UCLA Engineering Day
Day 1 – Thursday, October 30, 2025 (2:00 – 5:00 PM)*
Day 2 – Friday, October 31, 2025 (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)*
*Sessions are not repeated. Each session offers different content.
The Engineering Transfer Center at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is happy to announce UCLA Engineering Day for prospective transfer students. A day where we invite current community college students who are interested to learn more about Bruin Engineering. Transfer counselors and staff that support students in applying to 4 year engineering programs are also encouraged to attend.
Register to join us here: UCLA Engineering Day registration
UCLA Engineering Day is a virtual event hosted on Zoom. Please register by Tuesday, 10/28/2025 to receive the session link. Session links will be emailed to registered participants the evening before the event. Please note that UCLA Engineering Day features many student panel discussions and will NOT be recorded. The event will be cancelled due to low registration.
Day 1 – Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Engineering Department Sessions | 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Want to learn more about our engineering majors at UCLA? Not sure what engineering major to apply to? Want to see the courses you will take to earn your degree and the kinds of jobs you can pursue? Join our students and faculty in this session to learn more.
In preparation for this session, please visit the drop-down menu for the department you are interested in to access their websites and see a list of speakers.
To join a session, log onto the event Zoom session (link will be live on the day of the event) and join a Department break-out room.
Bioengineering Department
UCLA Bioengineering Department website
Biomedical Engineering Society at UCLA website
Session speakers:
- Jacob Schmidt, Professor & Vice Chair of Undergraduate Student Affairs
- Cara Susilo, Internal Vice President, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at UCLA
- Evelyn Bennett, Community Outreach Chair, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at UCLA
- Nathan Choup, Community Outreach Chair, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) at UCLA
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department
UCLA Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department website
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at UCLA website
Speakers:
- Dante Simonetti, Professor & Vice Chair
- William H Beard, Liaison to Industry, UCLA Chemical Engineering
- Christine Xu, Publicity Intern, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at UCLA
- Claire Vega, Secretary, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at UCLA
- Merida Gonzalez, K-12 Outreach Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at UCLA
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department website
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at UCLA website
Speakers:
- Steve Margulis, Professor & Department Chair
- Laura Basualdo, Vice Chair, CEE Alumni Advisory Board, Civil Engineering, UCLA B.S., 2008 & Transfer student from Cerritos College
- Anthony Lee, Vice President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at UCLA
- Jonah Tillotson, Project Manager, Sustainable Solutions
- Sage Smith, President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at UCLA
Computer Science Department
UCLA Computer Science Department website
Association of Computing Machinery at UCLA website
Speakers:
- Carey Nachenberg, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Alyssa Leung, External Vice President, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) at UCLA
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering Department website
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) at UCLA website
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at UCLA website
Women Advancing Technology through Teamwork (WATT)
Speakers:
- Daniela Cabric, Professor
- Isabella McDonald, Outreach Coordinator, Women Advancing Technology through Teamwork (WATT)
- Joseph Kung, Outreach Coordinator, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at UCLA
- Matthew Chandler, Corporate Relations, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at UCLA
- Oscar Chen, Outreach Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) at UCLA
Materials Science & Engineering Department
UCLA Materials Science & Engineering Department website
Materials Research Society (MRS) at UCLA website
Speakers:
- Daniel Schwalbe-Koda, Assistant Professor
- Terrance Lam, Process & Metrics Implementation Lead, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Materials Science – electronics option, B.S., UCLA 1999 & Materials Science, M.S., UCLA 2001
- Alyssa Agarie, Materials Research Society
- Lior Gabay, Materials Research Society
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
UCLA Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department website
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at UCLA website
Speakers:
- Jeff Eldredge, Professor & Department Chair
- Jocelyn Gloria, Outreach Director, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at UCLA
- Justin Kamei, President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at UCLA
- Shreya Sriram, FADE Lead, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at UCLA
Preparing for a Career in Professional Engineering | 3:05 – 4:00 PM
What happens after transfer? Transfer students have half the time to at UCLA Engineering. How do I make it work for myself to prepare for life after graduation?
Hear from our students about our design courses, student organizations, design teams, and industry internships. Join us to learn about extra-curricular activities that help students to identify the area within engineering they are interested in pursuing after graduation and leverage these activities to demonstrate their abilities as future engineers.
Panelists:
- Landon Archuleta, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UCLA
- Gabriella Perez, Society of Women Engineers at UCLA
- Madeleine Doi, Design Assurance Intern, Edwards Lifesciences & Undergraduate Researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Sarp Gursel, Project Manager, Concrete Canoe Team at UCLA
- Savannah Swanson, Project Manager, Concrete Canoe Team at UCLA
Engineering Transfer Student panel discussion | 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Hear from current engineering transfer students about why they chose UCLA Samueli and about their experience as an engineering transfer student.
Responding to attendee’s questions help to make UCLA Engineering Day a richer and more meaningful experience. We would like to ask attendees to prepare questions for our engineering transfer student panelist.
Here are some topics that will help you think of questions to ask: why UCLA Engineering, what was like to start UCLA Engineering as a 3rd year student, did courses transfer, the rigor of the UCLA quarter system, what are things to know before you apply, what kind of work do you want to do after graduation, etc.
Please note that we will have an admissions presentation at the end of the day. Please save your questions about applying for that session.
Panelist:
- Alexander Kano, 2nd year Mechanical Engineering transfer student from El Camino College
- Luke Yamaguchi, 2nd year Computer Engineering transfer student from Irvine Valley College
- Megan Bushman, 2nd year Mechanical Engineering transfer student from College of San Mateo
- Michael Khojastegan, 3rd year Computer Science transfer student from Santa Monica College
- Nathan Le, 3rd year Computer Science transfer from De Anza College
Day 2 – Friday, October 31st, 2025 | 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Engineering Transfer Center | 9:00 – 9:55 AM
Wes Uehara, Director, UCLA Engineering Transfer Center
What?! UCLA Engineering has it’s own Transfer Center? Yes we do! Hear about how the ETC is working to help our transfers maximize their time at UCLA and prepare for life as a professional engineer.
Please visit the UCLA Engineering Transfer Center website for more information. Visit the UCLA Engineering Accelerator program website to learn about support for incoming UCLA Engineering transfer students in the summer before you start.
Engineering Pathways Program | 10:00 – 10:30 AM
Kevin Graham, Director, California Engineering Pathway Program
Rebecca Pattichis, Program Coordinator & Data Analyst, California Engineering Pathway Program
Kevin and Rebecca will share information about the California Engineering Pathways Program, that provides relevant internship experience and academic support to community college students in the summer students transfer to a 4 year engineering program in California (not just UCLA).
Please visit the Engineering Pathways Program website for more information.
Program flyer
UCLA Engineering Admissions | 10:35 – 11:30 AM
Erkki Corpuz, Academic Counselor, Office of Academic & Student
Hear from our admissions counselor, Erkki Corpuz from Office of Academic and Student Affairs, about information about applying to UCLA Samueli Engineering. Learn important information on admissions requirements, hear important information on submitting your application, and ask your questions.
Please visit the UCLA Engineering Admissions website for more information.
Feedback Survey
Please help us to improve UCLA Engineering Day by completing our event feedback survey. The form also allows attendees to ask questions that we were unable to answer during the event. Here is the link to the feedback survey.