2002-2003 Schoolwide Programs, Courses, and Faculty
UCLA
6426 Boelter Hall
Box 951601
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1601
(310) 825-2826
http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/
Professors Emeriti
Edward P. Coleman, Ph.D.
Herbert B. Nottage, Ph.D.
Allen B. Rosenstein, Ph.D.
Bonham Spence-Campbell, E.E.
Graduate Study
For information on graduate admission to the schoolwide engineering programs and requirements for the Engineer degree and certificate of specialization, see Graduate Programs, page 24.
Faculty Areas of Thesis Guidance
Professors Emeriti
Edward P. Coleman, Ph.D. (Columbia U., 1951)
Design of experimentation; operations management, environment; process of product reliability and quality
Herbert B. Nottage, Ph.D. (Case Institute of Technology, 1952)
Engineering design; biotechnology; pollution control; energy conservation, conversion, and heat and mass transfer and fluid flow processes; instrumentation; industrial engineering and automation, especially fluidics; vehicles, engines, and turbo-machinery; air-conditioning and refrigeration; inhabited environments; waste processing and reclamation; mathematical analysis of systems, cost-benefit economics
Allen B. Rosenstein, Ph.D. (UCLA, 1958)
Educational delivery systems, computer-aided design, design, automatic controls, magnetic controls, nonlinear electronics
Bonham Spence-Campbell, E.E. (Cornell, 1939)
Development of interdisciplinary engineering/social science teams and their use in planning and management of projects and systems
Lower Division Courses
95. Ethical and Professional Issues in Engineering and Computer Science. (4) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Selected lectures, discussions, and oral and written reports related to profession of engineering. Lectures by practicing engineers, case studies, and small group projects on issues that involve conflicting demands on society. Letter grading. Mr. O’Neill (F,W,Sp)
97. Introduction to Engineering Disciplines. (4) Lecture, four hours; discussion, four hours; outside study, four hours. Introduction to engineering as a professional opportunity for freshman students by exploring difference between engineering disciplines and functions engineers perform. Development of skills and techniques for academic excellence through the team process. Investigation of national need underlying current effort to increase participation of historically underrepresented groups in the U.S. technological work force. P/NP grading. Mr. Jacobsen (F)
Upper Division Courses
194. Power and Ethics in Engineering History. (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Rigorous framework for analyzing social constraints to technological change and use of ethical, economic, and historical frameworks, with emphasis on scientific, industrial, and military perspectives. Designed for engineering and computer science students as a humanities class for investigating strategic relationships among social power, moral responsibility, and technological change. Letter grading. Mr. Jacobsen (F)
195. Art of Engineering Endeavors. (4) (Formerly numbered 98.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 12 hours. Designed for seniors. Importance of group dynamics in engineering practice. Teamwork and effective group skills in engineering environments. Organization and control of multidisciplinary complex engineering projects. Forms of leadership and qualities and characteristics of effective leaders. How engineering, computer sciences, and technology relate to major ethical and social issues. Societal demands on practice of engineering. Letter grading. Mr. Jacobsen (F)
Graduate Courses
200. Program Management Principles for Engineers and Professionals. (4) Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate students. Practical review of necessary processes and procedures to successfully manage technology programs. Review of fundamentals of program planning, organizational structure, implementation, and performance tracking methods to provide program manager with necessary information to support decision-making process that provides high-quality products on time and within budget. Letter grading. Mr. Jacobsen
375. Teaching Apprentice Practicum. (1 to 4) Seminar, to be arranged. Preparation: apprentice personnel employment as a teaching assistant, associate, or fellow. Teaching apprenticeship under active guidance and supervision of a regular faculty member responsible for curriculum and instruction at the University. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading. (F,W,Sp)
470A-470D. The Engineer in the Technical Environment. (3 each) Lecture, three hours. Limited to Engineering Executive Program students. Theory and application of quantitative methods in analysis and synthesis of engineering systems for purpose of making management decisions. Optimization of outputs with respect to dollar costs, time, material, energy, information, and manpower. Case studies and individual projects. S/U or letter grading.
471A-471B-471C. The Engineer in the General Environment. (3-3-1.5) Lecture, three hours (courses 471A, 471B)/90 minutes (course 471C). Limited to Engineering Executive Program students. Influences of human relations, laws, social sciences, humanities, and fine arts on development and utilization of natural and human resources. Interaction of technology and society past, present, and future. Change agents and resistance to change. S/U or letter grading (course 471A); In Progress and S/U or letter grading (courses 471B, 471C).
472A-472D. The Engineer in the Business Environment. (3-3-3-1.5) Lecture, three hours (courses 472A, 472B, 472C)/90 minutes (course 472D). Limited to Engineering Executive Program students. Language of business for the engineering executive. Accounting, finance, business economics, business law, and marketing. Laboratory in organization and management problem solving. Analysis of actual business problems of firm, community, and nation, provided through cooperation and participation with California business corporations and government agencies. In Progress and S/U or letter grading (credit to be given on completion of courses 472B and 472D).
473A-473B. Analysis and Synthesis of a Large-Scale System. (3-3) Lecture, two and one-half hours. Limited to Engineering Executive Program students. Problem area of modern industry or government is selected as class project, and its solution is synthesized using quantitative tools and methods. Project also serves as laboratory in organization for a goal-oriented technical group. In Progress and S/U grading.
495. Teaching Assistant Training Seminar. (4) Seminar, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Preparation: appointment as a teaching assistant. Limited to graduate engineering students. Seminar on communication of engineering principles, concepts, and methods, preparation, organization of material, presentation, use of visual aids, grading, advising, and rapport with students. S/U grading. (F)
501. Cooperative Program. (2 to 8) Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: consent of UCLA graduate adviser and graduate dean, and host campus instructor, department chair, and graduate dean. Used to record enrollment of UCLA students in courses taken under cooperative arrangements with USC. S/U grading.
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Affiliated Faculty Members
Christopher W. Grose, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, UCLA
George Grüner, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, UCLA
James V. Ralston, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, UCLA
Howard Reiss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Robert G. Rinker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Steven E. Schwarz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
Robin Shepherd, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine
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