2015 Hall of Fame Inductees

In 2015, UCI celebrated its 50th anniversary as one of the nation’s leading universities. To honor alumni who have made a significant impact in their profession, or in other ways have brought distinction to their alma mater, the Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences recognized 54 illustrious alumni by inducting them into the 2015 Hall of Fame.

 

Newsha Ajami

Ph.D. 2006 – Civil Engineering

Roger Brum

Ph.D. 1983 – Mechanical Engineering

Kurt Busch

B.S. 1993 – Electrical Engineering

David Cuccia

Ph.D. 2006, M.S. 2003  – Biomedical Engineering

Nick Desai

B.S. 1991 – Electrical Engineering

Amit Dhadwal

B.S. 1993 – Mechanical Engineering

Eby Friedman

Ph.D. 1989, M.S. 1981 – Electrical Engineering

Marinela Gombosev

B.S. 2005 – Electrical Engineering

Jai Krishan Hakhu

Ph.D. 1979 – Electrical Engineering

Bernard Harguindeguy

B.S. 1981 – Electrical Engineering

Patrick Hong

B.S. 1995 – Mechanical Engineering

Atsushi Horiba

M.S. 1977, B.S. 1975 – Electrical Engineering

John Labib

B.S. 1994 – Civil Engineering

Julian “Woody” Macias

B.S. 1972 – Electrical Engineering

Carrine Palm Walborn

B.S. 1996 – Civil Engineering

Stephen Palm

B.S. 1987 – Electrical Engineering

Ayman Salama

Ph.D. 1995 – Civil Engineering

Eric Shen

M.S. 1995, B.S. 1993 – Civil Engineering

Krishna Shenoy

B.S. 1990 – Electrical Engineering

Elizabeth Stivers

B.S. 1980 – Civil Engineering

John Tracy

Ph.D. 1987 – Civil Engineering

Thomas Yuen

B.S. 1974 – Electrical Engineering

 

Inductees not pictured:

Gary Ashford 
B.S. 1970 – Electrical Engineering

Georges Belfort
Ph.D. 1972, M.S. 1969 – Civil Engineering

Brian Cooper
B.S. 1981 – Electrical Engineering

Paramesh Gopi
Ph.D. 2003, M.S. 1993, B.S. 1991 – Electrical Engineering

Patrick Liu
Ph.D. 1992 – Electrical Engineering

Afshin Momtaz 
Ph.D. 2008 – Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Melodie Nicholes
B.S. 1995 – Civil Engineering

Robert Peck
Ph.D. 1976 – Mechanical Engineering

Leila Rohani
B.S. 1985 – Electrical Engineering

Douglas Thorpe
B.S. 1982 – Mechanical Engineering

Truc Vu
Ph.D. 1992, M.S. 1988 – Electrical Engineering (deceased)

Jack Zhao
Ph.D. 1993 – Electrical Engineering