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Undergraduate Advising
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UCLA
LEADS Scholars Program
The
UC LEADS (Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees) program is
a prestigious two-year, UC systemwide program for promising sophomores and transfer students
interested in pursuing graduate degrees and research careers in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields.
UC LEADS Scholars receive substantial financial support and engage in research under the supervision of a faculty mentor during the academic years and summers. They also participate in seminars to assist them in identifying and applying to graduate programs, financing their graduate education, seeking extramural fellowships, preparing and presenting poster sessions, etc. The scholars also attend and present their work at national professional society meetings.
UC LEADS alums have begun graduate studies at UCLA, UCB, UCD, UCSD, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, etc.
Eligible students are those in an undergraduate degree program in the physical, life, or computer sciences; engineering; mathematics; physical and biological anthropology, archaeology, geography, linguistics, or experimental psychology.
UCLA
Undergraduate Research Center
The
Undergraduate Research Center for Sciences, Engineering,
and Mathematics, and the Center for Academic and
Research Excellence, work collaboratively to serve UCLA's
undergraduate science population. Through various programs,
the URC/CARE recruits, develops, and celebrates students
involved in research. Its mission is to support and
increase the retention of science majors in all disciplines,
with some programs focused on students who face economic,
familial, educational, social or other challenges.
UCLA
Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED)
The
Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity
(CEED) engages over 200 underrepresented and disadvantaged
undergraduate engineering students in an academic learning
community designed to increase retention and develop
students who can successfully transition into industry
or advanced studies. CEED is regularly looking for candidates
to participate in its Research
Intensive Series in Engineering for Underrepresented
Populations (RISE-UP) program. Under this program, CEED
students will have an opportunity to conduct research
with a UCLA faculty member and receive a $1,000 stipend.
Undergraduate
Research Opportunities in EE
During
the undergraduate advising week, students are welcome
to inquire with the Electrical Engineering faculty about
research opportunities. Becoming engaged in research
is a unique experience that enriches your academic life
in special ways. Take advantage of this opportunity.
The following is a select list of faculty with available
opportunities. Inquire with the other faculty about
additional opportunities during your meetings.
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Prof.
M.C. Frank Chang
Project
One:
On-chip Antenna Design for Future 60GHz Systems
The
goal of this project is to design and measure a simple
60GHz on-chip antenna. Students will work closely
with graduate student(s) and will learn essential skills
in electromagnetics. Note:
We prefer an EM-track student.
Courses
to be completed prior to research:
EE 115A: Analog Electronic Circuits I
EE 101: Engineering Electromagnetics
EE 161: Electromagnetic Waves
GPA necessary: 3.5 or above plus willingness
to go to graduate school
Number
of openings available: 1
Project
Two:
MM-wave (30GHz or above) CMOS Circuit Design
The
goal of this project is to design mm-wave CMOS circuit
designs. Students will first learn basic EM siumulations
on passive devices such as inductors, transformes, and
capacitors. After mastering passive device design
skills, students will begin to design a simple mm-wave
circuit such as VCOs, LNAs, and mixers. Students
will work closely with graduate students and learn essential
skills in mm-wave CMOS circuit design. Note:
We prefer a strong background in both circuts and electromagnetics
Classes
to be completed prior to research:
EE 115A: Analog Electronic Circuits I
EE 115B: Analog Electronic Circuits II
EE 115C: Digital Electronic Circuits
EE 101: Engineering Electromagnetics
EE 161: Electromagnetic Waves
GPA
necessary: 3.5 or above plus willingness to go
to graduate school.
Number
of openings available: 1-2
Project
Three:
Mixed Signal CMOS Circuit and FPGA Design
The
goal of this project is to design mixed signal CMOS
circuits. Students will have a chance to learn digital
integrated ASIC design, ADC and FPGA. Students will
work close with graduate students and learn essential
skills in mixed-signal CMOS circuit design.
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to be completed prior to research: |
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ADC and ASIC projects: |
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EE
115A: Analog Electronic Circuits I
EE 115B: Analog Electronic Circuits II
EE 115C: Digital Electronic Circuits
GPA necessary: 3.5 or above plus willingness
to go to graduate school.
Number of openings available: 1-2.
Note: We prefer a strong background in both
circuits and signals and systems.
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FPGA project: |
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EE
132A: Introduction to Communication Systems
EE 113: Digital Signal Processing
EE 115A: Analog Electronic Circuits I
EEM 116C: Computer Systems Architecture
GPA
necessary: 3.5 or above and willingness to go to
graduate school.
Number of openings available: 1
Note: We prefer as strong background in both
computer science and electrical engineering. |
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Prof.
Puneet Gupta
Project
One:
Searching for Parallelism in Design Automation Algorithms
Number of openings available: 1-2
Project
Two:
Deterministically Estimating StandbyPower of Circuits
in Presence of Statistical Variations
Number of openings available: 1
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Prof.
Lei He
FPGA
Emulator for Multimedia over Wireless Network
Requirement:
Knowledge of programming FPGA projects
Number of openings available: 2
Funding: Available for summer 2008, depending
on student qualification |
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Prof.
Diana Huffaker
Project One:
Monolithically Integrated III-Sb Microdevices on SI
Project
Two:
High-speed III-Sb Channels on Si
Project
Three:
Nonopillar Characterization |
Prof.
Jia-Ming Liu
"I
would be happy to talk to any interested undergraduate
students personally, on possible research subjects." |
Prof.
Aydogan Ozcan
"I
have a few smaller scale projects that can easily result
in a journal publication within half a year. These
projects will be give to determined undergraduate students
(preferably seniors) who are seriously considering graduate
school. These projects require good mathemtical
skills together with Matlab programming experience.
In some cases, the project can also involve doing relatively
simple photonics experiements to verify our theoretical
predictions.
"Some of the topics these 'half-cooked' projects
involve:
1. nonlinear
optics
2. photonic
bandgap fibers
3. optical
coherence tomography" |
Prof.
Izhak Rubin
Projects
are in the area of computer communictions and data communications
networks, including networking for mobile wireless networks.
Positions are available in spring quarter 2008 and the
summer period 2008 (to 8/31/2008) to students that have
taken EE 132B (Data Communications and Telecommunication
Networks). NSF REU scholarships are available
to students who are US citizens or permanent residents,
and who satisfy undergraduate student status.
Contact:
Prof. Rubin or
Choo Chin Jeffrey Tan |
Prof.
Majid Sarrafzadeh
Some
of the ongoing undergraduate research projects on wireless
telehealth in the Embedded and Reconfigurable Computing
Lab include:
Project One:
Medical Software Development
a) for mobile devices
b) for lightweight embedded
systems
Project Two:
Collaborative Signal Processing
a) in sensor networks
b) in physiological signal
classification
Project Three:
Hardware Development
a) for signal conditioning
architecture and circuits
b) sensor boards
All interested students in the areas of Computer Science
and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Biomedical
Engineering are encouraged to participate. |
Prof.
Ali H. Sayed
Project One: Simulation of Adaptive
Networks
Project Two: Interactive GUI for Adaptive
Systems
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