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A mother’s medtech inspiration
Michelle Khine’s latest medtech startup was inspired by one of the scariest moments of her life. In 2018, Khine, a UCI biomedical engineering professor and entrepreneur, was watching her newborn baby being treated for a collapsed lung when she noticed that doctors weren’t monitoring his breathing. As she soon discovered, respiration has long been a neglected vital sign. State-of-the-art monitors are often bulky and can be inaccurate. “I went back and told my students: ‘This is ridiculous!’” she recalls.
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About
The growth of biomedical engineering at UCI has been rapid, beginning with the formation of the Center for Biomedical Engineering in 1998. The center was funded by a generous $3-million development award from the Whitaker Foundation. In 2002, three major milestones were achieved including the formation of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, two undergraduate degree programs, and the expansion of the graduate program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering.
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After a year of lobbying, Johnson backs fossil fuel bill over green objections
“The thing that we must realize is that actually achieving a zero emissions goal is a little more complicated than the popular thinking understands,” said Jack Brouwer, director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine. Read More
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Alumni
Welcome and Zot Zot Zot, CEE Alumni!
We are proud to say there are over 3,000 CEE Anteater Alumni representing the UCI Community around the globe.CEE strives to foster continuous intellectual engagement beyond your educational experience at UCI. Our mission is to nurture a lifelong, professional partnership that will compel alumni interaction with CEE faculty, staff and current students.
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Advanced Casting Research Center opens new metal process facility
The Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) unveiled its new state-of-the-art metal processing lab at University of California-Irvine on March 3. Researchers, professors, and leading metallurgists from around the country gathered for the grand opening event. Read More
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As water shortages intensify Iran’s heat wave, authorities shift blame
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Analyzing a Sample
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Advancing Nanotechnology
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Asm. Petrie-Norris Asks Governor to Sign Sea-Level Rise Bill
Two UC Irvine scientists, Dr. Kathleen Treseder and Dr. Brett Sanders, spoke at the event about the need for the bill (click here for our recent story on Treseder’s research on the link between climate change and Valley fever; click here for our extensive look at how sea-level rise will affect Orange County’s coastline, which relied heavily on Sanders’s research).
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Affiliated Faculty
Shane Ardo, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: inorganic and organometallic, physical chemistry and chemical physics, polymer, materials, nanoscience
Email: ardo@uci.edu
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