The Great Wall of Irvine

Bolstered by three 7-footers, the men’s basketball team sets its sights on a first-ever NCAA tournament bid

We did it!

UCI breaks world record for largest water-blaster battle in wet Welcome Week event

Fabricating the future

UCI is at the center of the next wave of advanced manufacturing at the Rapid Tech Center, and it shows as federal officials host a related workshop here.

Future of 3-D manufacturing unveiled at UCI prior to national conference

Lifesaving medical devices, fun toys and other 3-D printed products will be on display at UCI.

RapidTech printed products

Professor Michael Martinez

New RapidTech Center on campus helps researchers and entrepreneurs swiftly design and build product prototypes.

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte

Sorting cells, saving lives

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, UCI doctoral candidate in mechanical & aerospace engineering, won a fellowship to develop a cell-sorting device that will make blood and other tests quicker and cheaper.

Mary Amasia with her prototype anthrax detection system

Identifying a killer

Doctoral student Mary Amasia’s anthrax detection system permits a more rapid response to a deadly disease.

Marc Madou

Technology links distant classrooms

With video teleconferencing technology in UC Irvine’s Teaching, Learning & Technology Center, Marc Madou can teach engineering to students in Irvine and Mexico simultaneously.

A fractal created by Sterling 2

Advanced technology designed by nature

As hybrid-electric vehicles gain popularity, UCI scientists turn to nature to improve battery design.