Engineering

UCI researchers pioneer technique permitting unprecedented peek inside neurons at activity of ion channels

Timothy Rupert, assistant professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering, has been awarded an Early Career Research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

UCI grad students are investigating ways to make earthquakes less destructive

A UC Irvine research team will receive up to $5 million over five years in federal support to further develop a bloodstream infection detection system that speeds up diagnosis times with unprecedented accuracy – allowing physicians to treat patients with potentially deadly ailments more promptly and effectively.

I was an engineering student in the 1960s and recall doing my homework calculations by hand, occasionally relying on my trusty slide rule for more complicated assignments. (The pocket calculator didn’t exist yet.) When I graduated in 1969, it was still 12 years before the introduction of the first primitive PC – so, of course, […]

Top researchers, public officials and policymakers converge at UCI to discuss extreme water shortages and how to handle them

With a $2.8 million grant, UCI assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science Alon Gorodetsky and colleagues are working with Under Armour to create a fabric based on the adaptive principles of squid skin that will enable wearers to regulate their own temperature.

Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic director Bruce Tromberg has received the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award from The Optical Society. One of 15 prestigious awards bestowed by the society in 2015, it recognizes individuals for their innovative and influential contributions to the field of biophotonics. A UCI professor of surgery and biomedical engineering who runs […]

He cites innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence

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 […]