Faculty & Research

The Master of Engineering (MEng) program features world-renowned UCLA Samueli faculty with exceptional research experience and industry expertise. A partial list of our faculty appears below.

Application Information

UCLA Samueli Professor in Lab

Bulu-Taciroglu Melih, Senior Lecturer

Omid Abari

Associate Professor
Computer Science
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Irene Chen, Associate Professor

Asad A. Abidi

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bulu-Taciroglu Melih, Senior Lecturer

Meliha Bulu-Taciroglu

Senior Lecturer

Bulu-Taciroglu Melih, Senior Lecturer

Jane Chang

Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering

Joseph DiStefano, Distinguished Professor

Jun Chen

Associate Professor
Bioengineering

Lara Dolecek, Professor

Hooman Darabi

Teaching Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bruce Dunn, Professor

Adnan Darwiche

Professor
Computer Science

Eleazar Eskin, Professor

Eleazar Eskin

Professor
Computer Science

Jason Ernst, Associate Professor

Arion-Xenofon Fokion Hadjioannou

Professor
Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

Rajit Gadh

Rajit Gadh

Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Yu Huang, Professor

Yu Huang

Professor
Materials Science & Engineering

Cho-Jui Hsieh, Assistant Professor

Tetsuya “teD” Iwasaki

Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Jonathan Kao, Associate Professor

Jonathan Kao

Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Song Li, Professor

Song Li

Professor
Bioengineering

Chase Linsley

Chase Linsley

Associate Adjunct Professor
Bioengineering

Wentai Liu

Wentai Liu

Professor
Bioengineering
Electriclal & Computer Engineering

Brett Lopez

Brett Lopez

Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Songwu Lu

Songwu Lu

Professor
Computer Science

Jaime Marian

Jaime Marian

Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Dejan Markovic

Dejan Markovic

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ankur Mehta

Ankur Mehta

Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Raghu Meka

Raghu Meka

Professor
Computer Science

Aaron Meyer

Aaron Meyer

Associate Professor
Bioengineering

Baharan Mirzasoleiman

Baharan Mirzasoleiman

Assistant Professor
Computer Science

Carlos Morales-Guio

Carlos Morales-Guio

Associate Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Sudhakar Pamarti

Sudhakar Pamarti

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Harold Pimentel

Harold Pimentel

Assistant Professor
Computer Science

Behzad Razavi

Behzad Razavi

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Vwani Roychowdhury

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dan Ruan

Dan Ruan

Assistant Professor
Bioengineering

Veronica Santos

Veronica Santos

Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Bioengineering

Daniel Schwalbe-Koda

Daniel Schwalbe-Koda

Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engineering

Mani Srivastava

Mani Srivastava

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computer Science

Shahriar Talebi

Shahriar Talebi

Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Bill Tawil, Adjunct Professor

Bill Tawil

Adjunct Professor
Bioengineering

Tsu-Chin “T-C.” Tsao, Professor

Tsu-Chin “T-C.” Tsao

Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Hsian-Rong Tseng

Hsian-Rong Tseng

Professor
Bioengineering

Lieven Vandenberghe

Lieven Vandenberghe

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Guy Van den Broeck

Professor
Computer Science

George Varghese

George Varghese

Professor
Computer Science

Wei Wang

Wei Wang

Professor
Computer Science

Yuanxun Ethan Wang

Yuanxun Ethan Wang

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Harry Xu

Harry Xu

Professor
Computer Science

Jenn-Ming Yang

Professor
Materials Science & Engineering

Capstone Project Leaders

Prof. Bruce Huang

Bruce Huang

Professor/Lecturer
Data Science & Digital Technology
UCLA Extension

Joselito (Joey) Lao

Joselito (Joey) Lao

Lecturer & Capstone Project Director