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Originally Posted by lovetocamp Yet, when we took the student led tour, not much at all was said about the Engineering programs. And, when we walked past the Engineering Building(s), frankly they looked very drab. And, the tour did not take us inside. |
If you went on the general walking tour of UCLA then I can understand that; a typical tour simply isn't long enough to explore every building on campus. The Engineering Open House walking tour is intended to offer such an exploration. As for the engineering buildings looking drab, keep in mind that the interior of the buildings get far more refurbishing than the exterior. It's a shame you didn't get a look inside Boelter/Engineering I/Engineering IV/CNSI/etc. or you wouldn't have to judge a book by its cover.
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Originally Posted by lovetocamp What makes the above circumstances even more discouraging was the fact that your neighbor (USC), did put on a very good tour. I am not saying this to put down UCLA. |
I understand; I've eavesdropped on USC guided tours while hanging around South LA and I think the tour guides put more effort into getting to know the visitors. However, keep in mind that the UCLA campus has twice the area of USC; it's simply not feasible to go into all the buildings on campus in the same amount of time.
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Originally Posted by lovetocamp I ask you to enlighten me/us. Tell me/us of the wonderful things that go on inside the building. Tell me of the Labs. Tell me of the projects that you have worked on. The access to lab materials. Do you have access to Grad Labs? Are Engineering Lower division taught by Profs or TA/GSs? |
Research happens behind every fourth door in Boelter. Next quarter I am working with a EE Ph.D. student in graph-modeling of USPTO citations using XML parsing and/or BerkeleyDB. One of my fourth-year ACM partners works in the CENS to write assembly code for low-power traffic motes to be deployed in Los Angeles. (I also have another project, which remains secret until it is approved by the Engineering Alumni Association.) Hmmm... Last year's lab classes were Physics 4AL and Physics 4BL, which involved veryifying laws of mechanics, electrostatics, DC/AC currents, magnetism, the speed/duality of light and geometric optics. This year's lab classes are CS 35 and CS M152A, which involve learning the Linux shell and implementing digital logic circuits with computer simulation, respectively. All engineering lectures are taught by professors, and all engineering discussion sections are led by teaching assistants who are M.S./Ph.D. graduate students.
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Originally Posted by lovetocamp I realize that if/when we come down for the April 9th tour, that we will see a completely different and better picture. |
I couldn't agree more.
