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November 7
Engineering Awards Dinner
The Beverly Wilshire - A Four Seasons Hotel
5:30 p.m. - Reception
7:00 p.m. - Dinner
November 10, 2008
Infosys: Special Event for STUDENTS
Engineering V Building, Room 2101
4:00 p.m.
November 10, 2008
Infosys: Special Event for Alumni, Faculty and Business Leaders
Charles E. Young Grand Salon
Kerckhoff Hall 248
5:30 p.m. -Reception
6:30 p.m. -Presentation
December 12-13
Symposium at UCLA
Water Resources Systems Analysis: The Contributions of William Yeh
CNSI Conference Facility
9:00 a.m.
April 16
Scholarship Breakfast
Covell Commons
8:00 a.m.
May 29
Senior Class Dinner
Covell Commons
June 13
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Commencement
Past Events
January 23
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"Layering at Solid-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations" Vassilis
Pontikis, Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, France
noon, 47-124 Engineering IV
January 24
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"Active Control of Separated Flow" Lou Cattafesta,
University of Florida
noon, 38-138, Engineering IV
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"The Myth of System Engineering" Peter S. Pao,
retired corporate vice president and chief technology officer,
Raytheon and Visiting Boelter Chair Professor
4 pm, 8500 Boelter
January 28
Electrial
Engineering Department Annual Research Review
8 am to 6:30 pm
Engineering IV building
Bioengineering Seminar Series
“Silence and Noise in Small RNA Regulation”
Erel Levine, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics & Department
of Physics, UC San Diego
3 pm to 4 pm, 5101 Engineering V
January 30
Electrical
Engineering Department Seminar Series, Circuits and Embedded Systems
area
"Lithography Physics, Models and Technology Pathways to 7nm
Half-Pitch" Andrew Neureuther, UC Berkeley
1 pm to 2 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
February 1
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"A Variational Constitutive Model for Polymers and Soft Biological
Tissues with Applications" Tamer El Sayed, Caltech
10:30 am, 38-138 Engineering IV
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"Lattice-Boltzmann Method: Recent Developments for Simulations
of Turbulent Flows, Multiphase Systems and Magnetohydrodynamics"
Kannan N. Premnath, MetaHeuristics LLC
noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
February 4
Electrical
Engineering Department Seminar Series, Circuits and Embedded Systems
area
"One Person's Trash is Another Person's Treasure" Melvin
Breuer, USC
1 pm, 54-134, Engineering IV
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"Microstructural Fatigue Mechanisms of Ultrafine-Grained
Metals" Hael Mughrabi, Department Werkstoffwissenschaften,
Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften,
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
noon, 47-124, Engineering IV
February 7
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series
"The Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP): Project Overview
and Current Research Directions" David Petti, NGNP R&D
Director, Idaho National Laboratory
4 pm, Hacienda Room, Faculty Center
February 11
Electrical
Engineering Department Seminar Series, Circuits and Embedded Systems
area
Anand Raghunathan, NEC Labs
Embedding Security into Embedded Systems
1 pm, 54-134, Engineering IV
February 15
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Molecular Biommettics: Genetically-Engineered Molecular
Materials For Technology & Medicine" Mehmet Sarikaya,
University of Washington
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Thermo/Fluids
Seminar
“Exploring the Asteroid Belt and Finding Exoplanets using
Advanced Propulsion” Richard Wirz, Advanced Propulsion Technologies
Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar
"Molecular Engineering of Stem Cell and Gene Therapies"
David Shaffer, UC Berkeley
1:30 pm, 8500 Boelter Hall
February 19
Bioengineering
Seminar
"Predicting Protein-ligand Interactions Using Atomistic
Simulations" David Mobley, UC San Francisco
Noon, 5101 Engineering V
February 21
Bioengineering
Seminar
"Scratching the Surface of Condensed Cellular-Matter
Physics" Thomas Angelini, Harvard University
Noon, 8500 Boelter Hall
February 22
Structural
and Solid Mechanics Seminar
Topic TBA, Dewey H. Hodges, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:30 am, 38-138 Engineering IV
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic TBA David Marshall, Teledyne
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Thermo/Fluids
Seminar
“Recent Advances in Nuclear Science” Farzad Rahnema
, Georgia Tech
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar
Topic TBA, Jennifer West, Rice University
1:30 pm, 8500 Boelter
February 25
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
“Multi-Robot Intelligence” Manuela Veloro, Carnegie
Mellon University
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
Feburary 26
Bioengineering
Seminar
Topic TBA, Thomas Burg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
noon, 5101 Engineering V
Earthquake
Engineering Seminar
"Earthquakes, Hurricanes and other Disasters: A View from
Space" Ronald T. Eguchi, ImageCat, Inc.
1 pm, 4275 Boelter Hall
February 27
UCLA WINMEC
CIO Impacts Forum 2008: Convergence of Technologies for Enterprise
2.0
7:30 am - 5:30 pm, Charles E. Young Grand Salon, Kerchoff
Hall
Feburary 28
Bioengineering
Seminar
Topic TBA, Peter Kner, UC San Francisco
Noon, 8500 Boelter
March 3
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
“Design and CAD Challenges for 45nm CMOS and Beyond”
Ruchir Puri,IBM Research
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV building
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Speaker Seminar
"System Engineering: A Critical National Need" Paul
G. Kaminski, Chairman and CEO, Technovation, Inc.
4:15 pm, 2101 Engineering V (reception at 4:00 pm)
March 6
CENS presents: St. Anne's School 7th Grade Beach Quality
Poster Session
Students from the school, located in Santa Monica, will present
research done in collaboration with UCLA Engineering and CENS.
11 am to noon, CENS building courtyard
(3563 Boelter Hall)
Civil
and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Ph.D. Seminar
""Quantifying Strain Rate Effects in Dynamic Uniaxial
Tests of Plain Concrete" Willaim Elmber, CEE PhD student
1 pm, 4275 Boelter Hall
March 7
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Breakthroughs in Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells"
Sossina M. Haile, Caltech
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar
Topic TBA, Suzie Pun, University of Washington
1:30 pm, 8500 Boelter Hall
March 10
Thermo/Fluids
Seminar
"Turbulent Combustion Modeling: A Tempting Challenge and
Long-Awaited Tool" Alexander Snegirev, Saint-Petersburg State
Polytechnic University, Russia
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
“Energy-Driven Circuit Design for Ubiquitous Sensing Applications”
Dennis Sylvester, University of Michigan
1 pm, 54-134, Engineering IV
March 12
Bioengineering
Seminar
"Cardiac Tissue Engineering for Integrating Multi-Scale Biomechanics
of the Heart" Kevin Costa, Columbia University
3 pm, 5101 Engineering V
March 23 to March 28
UCLA
Extension's 75th Technical Management Program
Locations throughout the UCLA Campus
April 2
UCLA
Division of Physical Sciences, Annual Research Colloquium
"Next Generation Biofuels" James Liao, professor of
chemical and biomolecuarl engineering
4 pm, April 2
room 1425, Physics & Astronomy Building
April 8
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Defining Hydrologic Ranges of Concern to Protect Stream
Ecology in Developing Watersheds" Felicia Federico, Project
Scientist at Geosyntec
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
April 9
UCLA
Engineering Alumni Reception at Invitrogen Corporation
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Invitrogen Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA
April 11
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Epitaxy for Device Applications: Research Activities in
Semiconductor Materials Research Laboratory" Ya-Hong Xie,
UCLA Materials Science and Engineering
10:30 am — Noon, 2101 Engineering V
April 12
Second Southern California
Symposium on Flow Physics
9:30 am to 4:30 pm, Engineering IV
April 14
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Silicon Spintronics" Ian Appelbaum, University of Delaware
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
April 15
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Microbial source tracking in the San Pablo Bay and Los Angeles
River" Stefan Wuertz, UC Davis
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
Bioengineering
Seminar
"Process Development & Manufacturing" David Dube,
Baxter BioScience
4:00 pm, 5101 Engineering V
Structural Engineering,
Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
TBA, Robert Nigbor, UCLA
4 pm, 3656 Geology Building
April 18
Distinguished
Lecture in Structural Engineering & Mechanics
"The finite element method: A half century of progress"
Robert L. Taylor, UC Berkeley
10: 30 am reception, 11 am lecture
4760 Boelter Hall
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
TBA, Jianlin Liu, UC Riverside
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Thermo/Fluids
Research Seminar Series
"The Flight of Birds, Bats and Other Small-Scale Flying Machines"
Geoff Spalding, USC
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
April 21
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Clocks, Combs and Optical Arbitrary Waveforms" Erich
P. Ippen, MIT
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
April 22
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
TBA, David Cwiertny, UC Riverside
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
Structural Engineering,
Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
TBA, Patrick Smith, Fugro West, Inc.
4 pm, 3656 Geology Building
April 25
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Coherent X-ray Diffraction Microscopy and Its Applications
to Materials and Nano-Science" John Miao UCLA Physics and
CNSI
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Structural
and Solid Mechanics Seminar
"Natural Fiber Composites – Retting, Surface Modification,
and Preform Manufacturing Synergy" James D. Holbery, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
10:30 am, 38-138 Engineering IV
April 28
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Beyond Scaling — Teaching the old dog some new tricks"
Subramanian S .Iyer, IBM
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
April 29
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Microbial Interactions with Fullerenes and Other Engineered
Nanoparticles: Environmental Applications and Implications"
Pedro Alvarez, Rice University
11 am, CNSI Auditorium
Structural Engineering,
Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
"Performance based engineering for the seismic upgrade of
the LAX Theme Building" Jaime Garza, Miyamoto International
4 pm 3656 Geology Building
May 1
Jon
Postel Distinguished Lecture Series
"Data Management for New Applications" Stan Zdonik,
Brown University
4:15 pm, 3400 Boelter Hall
May 2
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Geometry-Controlled Carbon Nanotubes and Potential Applications"
Sungho Jin UC San Diego
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
May 5
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Millimeter Wave Photonics: From Materials, Devices,
and Integration to Systems and Applications" Dennis
W. Prather, University of Delaware
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
May 6
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"The Fifth Paradigm of Integrated Water and Landscape
Management" Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
Structural
Engineering, Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
TBA, Mark Freitas, Fugro West, Inc.
4 pm, 3656 Geology Building
Jon
Postel Distinguished Lecture Series
"An Ultimate Type System" John Gregory Morisett, Harvard
University
4:15 pm, 3400 Boelter Hall
May 7
UCLA WINMEC
2008
Web 2.0 on Mobile - Convergence in Advertisement, Media
Content and Enterprise Services
Covel Commons, UCLA
UCLA
Engineering Student Projects Reception
6 pm, James West Alumni Center, UCLA
May 9
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"New Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Materials for Biosensor Design
and Device Fabrication" Guillermo Bazan, UC Santa Barbara
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
May 12
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers" Claire Gmachl,
Princeton University
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
May 13
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
"Exploding the riparian zone: Upcatchment opportunities to
prevent nitrate movement across land-water interfaces" Mary
Cadenasso, UC Davis
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
May 16
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
"Synthesis and Novel Properties of Si/Ge Nanowires"
S. Tom Picraux, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos
National Laboratory
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
May 17
UCLA Day
UCLA
Engineering Kickoff
5 pm, Engineering IV Patio
May 19
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
"Nanophotonics Hardware for Quantum Information
Science and Applications"
Oskar Painter, Caltech
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
May 22
Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar
"Mechanical Manipulation and Characterization of Biological
Cells – A MEMS and Microrobotics Approach" Yu Sun,
University of Toronto
4:30 pm, 47-124, Engineering IV
May 23
Ken
Nobe Lecture in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
"Metabolic Engineering: Enabling technology for
the biological production of Fuels and Chemicals" Gregory
Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
1:30 pm, main lecture hall, CNSI Building
Thermo/Fluids
Seminar
TBA, Stefan Llewellyn Smith, UC San Diego
Noon, 38-138 Engineering IV
May 27
UCLA
Engineering Technology Forum
8 am to 6pm
De Neve Commons, UCLA Campus
Environmental
& Water Resources Engineering Seminar
Imminent and Substantial Endangerment: "Lead" Astray by the EPA
Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech
11 am, 4275 Boelter Hall
May 30
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
TBA, Yang Yang, UCLA Materials Science and Engineering
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
Senior Class Dinner
6 pm, Covel Commons
June 2
Electrical
Engineering Seminar, Physical and Wave Electronics
Gallium Nitride Electronics and Optoelectronics
Umesh
Mishra, UC Santa Barbara
1 pm, 54-134 Engineering IV
June 3
Structural Engineering,
Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
TBA, Farzin Zareian, UC Irvine
4 pm, 3656 Geology Building
June 6
Materials
Science and Engineering Seminar
TBA, Andrea Kasko, UCLA Bioengineering
10:30 am, 2101 Engineering V
June 14
UCLA
Engineering Commencement
12:30 pm, Pauley Pavilion
July 1
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Scheduling for the Stochastic Wireless Networks: Throughput, Energy, and Delay
M.J. Neely, USC
1 - 3 pm, 57-124 Engineering IV
July 14
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Approximating Scholastic Biochemical Networks
T. Thorsley, University of Washington
11 am - 12 pm, 67-124 Engineering IV
July 31
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Novel Optical Approaches for Biomedical Applications – From Dime-Size Microscopes to Time-Reversal Based Suppression of Tissue Turbidity
C. Yang, Caltech
1:15 - 2:15 pm, 57-124 Engineering IV
August 1
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Flourine Plasma Ion Implantation (Treatment) Technology: A New Dimension on GaN Device Processing
K.J. Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2 - 3 pm, 57-124 Engineering IV
August 12
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Resonantly Driving Quantun Emitters in a Cavity
Chih-Kang Shih, University of Texas, Austin
11 am - 12 pm, 53-135E Engineering IV
August 19
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
60-GHz Gigabit Wireless RF-CMOS Transceiver and Power Amplifier Design
Tian-Wei Huang, National Taiwan University
2 - 3 pm, 67-124 Engineering IV
August 28
Electrical
Engineering Seminar
Multi-Modality Imaging Techniques for Functional and Molecular Imaging of Cancer
Gultekin Gulsen, University of California Irvine
1:15 - 2:15 pm, 67-124 Engineering IV
September 27
Bruin Game Day Party
October 17
Parents' Weekend Activities
October 22, 2008
Bay Area Alumni Reception @ Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc
6:00p.m.-9:00 p.m.
October 22
CENS 6th Annual Research Review
Members of the Center and partners from across the world gather for a day-long symposium to communicate recent results and accomplishments in this rapidly developing field.
Tom Bradley International Center
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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