Engineering

UCI receives $700,000 EPA grant to study climate change, air quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded UCI $701,304 to study the impact of climate change on air quality. “This grant offers an exciting opportunity to learn about air pollution in the future from both state-of-the-art experiments and computer modeling techniques,” said Donald Dabdub, UCI professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering. “We know that both ammonia […]

UCI’s education, business and law programs gain ground in grad school rankings

U.S. News’ annual list also shows arts, engineering and medical research in top 50

UCI materials engineer wins Presidential Early Career Award

President Barack Obama has named UCI’s Alon Gorodetsky as one of 105 new recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers. Recognition of the assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science comes with a […]

UCI engineering students place in top 5 in SpaceX competition

UCI’s HyperXite team beat out nearly 100 others to finish fifth in the international Hyperloop Pod Design competition Jan. 29-30 at Texas A&M University. The Hyperloop is a concept first proposed by Elon Musk and SpaceX to design and build extreme high speed, energy-efficient transportation. University students and independent engineering teams competed in event, vying for the chance to […]

Be careful what you wish for

Coming El Nino could gently replenish overstressed aquifers in parched state – or it might ravage vulnerable infrastructure

Ahead of Their Time

In the spirit of UCI’s forward-thinking founders, campus researchers see beyond the present to create a brilliant future

UCI biotech startup places in systemwide competition

Laser Associated Sciences has received $50,000 for placing second in primeUC, a systemwide competition for early-stage companies involved in the development of innovative life science technologies. The competition was part of UC President Janet Napolitano’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to help startups affiliated with the university. Founded by UCI Beckman Laser Institute graduates Sean White, […]

UCI study finds jet lag-like sleep disruptions spur Alzheimer’s memory, learning loss

Results suggest greater emphasis on managing slumber habits of people with AD risk

UCI-led group suggests ways to better manage urban stormwater runoff

Rain barrels, absorbent roofs, permeable pavement could help reduce waste

Engineering professor elected to lead international computing society

Jean-Luc Gaudiot, UCI professor of electrical engineering & computer science at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, was recently voted 2016 president-elect of the IEEE Computer Society, an international organization dedicated to all aspects of modern computing technology. An IEEE fellow, Gaudiot will begin his term Jan. 1, 2016; he automatically will ascend to the […]