A State-of-the-Art Facility Capable of Supporting the School’s Mission of Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service

Engineering I, constructed in 1950, has become an outdated structure unable to support modern lab equipment or provide a quality learning environment. At the same time, new space is needed to house emerging disciplines and the equipment to conduct sophisticated research initiatives.

The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is answering these challenges with a new replacement building for Engineering I, designed to keep UCLA at the forefront of engineering, science, and technology.

The first phase of the replacement complex, now under construction, will consist of a five-story structure housing state-of-the-art research laboratories, seminar rooms, and office space. The building also will contain significantly improved space for faculty and graduate student offices, which will help offset the demand created by the addition of 800 students and 30 faculty over the last five years. Four seminar rooms will support meetings and lectures.

Open space and connections between floors will build a sense of community within the building, which will support high-tech equipment in its laboratories and surpass safety regulations for the handling and disposal of toxic materials through additional fume hoods and other measures.

The new building creates opportunities for donors who support the School’s mission to link their names with scholarly achievement. Advanced facilities also provide a meaningful way to pay tribute to or memorialize an individual of the donor’s choosing. An investment in the infrastructure of UCLA is indeed an investment in the future.

For additional information on naming opportunities associated with the new building, please contact the Office of External Affairs at 310/206-0678.