In a national first, UCI injects renewable hydrogen into campus power supply
Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy
Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy
Dalai Lama Scholar Andrew Hallak leads project to leverage UCI sustainability efforts
$825,000 in funding will help advance his solar-powered desalination innovation
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 […]
Energy, transportation scores make campus highest-ranked comprehensive university
Half a billion dollars in grants and giving reflects growing support for campus vision
Ultimate goal of research is to turn waste heat into electricity
Millions of tons of plastic bottles, bags and other trash littering the oceans and clogging landfills could be turned into reusable fuel, thanks to research by the University of California, Irvine and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. UCI chemist Zhibin Guan is among those who have figured out how to dissolve the strong bonds of polyethylene […]
EVENT: Global Food Summit: Sustainable Solutions is the second of a two-part Global Food Security conference held at University of California, Irvine. Internationally renowned food security leaders, practitioners and academics will address critical topics, ranging from global efforts to improve agriculture to the promise of technological advances. For full list of events, go to: http://blumcenter.uci.edu/gfs/ WHEN/WHERE: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. […]
Eye-popping Earth Week exhibit shows how far campus is from zero-waste goal