Making badminton his business

UCI student Phillip Chew’s Olympic Games debut is also a U.S. first

Guzman, Buenviaje, Guerrero and mechanical engineering senior Madelyn Sando (from left) fit an air tank into the pod.

Pod people

UCI students prepare their entry for Hyperloop capsule contest

Jaeho Lee

UCI engineer creates new technique for testing nanomaterials

Ultimate goal of research is to turn waste heat into electricity

Gregory Washington

Engineering dean appointed to second term

­Gregory Washington has been appointed to a second five-year term as the Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, effective July 1. He joined The Henry Samueli School of Engineering as dean in 2011 and has overseen a number of noteworthy accomplishments. Undergraduate enrollment has increased by 19 percent, while graduate enrollment has increased by 21 percent. […]

Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel

Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic

UCI appoints Pramod Khargonekar vice chancellor for research

NSF exec brings diverse background in federal and academic positions

UCI and Kia Motors study electric vehicles, power grids

Kia Motors of America is providing six electric cars to University of California, Irvine’s Advanced Power and Energy Program as part of an initiative to study the role of auto batteries in advanced electrical grids. “The rapidly evolving coupling of vehicles and the electric grid requires planning based on informed decisions supported by the market-based, systems analyses […]

Will you cast a presidential ballot on Nov. 8?

UCI-led study finds questions highly effective in influencing behavior

Making sense of microbiomes

UCI biochemist studies the effect of unique virus, bacteria and fungi on kids’ health

Better batteries through chemistry

UCI breakthrough may extend the life of computers, smartphones and appliances