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Air Force Grants UC Irvine Engineers Funding To Study Exoskeletons Of Special Beetles
A team led by researchers at UC Irvine has won a $904,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a four-year project to uncover the multiscale architectural features and functions of the exoskeletons of two beetle species.
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Apodaca: Recognizing Orange County warriors in the fight against climate change
Take Brett Sanders, a professor of civil and environmental engineering. Sanders is an expert in water, specifically flooding and erosion. One of the projects his team at UCI has been working on is to develop new models to estimate how well infrastructure can withstand compounding hazards of successive fire and flooding events — crucial information given the increasing size and recurrence of such calamities.
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An Orange County coastal town grapples with losing its beach
The shoreline from San Clemente to Dana Point is a microcosm of what issues can arise when the beach disappears from a “beach town” – and how much is at stake for coastal communities when their sand disappears.
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After months of delays and decades of waiting, fluffy sand is being delivered in San Clemente
UC Irvine Civil Engineering Professor Brett Sanders, who researches the region’s sand erosion trends and troubles [said], “It will spread out across the coast,” explained Sanders, whose team has measured the coastline and studies wave action that moves sediment. “There will be times it gets pulled offshore. When there’s milder waves, it tends to push it back on shore.
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Affiliated Faculty
Carter Butts, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
Research Interests: mathematical sociology, social networks, quantitative methodology, human judgment and decision making, economic sociology
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Announcing the 2021 Blavatnik Regional Awards Winners and Finalists
Honoring outstanding postdoctoral scientists from academic research institutions across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences announced the three Winners and six Finalists of the 2021 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists. … The followi
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AghaKouchak, Artemyev, Fischer, Macdonald, and van Sebille Receive 2019 James B. Macelwane Medals
“[UCI Professor] Amir AghaKouchak, has achieved an extraordinary international standing through fundamental contributions at an early stage of his career and has been very proactive in service and outreach and in promoting diversity and inclusive excellence. In just a few years, he has earned the respect and admiration of his peers, and he will continue his leadership role in the field in the future.”
—Isabella Velicogna, University of California, Irvine
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Additional Program Information
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TA Applications now available as a Microsoft Word document. [Download Word document]
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An Esp32-Based Potentiostat
Ever wanted to make your own wireless chemical sensor? Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) have got you covered with their ESP32-based potentiostat. … Potentiostats are instruments that analyze the electrical properties of an electroactive chemical cell. Read More
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The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Irvine is committed to delivering strong and knowledgeable administrative expertise with superior customer service to faculty, staff, students, researchers, department friends, and community. As such, we are proud to provide support in various areas, to include Facilities and other Administrative Operations services at the Department level. Viviana Saadalla is the Administrative Officer who oversees the following areas in MSE @ UCI:
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Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
Amir AghaKouchak, UCI professor of civil & environmental engineering and others write, “More than 7,000 miles away, Iran is grappling with water problems that are similar to the U.S.
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