Engineering

Squid-inspired ‘invisibility stickers' could help disguise soldiers, UCI's Gorodetsky says at ACS

Squid are the ultimate camouflage artists, blending almost flawlessly into the background so that unsuspecting prey can’t detect them. Using a protein key to this process, UCI researchers have designed “invisibility stickers” that could one day help soldiers disguise themselves, even when sought by enemies with tough-to-fool infrared cameras. Assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials […]

Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, UCI-led study finds

Researchers urge greater control of resultant erosion in future scenarios

UCI gets $2 million from Keck Foundation for photonic microscope

The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded $2 million to UC Irvine to develop a photonic “magnetic nanoprobe,” a microscope able to amplify, detect and possibly manipulate the extremely weak optical-frequency magnetic fields in matter.

Erasing violence

Allied against abuse

Interdisciplinary Center on Family Violence brings together community partners, faculty from 20 UCI departments to address multifaceted issue

Small drains mean big problems at ‘baby beaches'

Dry-weather ‘urban slobber’ runoff is a major pollution culprit, UCI finds

New faculty members

Fresh influx of faculty

School of Medicine claims 14 of 77 new hires

Douglas Thorpe

The king of drones

Douglas Thorpe ’82 has spent decades developing unmanned aerial vehicles for all kinds of uses

Squid conducting electricity

Exploring technology of squid skin

Protein called reflectin could be used to improve performance of biomedical devices

Walkabout for water

Twelve UC undergrads go Down Under to study Aussie approaches to drought, conservation and resource management

UCI engineering dean attends White House Makers Faire

Event provides inspiration for turning student and community ideas into prototypes