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 […]
Coming El Nino could gently replenish overstressed aquifers in parched state – or it might ravage vulnerable infrastructure
In the spirit of UCI’s forward-thinking founders, campus researchers see beyond the present to create a brilliant future
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, […]
Results suggest greater emphasis on managing slumber habits of people with AD risk
Rain barrels, absorbent roofs, permeable pavement could help reduce waste
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 […]
UCI brain-computer interface enables paraplegic man to take historic steps
UCI graduate student manages unique construction challenge: the Team Orange County entry in the 2015 Solar Decathlon
Grant supports Chang Liu’s work to engineer a synthetic genetic system