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The powerful punch of mantis shrimp...

October 14, 2026

Mantis shrimp have one of the most powerful punches on the planet. That’s why David Kisailus, UC Irvine professor of materials science and engineering, has spent more than a decade studying the clubs of these small, but mighty creatures.

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Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi (right), UC Irvine professor of civil and environmental engineering, here with co-principal investigator Russ Detwiler

Department of Energy selects UC Irvine-led,...

October 8, 2026

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has selected a geothermal energy project led by engineers at the University of California, Irvine to move forward to a second phase that will span three years.

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Attendees of the UCI Engineering + Society on AI (Proper AI) Symposium

AI Experts Showcase Research at UCI...

October 5, 2026

Creating a digital twin of a beloved father, personalizing physical rehabilitation devices, and monitoring the impact and safety of artificial intelligence were among the topics discussed at the inaugural UC Irvine Engineering+ Society Institute on AI (Proper AI) Symposium on Sept. 29, 2026.

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The UCI UAV Forge team at the RoboNation Student Unmanned Aerials Systems (SUAS) competition

UCI UAV Forge Drone Team Places First...

September 30, 2026

UC Irvine’s UAV Forge team placed first in the U.S. for the second year in a row for mission demonstration at the RoboNation Student Unmanned Aerials Systems (SUAS) competition. Eleven members of the team traveled to Tulsa, Okahoma to compete in the SUAS competition from September 14 to 17, where they also placed sixth globally out of 64 teams.

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Students and postdocs presented posters during the UCLA-UCI Samueli Engineering Workshop on Trustworthy AI on Sept. 21 at the CalIT2 Auditorium on the UC Irvine Campus.

UCI and UCLA engineering schools launch...

September 29, 2026

Faculty, researchers and students from UC Irvine and UCLA gathered Monday, Sept. 21, at the CalIT2 Auditorium on the UCI campus for the first installment of the UCLA-UCI Samueli Engineering Workshop on Trustworthy AI.

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Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari welcomes students at the Dean's Welcome

UCI Engineering Welcomes Over 1,800...

September 28, 2026

Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari kicked off Welcome Week by welcoming hundreds of new students at Engineering Gateway on Sept. 22. He congratulated them on making it into one of the most competitive and largest classes to date.

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The neurogrid on a flower.

Curing disorders in the brain: Dion...

September 28, 2026

Imagine placing a neuroelectronic — a soft, transparent film with gold conductors — on a child’s brain and using it to cure that child of epilepsy.

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. Yu Otsuki and Blaine Christiansen join the UCI Engineering faculty for the 2026-27 academic year.

Two innovative researchers join UCI...

September 28, 2026

The UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering — consistently ranked among the nation's top public engineering programs and home to members of the National Academies of Engineering, Science, and Medicine — welcomes two faculty members to its ranks for the 2025-26 academic year.

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Efi Foufoula-Georgiou elected to the...

September 24, 2026

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering and Samueli Endowed Chair in engineering at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected an international fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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In the latest U.S. News rankings, UC Irvine also placed 16th in Best Colleges for Veterans and 50th among Most Innovative Schools, underscoring a breadth of strength that extends well beyond a single headline ranking. Steve Zylius / UC Irvine

UC Irvine places eighth among nation's...

September 22, 2026

For the 12th year running, the University of California, Irvine has landed among the top 10 public universities in the country, placing eighth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 list of “Best Colleges” – its highest public-university ranking in over a decade.

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