Engineering

Gregory Washington knows the mechanics of staying cool under pressure.

UCI invents way to turn sewage into hydrogen power.

New Calit2 division uses technology to put patients in control of their health.

Rebekah Gladson draws on her experience as UCI campus architect to build an orphanage in India. For her, the comparatively small project has offered big challenges — and even greater rewards by sheltering and educating street children.

Engineers Without Borders takes students far beyond the classroom to assist communities in developing countries. The UCI chapter has been working to bring safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to a remote Kenyan village.

While spent nuclear fuel continues to pile up by the ton across the United States, engineering professor Mikael Nilsson says the solution is clear: recycle it at the commercial nuclear power plants that create it.

Awards presented by UCI Alumni Association at May 12 ceremony.

Granddaughter of famed undersea explorer will receive Human Security Award for work on global water issues.

Doctoral candidate gauges infrastructure vulnerability to natural disasters.

Undergraduate and tennis standout Kristina Smith comes from an extended family of UCI alumni that includes her grandmother Mary Myers, mother Maria Smith, nine aunts and uncles, and a cousin or two.