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Sneaky color-changing octopus inspires deception tech
Senior coauthor Alon Gorodetsky, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Irvine, [said], “For this project, we worked to mimic the octopus’ natural abilities with devices from unique materials we synthesized in our laboratory, and the result is an octopus-inspired deception and signaling system that is straightforward to fabricate, functions for a long time when operated continuously, and can even repair itself when damaged.” Read More
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SoCalGas Partners With UC Irvine To Design “Advanced Energy Community”
The integrated set of energy efficiency measures, smart grid technologies, renewable power generation and energy storage technologies that we will include in the Advanced Energy Community design will improve quality of life while reducing costs and emissions,” said Jack Brouwer, associate director of the Advanced Power and Energy Program of UCI.
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SWE Diverse Podcast: Domino Master’s Wonder Women Team
On this episode of Diverse, SWE President Rachel Morford sits down with two members of FOX’s Domino Master’s Wonder Women Team, Farah Bajwa and Brianne Martin. Listen as they talk about their experience on Domino Masters and the engineering knowledge and background they brought to the competition. … Farah Bajwa … received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Irvine. Her electro-mechanical engineering major was a custom major, as it wasn’t formally offered.
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Seminar Series
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Squid-inspired material keeps the heat – or loses it
[UCI] Assoc. Prof. Alon Gorodetsky, co-author of the paper [said] "Our invention could lead to clothing that adjusts to suit the comfort of each person indoors. This could result in potential savings of 30 to 40 percent on heating and air conditioning energy use."
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Syntr Health Raising $10M for Fat Processing Device
Syntr Health Technologies Inc., an Irvine micro fat processing startup based at University Lab Partners, at the UCI Research Park, is raising $10 million to hire a sales team and focus on marketing this year, in preparation for expanding in 2024. The company’s fat processing machine, the SyntrFuge System, yields injectables taken from patients’ own fat tissue that can be applied to various cosmetic procedures, from facial wrinkle reduction to breast cancer reconstructive surgery. … CEO Ahmed Zobi received his B.S.
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Spring 2015
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Sayenza Biosciences Aims For $3.5M Seed Round
Irvine-based medical equipment manufacturer Sayenza Biosciences is raising a $3.5 million seed round to complete product development of its automated fat and stem cell processor. … Prior to Sayenza, [CEO Derek] Banyard was the chief scientist at the Center for Tissue Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. It was during his time at UCI that he learned that fat possessed the same stem cells you’d find in bone marrow. He then partnered with two UCI professors at the time, Jered Haun and Alan Widgerow, to start Sayenza.
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Sea Spider Experiment
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Samueli School Monument
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Some dams might worsen flooding
Dams serve a variety of purposes, from energy generation to flood control. But new research in the journal Nature Communications concerning China's lower Yellow River suggests dams actually can raise flood risk by altering the makeup and structure of lowland riverbeds.
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Student Support
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Scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible beetle
The study, led by engineers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Purdue University found that the diabolical ironclad beetle’s strength lies in its two armour-like elytron that meet at a line, called a suture, running the length of the abdomen.