HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Improving the Quality of LifeThrough Technology –

An Academic Perspective

September 9, 2006

Vijay K. DhirDean

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Electrification

Automobile

Airplane

Water Supply and Distribution

Electronics

Radio and Television

Agricultural Mechanization

Computers

Telephony

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

20 Transformative Engineering Achievements

Highways

Spacecraft

Internet

Imaging

Household Appliances

Health Technologies

Petroleum and Petrochemical Technologies

Lasers and Fiber Optics

Nuclear Technologies

High Performance Materials

A Century of Innovation National Academies Press

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

UCLA Engineering Highlights

Established in 1945 under the leadership of Dean L.M.K. Boelter

Seven departments: Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Ranked 9th among public universities in the most recent US News and World Report’s ranking of engineering graduate programs.

Second highest production of Ph.D.s per faculty.

22 affiliated faculty who are elected members of the National Academy of Engineering.

Dedicated as the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2000, honoring one of our most successful alumni

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Transportation safety

Air pollution prevention

Early hydrogen-powered cars

Water reclamation and desalination technologies

Home to the first node of the Internet- First message sent in 1969

Biomedical engineering

Collaborations with other disciplines and institutions

UCLA Engineering’s Impact on Society

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Emerging Technologies at UCLA

Nano-Bio-Info Technologies Embedded networks for environmental, structural, & health monitoring

Nanoelectronics

Wireless, ubiquitous computing

Lab-on-a-chip systems

Innovative medical devices and biotechnology tools

Nanoengineered water reclamation membranes

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Emerging Technologies at UCLA

Alternative Energy Solutions Plastic solar cells

New hydrogen fuel technologies

Fusion

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

The boundaries between traditional disciplines are weakening, leading to an emphasis on interdisciplinary research and education.

A B.S. degree will be broad-based and an M.S. degree will become

necessary for a career in engineering.

An engineering degree opens doors in many other disciplines: business, law, and medicine, etc.

Future engineers will have to learn to interact globally.

Custom designed materials and manufactured products will signal the return of the manufacturing base to U.S.

We’ll see major advances in information sciences, biotechnology, new materials, aerospace systems, and nanotechnology.

Vision for the Future of Engineering

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

Well motivated and prepared students

Trained generalists rather than specialists

Nurturing innovation

A diverse workforce

Society’s commitment and investment in education — especially engineering

Global competition for products and jobs

Distance learning

Hands-on experience

Future Engineering Challenges

HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE – Birthplace of the Internet

“He or she will aspire to have the ingenuity of

Lillian Gilbreth, the problem solving capabilities of

Gordon Moore, the scientific insight of

Albert Einstein, the creativity of Pablo Picasso,

the determination of the Wright brothers, the leadership

abilities of Bill Gates, the conscience of Eleanor Roosevelt,

the vision of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, and

the curiosity and wonder of our grandchildren.”

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