 Mr. Stephen J. Oakley ’08 Mr.Willy Y.Wang ’06 Mr. Sung Hwan Kim ’07 Mr. Andrew W. Olsson Dr. Frank B.Weil Ms.Teresa J. Kim ’07 Mrs. Mary A. Olsson Mrs. Phyllis M.Weil Ms. Kristine L. Kuan ’06 Mr. Jeremy Ou-Yang ’07 Mr. Alden C.Wong ’07 Mr. Mark G. Kumimoto ’07 Pacebutler Corporation Mr. Jason J. Xu ’08 Mr. Alan Kuo ’08 Ms.Victoria C. Pan ’07 Ms. Stephanie N.Yang ’07 Mr. Frank Kuo ’08 Mr. Richard Y. Pao ’07 Ms. Mabel Yee ’09 Mr.Wei H. Kwan ’07 Mr. Mitesh D. Patel ’08 Mr. Brian Yeh ’08 Mr. Ling C. Lau ’07 Mr. Romeo S. Patricio Ms. Chih-Ann Yih ’09 Mr. Pui Yin Law ’08 Ms. Jammie Y. Peng ’08 Ms. Christina J.Yin ’10 Mr. Meisi Le ’07 Mr. Nicolai M. Petersen Mr. Calvin S.You ’07 Mr. Frederick S. Lee ’08 Mr. Michael S. Pham ’08 Mr.Vincent Yu ’07 Mr. Gerald Lee ’09 Mr. David Khang Binh Pham ’08 Mr. Ignacio Zendejas ’07 Mr. Jonathan H. Lee ’07 Mr. Gongyuan Qu

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