OC Board of Education honors William Cooper for water project
William Cooper, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Urban Water Research Center at UC Irvine, has…
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Fighting the ocean’s plastic pollution
UC Irvine professor William Cooper follows the trail of plastic debris that’s spreading from the coast to the deep sea.
UC Irvine News Brief: Kenyan dignitary talks sustainable agriculture with UCI researchers
Parliament member Peter Mwathi met with William Cooper, director of UCI’s Urban Water Research Center, and visited the Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing and the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling.
Wastewater reuse key to drinking water
Creative use of sewage effluent and rainfall is critical to quenching global thirst, according to sweeping new review.
Trashing the ocean
On a clear spring day at Crystal Cove State Park, UC Irvine professor William Cooper and undergraduate Tova Handelman sift though a mound of seaweed and sand, oblivious to the curious stares of beachgoers. They’re too busy studying trash. “Look at all this plastic!” says Cooper, picking out a pellet no bigger than a grain […]
Tackling the looming water crisis
Population growth, climate variations and urbanization have the potential to cause chronic water shortages in a growing number of regions worldwide.
2021 Year in Review
2021 Year in Review For UCI, 2021 was a year of renewal and growth. The campus renewed its bustling self by welcoming all students, faculty, staff and visitors back to campus in September. Following safety protocols and requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, classmates and colleagues – who may have not been face-to-face, other than virtually, for 15 […]
UCI announces membership in consortium ensuring future of SlaveVoyages database
UCI has joined a newly formed consortium to ensure the preservation, stability and future development of the SlaveVoyages database, the single most widely used online resource for the study of the trans-Atlantic and intra-American slave trade. Previously hosted at Emory University, the database will now function as a cooperative academic collaboration through a contractual agreement […]
NSF grant supports UCI microfluidics research center
UCI’s Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics has received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for ongoing research into developing miniature devices that can perform biochemical analytical functions quickly and inexpensively. These chips have the potential to rapidly detect dangerous toxins in the blood, quickly screen hundreds of potential drugs, […]
Out of the shadows
UCI faculty bring hidden figures into the light for Black History Month