Engineering

UC Irvine and UCLA members of Engineers Without Borders construct a house in Tijuana, Mexico.

Building better futures

Student volunteers with Engineers Without Borders aim to improve quality of life in underserved communities worldwide

Gold colored thin film on the wing of a butterfly which is on the end of a human finger.

UC Irvine, Columbia University researchers invent soft, bioelectronic sensor implant

Device conforms to body’s tissues, allowing brain monitoring through development

A valve for the most vulnerable

‘Star’ Ph.D. student helps develop medical device for children with congenital heart defects

Scientists urged to pull the plug on ‘bathtub modeling’ of flood risk

UC Irvine and University of Bristol researchers recommend analysis of complex factors

UC Irvine researchers reveal superconductivity secrets of an iron-based material

Findings could spur advancements in quantum computing and electronics

UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

The UCI Podcast: Directing biomedical evolution

Chang Liu’s Science study outlines improvements to the gene evolution system his lab developed

Won awarded $6 million Department of Defense research grant

Multidisciplinary initiative to investigate thermal energy technologies

Distinguished visitors

Autonomous University of Hidalgo delegation visit strengthens institutions’ academic and research connections

An experimental bonfire

UC Irvine scientists track and analyze lofted embers that cause spot fires

Live field experiments in Sierra Nevada mountains are first of their kind

UC Irvine researchers discover atomic-level mechanism in polycrystalline materials

Findings could herald more efficient electronics, aerospace and automotive technologies