In the Zotlight
Samueli School faculty, staff, and students are frequently recognized with honors of distinction. We are pleased to announce and congratulate the following noteworthy achievements.
Samueli School faculty, staff, and students are frequently recognized with honors of distinction. We are pleased to announce and congratulate the following noteworthy achievements.
At the moment, companies around the world are scrambling to build ventilators quickly, including Virgin Orbit, a firm backed by billionaire Richard Branson which usually manufactures rockets. Virgin Orbit, however, is building a simple version of the machine. “This one is going to basically be for all the patients who need a ventilator but do not need a top-line ventilator. That will free up all these top-line ventilators for the sickest of the sick,” said Dr.
Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) Fellowship provides funding for eligible Ph.D. students, postdoc researchers, or visiting researchers at UCI. Currently, 10 slots are available for admitted Ph.D. students and 5 slots are available for visiting students in Engineering.
Funding: For Ph.D. students, CSC will cover in-state tuition and NRST as well as $1,900 per month for the first 24 months.
For almost a decade, chemical engineers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, have been working on materials that are either derived or inspired by squids, octopus, and cuttlefish.
Humans have not been able to make themselves seem invisible yet, but our species just got closer — at least in a petri dish.