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Research Centers, Institutes & Facilities
The Samueli School of Engineering is at the forefront of interdisciplinary engineering research and technology, and is home to and affiliated with more than a dozen research centers and experimental facilities.
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Research
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND FACULTY
Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos: Environmental Engineering, fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, acoustically enhanced remidiation of auquifers contaminated with multicomponent nonaqueous phase liquids, virus transport in saturated as well as unsaturated porus and fractured media, polydisperse colloid transport in fractured media, and reactive contaminant/colloid co-transport in the subsurface.
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Researchers create tiny ‘beyond 5G’ chip for 100GHz data transmission
“We call our chip ‘beyond 5G’ because the combined speed and data rate that we can achieve is two orders of magnitude higher than the capability of the new wireless standard,” explained UCI electrical engineering and computer science professor Payam Heydari. “[O]perating in a higher frequency means that you and I and everyone else can be given a bigger chunk of the bandwidth offered by carriers.” Hossein Mohammadnezhad, lead author of the academic paper announcing the project, says that the “new transceiver is the first to provide end-to-end capabilities in this part of the spectrum.”
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Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS
Signals from SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites can be used to pinpoint locations on Earth to within eight meters of accuracy, engineering researchers reported in a new peer-reviewed paper. … The research was conducted by [Zak] Kassas along with Joe Khalife (a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Irvine) and Mohammad Neinavaie (a Ph.D. student at UC Irvine). Kassas is also a UC Irvine [assistant] professor and director of the Autonomous Systems Perception, Intelligence, and Navigation (ASPIN) Laboratory, while Khalife and Neinavaie are members of the lab.
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Report from Maker Faire: Wrist Band Takes Blood Pressure
Taking blood pressure, a routine task in clinics, gives a one-time snapshot of an individual’s condition, but people who need frequent monitoring of blood pressure must return continuously to the clinic or take their blood pressure at home. In addition, devices that measure blood pressure, known as blood pressure cuffs, can be uncomfortable for some individuals. Two engineering students invented a device that makes possible continuous blood pressure monitoring.