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The American Meteorological Society has awarded Efi Foufoula-Georgiou the 2017 Hydrologic Sciences Medal for “her pioneering contributions to the science of hydrometeorology and for visionary and sustained leadership in advancing interdisciplinary hydrologic research.” A UCI Distinguished Professor of civil & environmental engineering, Foufoula-Georgiou is considered one of the world’s leading hydrologists and water resources engineers. Her research focuses […]

UCI opens its classrooms to the largest-ever incoming class of freshmen, transfer students

UCI students prepare their entry for Hyperloop capsule contest

Ultimate goal of research is to turn waste heat into electricity

­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. […]

NSF exec brings diverse background in federal and academic positions

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 […]

Newly minted Anteater alumni ready to take on the world

UCI competition challenges students to design machines that can search for disaster victims

Undergraduate event showcases a robotic coat, Italian singing techniques, snakebite cures, invisibility stickers and hundreds of other student projects