Rob Candler
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Research and Physical Resources
Joint appointment with California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
Joint appointment with Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Affiliated faculty with Department of Bioengineering
Faculty Director, Fast Track to Success Program (2020, 2022)
Biography
Rob N. Candler received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University in 2000, and he earned the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University as an NDSEG Fellow in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He was a research engineer from 2006-2007 and then a senior research engineer from 2007-2008 at the Bosch Research and Technology Center in Palo Alto, CA. During this time, he was also a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, where he taught a graduate level course on Sensors. He joined the faculty at UCLA in 2008, where he is currently a Professor and directs the UCLA Sensors and Technology Laboratory and was recently faculty director of the Fast Track to Success Program.
Hobbies
Besides soccer and home repair, I sometimes write articles about topics that I think are interesting and important. I started in graduate school writing about advice that I wish someone had told me. I followed that up with an article about getting a letter of recommendation. More recently, I wrote a short article about the role of women in developing the field of computer science after the end of the second World War.
Selected Honors
Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2020)
Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (2020)
Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (2019)
W. M. Keck Foundation Research Grant (2014)
National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2014)
Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award (2012)
Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (ARO YIP) (2012)
Telephone & E-mail
Address
UCLA Elec Comp Engr
Box 951594, 6731-H BH
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594