School of Engineering and Applied Science

school of
engineering and applied science

	HIGHLIGHTS
	Enrollment 3-quarter average
	undergraduate student enrollment	2,415
	graduate students enrollment	954
	# of full time employees	725
	'99-'00 salary expenditures	$ 43,269,412

Since its inception as the College of Engineering in 1945, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been on the cutting-edge of technological advances.

In addition to its strengths in such traditional engineering programs as aerospace, electrical engineering and computer science, the School is advancing research in the evolving fields of wireless communications and networking, micromachines, smart materials, earthquake analysis and biomedical engineering.

The School continues to attract outstanding faculty members and exceptional students from around the world and offers more than 30 academic and professional degree programs as well as an interdepartmental graduate degree in biomedical engineering. The curriculum encompasses basic science and also includes significant exposure to the humanities, social sciences and fine arts to educate students about their responsibility to create, protect and manage technology with regard for ethics, human values and social benefit.

1999-‘00 MILESTONES INCLUDE:

Researchers led by Computer Science Professor Richard Muntz made major advances in the creation of “Virtual Los Angeles,” a computer-based model of the city that incorporates videos, satellite images, photos, computer graphics and other vivid three-dimensional images to provide smooth spatial and temporal access to information organized geographically. The interactive database holds the potential for a wide range of applications, including medical research and health care, education, urban planning and emergency response management. Virtual Los Angeles is supported by the National Science Foundation as a key component of the Virtual World Server Data Project.

Civil Engineering Professor and Chairman Professor Jiann-Wen Ju, Assistant Professor Jonathan P. Stewart and Associate Professor John W. Wallace served on international reconnaissance teams following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan. The extensive information they collected promises to add immensely to scientific knowledge about the nature of earthquakes and their impact on buildings, bridges and other structures. Professors Stewart and Wallace are currently conducting research on the seismic effects of earthquake-type movements on freeway bridge columns. Their findings will have help guide future freeway design and construction.

Computer Science Professor Deborah Estrin and her colleagues have made significant strides in wireless network sensors, which hold broad and profound opportunities for scientific discovery. Potential applications include environmental monitoring. Sensor networks promise to revolutionize this process by enabling the collection of larger and more frequent measures of soil, air and marine water conditions that have a powerful impact on the quality of life.

SOURCES

USES

TOTALS

	Instruction	Research	Public Service	Academic Support	1999-'00	1998-'99
State General Funds & Special Appropriations	$ 23,304,772	$ 1,588,645	$ 355,179	$ 5,127,277	$ 30,375,873	$ 28,639,080
State Government Contracts & Grants	(1,000)	1,324,835	-	17,881	1,341,716	494,898
Federal Government	59,960	26,181,394	3,225	40,999	26,285,578	27,314,796
Local Government	-	8,751	-	40,545	49,296	43,791
Private Gifts, Grants & Contracts	82,307	8,160,449	-	370,411	8,613,167	9,384,906
Endowments	121,114	1,280,332	-	(696)	1,400,750	816,244
Sales & Services	113,120	25,683	68,498	128,604	335,905	198,234
Tuition & Fees	-	-	-	-	-	2,096
Other Sources	234,779	509,106	-	56,220	800,105	1,094,561
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$ 23,915,052	$ 39,079,195	$ 426,902	$ 5,781,241	$ 69,202,390	$ 67,988,606


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