Science & Technology

Tirtha Banerjee, UCI assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering

Banerjee receives NSF funding to establish international ‘network of networks’ on wildfire research

Research will address the fundamental knowledge gaps in the science and engineering aspects of wildfires

UCI’s Pierre Baldi

Pierre Baldi has an idea about deep learning

And his latest book reveals its fundamental connections to neuroscience

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visits UCI

Demonstrations focused on workforce implications of developing more sustainable transportation infrastructure

John Tracy, Ph.D. ’87 standing in front of a plane.

Alum’s philanthropy helps others follow in his footsteps

Former Boeing executive John Tracy funds scholarship for underrepresented UCI students in STEM fields

Largescale wetlands construction seen as effective treatment for farm runoff

UCI, U. of Kansas and U. of Minnesota experts model Mississippi Basin water quality

Microsoft funds study on development of sustainable materials for use in electronics

Oladele Ogunseitan, Ph.D., University of California Presidential Chair and UCI professor of population health and disease prevention, and Julie Schoenung, Ph.D., UCI chair and professor of materials science and engineering, have been awarded a $200,000 research grant from Microsoft Corp. They are co-principal investigators on a project entitled “Sustainable Development of Materials in Printed Circuit […]

UCI researchers part of federally funded effort to boost broadband connectivity in rural US

UCI electrical engineering and computer science researchers are part of a rural wireless connectivity research project that recently received $8 million from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funds will help the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program establish a new facility in central Iowa dedicated to driving innovation and […]

Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, UCI study finds

Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability

Chancellor’s Professor of informatics Crista Lopes exhibits an OpenSimulator program she developed.

Beyond Zoom: Virtual reality classrooms

UCI informatics professor uses open-source app she helped design to create simulated learning environment

UCI researchers win funding to shed light on interactions between metabolism, immunity

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has named two UCI researchers as Allen Distinguished Investigators. Michelle Digman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Jennifer Prescher, professor of chemistry, were among 10 academic experts chosen this year to explore the relationship between metabolism and the human immune system. The UCI scientists were made co-principal investigators on […]