Undergraduate Research Program | OASA (2024)

23-24 Peer Advising Resource Guide

Table of Contents:

General Academic Resources

General Internship Resources

General Research Resources

Aerospace Engineering

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Science/Computer Science and Engineering

Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

• In general, direct academic questions to <point of contact> and focus on research/internship related questions
• DARS
• Log into MyUCLA
• Navigate to Academics → Academic Profile → Degree Progress/Audit Report
• Tentative Course Offerings
• Search “UCLA SEASOASA <major> Tentative Course Offerings”
• General Education Requirements
• Can Take ENGR 2 and ENGR 96A and petition to count as a Social Analysis GE
• Enrollment Consideration Request
• Petitions
• Tech Breadth
• Can petition AP Econ to count for Engr 110 (Tech Management Tech Breadth)
• ESAP Program
• 3.5 Minimum GPA, Essentially a 4+1 BS and MS
• DSP Program
• 3.7 Minimum GPA, Concurrent BS and MS
• Changing Majors, Adding Minors
• W-SOAP
• Career Resource Guide

• Job Sites
• Handshake
• Filter by “Internship” and your major for best results
• UCLA Career Center (events/resources)
• LinkedIn
• Set a job alert
• Simplify.jobs
• Automatic Job application via a google chrome extension
• H1-B Checker (For International Students)
• Google Chrome Extension that tells students if a job will be open to international students on LinkedIn
• Resume
• Keep it to one page, bullet points should only span one line
• Use buzzwords from the job description!
• CMU Examples
• CalPoly Example
• VMock helps with Resume formatting
• Events
• SWE EWI
• Miscellaneous
• Engr 23 (Sample syllabus)
• Common Behavioral Interview Questions
• List of Companies:
• Divided currently by companies that have hired for internships and FT for the following groups: Regular, Transfer and International Students.
• Encourage off-cycle internships and co-ops if it fits with their course plan! These are typically easier to get because the application pool is smaller and will provide technical experience.

• How to get Research
• Cold emailing Professors
• Contacting graduate students for opportunities
• Engr 24 (syllabus): Guides students through the process of securing research
• URC-Sciences

• Getting Started tab -> Finding a project and mentor: Step-by-step guide to find research

• Programs and Scholarships tab: view opportunities at/outside UCLA

• https://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/courses/srp/
• Opportunities
• Research Fair
• Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
• Summer Research/Internships Opportunities
• SURP
• SPUR: Work with faculty mentors on research
• Amgen Scholars Program
• Undergraduate Research Portal: Find UCLA unpaid research opportunities
• Check for opportunities under the Research tab on your department’s website
• REU Opportunities: NSF Funded, paid summer research opportunities
• Pathways to Science: online database of funded summer research opportunities
• Roadmap to undergrad research article
• research revealed program

Academics

• Requirements
• Graduate Program Info
• Sample Course Plans
• Aeronautics Track
• Space Track
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs

Rocket Project, DBF, Bruin Space, UAS

• Job Search
• Companies: Blue Origin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, SpaceX, a.i. Solutions, Aerospace Corporation, AeroVironment, Air Force Research Laboratory, Altius, Astrobotic, Astronautics, Aurora, BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, Bell, Collins Aerospace, Bigelow Aerospace, Dynetics, Dassault Aviation, Draper Labs, DLR (German Space Agency), Bombardier, Hughes, SAIC, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, NASA, Spacex, Virgin Galactic, JPL, Impulse, Relativity, Spin Launch, Raytheon, Honeybee, Varda, ABL, Aerojet rocketdyne, Millenium, Raytheon, Crane, Cirrus, Moog, Axiom, Firefly, Different airlines (Delta, United, etc.), Honeywell, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, General Electric, BAE, General Dynamics, General Atomics, Maxar, L3Harris, Skyryse

• For freshman and sophom*ores, consider recommending they also apply to systems engineering/general engineering positions as opposed to only aerospace positions. Having any practical engineering experience will help them be more competitive in the future.

• Research
• Professor Spearrin – Rocket Engines
• Professor Davoyan – spacecrafts
• Professor Sepulveda – strength of materials

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• Freshmen
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• BMES, MedLife, UCLA Bruin Pre-Med Community, VRC (Hospital Volunteering), ISPE
• Job Search
• BioFutures: Startup companies pairing with interns; put in resume and fill out applicationBioTech Company Database lists thousands of potential companies to apply to

• Companies: MedDevice, Abbott, Amgen, Moderna, Pfizer, Intuitive Surgical, Zimmer Biomet, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Stryker, Baylis, GE

• Research
• https://www.bioeng.ucla.edu/opportunities/

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• No Specific Option
• Biomolecular Option
• Biomedical Engineering Option
• Environmental Option
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Option
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• AIChE, ISPE, BES
• Job Search
• Honeywell
• Ecolab Technical Sales
• Marathon – does not accept international
• Chevron – does not accept international
• Phillips 66 – does not accept international
• Takeda – Biomolecular
• Amgen – Biomolecular
• PepsiCo- CPG
• Gilead – Biomolecular
• Fluor – Engineering Consulting
• Proctor and Gamble- CPG
• Unilever- CPG
• Genentech – Biomolecular
• Chevron
• Research
• Nanosystems Chemistry and Engineering Research (NanoCER)
• ICM – Professor Simonetti
• Eisler Lab – Solar Cells
• Li Lab – Solar Cells

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• Freshmen
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• ASCE (Career Fair), ITE, EWB at UCLA, EERI_SEAOSC
• Job Search
• General cycle- Consulting companies hire almost exclusively in fall, design firms in fall and winter, and construction management hire all the way through spring
• Industries:
• Construction Management:

AECOM, Blach Construction Company, BNBuilders, BuildGroup, CBG Building Company, CDM Smith, Clark Construction, Condon-Johnson & Associates, Del Amo Construction, DMZ Builders, DPR Construction, Granite Construction, HNTB, Millie and Severson, Morley Builders, Myers & Sons Construction, Pankow Builders, PCL Construction, Shimmick Construction, Stacy and Witbeck, Storie and Severson Construction, Swinerton, Truebeck Construction, The Walsh Group, W.E. O’Neil, Webcor Builders, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

• Structural Engineering:

AECOM, Condon-Johnson & Associates, DCI Engineers, Holmes U.S., KPFF, Labib Funk & Associates, Reid Middleton, Saiful Bouquet, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Structural Focus, Thornton Tomasetti, T&S Structural, Walter P Moore, WSP

• Surveying:

BKF Engineers, Reid Middleton

• Environmental Engineering:

AECOM, CDM Smith, Geosyntec Consultants, HDR, Kimley-Horn, Kleinfelder, LADWP, Langan Engineering, LA Sanitation & Environment, Woodard & Curran, WSP

• General Civil:

AECOM, BKF Engineers, CDM Smith, City of Los Angeles-Bureau of Engineering, Condon-Johnson & Associates, DCI Engineers, Geosyntec Consultants, HDR, HNTB, Kennedy Jenks, Kimley-Horn, Labib Funk & Associates, Langan Engineering, Los Angeles County Public Works, Mott MacDonald, Reid Middleton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WSP

• Geotechnical Engineering:

AECOM, Condon-Johnson & Associates, Geosyntec Consultants, Keller North America Inc.

• Transportation Engineering:

AECOM, BKF Engineers, CDM Smith, Gannett Fleming, HNTB, KPFF, Mott MacDonald, Myers & Sons Construction, Shimmick Construction, Stacy and Witbeck, WSP

• Water Resources Engineering:

AECOM, CDM Smith, Craftwater, Gannett Fleming, Geosyntec Consultants, Kennedy Jenks, LADWP, Mott MacDonald, Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation, Shimmick Construction, Woodard & Curran, WSP

• Consulting:

• Big 4: Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG
• MBB: McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group

• Pathways student intern (UCLA Career Center)

• Research
• https://www.cee.ucla.edu/research-areas/ List of research areas & professors

Academics

• Sci-Tech (CS Majors only)
• Can petition Learning Assistant credit for 2 quarters in place of a CS elective
• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• CS Freshmen
• CS Transfers
• CSE Freshmen
• CSE Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• Technical Experience: Blueprint, DevX, ACM, Creative Labs, Nova
• Technical Interview: GDSC
• Networking: UPE
• Job Search
• Emphasize that it is very uncommon that freshmen get internships: Focus on building a resume with on-campus involvements (e.g. Daily Bruin internship, Creative Labs, DevX, etc.)
• Technical Interview prep: Leetcode (Blind 75), Hacker Rank (most OAs), Neetcode
• Websites
• Glassdoor: find commonly asked questions
• Levels.fyi: Internship list
• Pitt CSC Internship List
• Companies:

• High-Chance: Northop-Grumman (behavioral only)

• Known Companies: Apple (recruits by team), Microsoft, Google, HP, Meta, LinkedIn, Stripe, Spotify, Discord, DoorDash,

• Startups:

• Other: Keysight Technologies, Roblox,

• Research
• List of Research Labs

Academics

• Comparison to CS/CSE
• Sample Course Plans
• Freshmen
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• Bruin Space, UPE, Bruin Racing (CAD)
• Job Search
• Research
• Research Opportunities, available positions list, ECE resources

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• Freshmen
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• IEEE, Bruin Racing, Bruin Home Solutions (EV Conversion), Eta Kappa Nu (Honor Society), WATT (Women)
• Job Search
• Research (similar to CE)
• Research Opportunities, available positions list, ECE resources

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• Straight Option
• Electronic Option
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• MRS (Research Opportunities), ASCE
• Job Search
• Interview Questions
• Resume Example
• Two approaches: Apply for MSE internships in multiple industries or focus on one industry to apply to and tailor your application for that
• Companies: SpaceX, Honeywell, Raytheon, Boeing, Chevron, Tesla, Qualcomm, Ford, Toyota, Lockheed Martin, GE appliances, GE Aviation, Intel, Steel Dynamics, Disney, government (army/navy research labs), P&G (hires freshman!), Corning, Nike
• Research
• Research Labs, Faculty Research areas

Academics

• Requirements
• Sample Course Plans
• Freshmen
• Transfers

Resources

• Clubs
• DBF, Bruin Space, ASME, Engineer without Borders
• Competitions/Experience: Bruin Racing, Solar Decathlon (Bruin Builders)
• Job Search
• Tesla (Summer + Off cycle), NASA, Johnson & Johnson, Arup, Ford, Disney (attractions), GE, John Deere, Lockheed Martin, HP, Boeing
• Research
• Research Areas, List of labs, UCLA MAE site (may not be updated consistently)

ETC Links

• Etransfer101 website + resources
• ETC weekly newsletter
• Wes drop in advising
• Transfer specific workshop calendar/schedule