Computing Support
Engineering Computing Support oversees general computing for the School of Engineering, as well as the Dean's Office. The Computing Support offices are located in Suite 120 of the Engineering and Computing Trailer (building #317).
Engineering Computing Support oversees general computing for the School of Engineering, as well as the Dean's Office. The Computing Support offices are located in Suite 120 of the Engineering and Computing Trailer (building #317).
Monday, May 15
Conference: 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Theme: Engineering in Medicine, co-sponsored by UC Irvine’s
Student Poster Session and Awards Banquet Immediately Following
A year ago, researchers at UC Irvine issued a report on Southern California wildfire trends that concluded what any non-scientist, long-time resident already knew – there have been a lot more wildfires in the region during this century. … “Each new year of the 21st century has been a record-breaker in terms of wildfire damage in California,” said report co-author Tirtha Banerjee, an [assistant] professor of civil & environmental engineering at UCI. [Subscription required, campus-wide access provided by UCI Libraries.
But it will take several seasons at 120% to 200% the normal rain and snowfall to eliminate drought in the West, according to experts. A tough feat, considering the anthropogenic -- or human-induced -- warming many states in the West, including California and Nevada, are experiencing, Amir AghaKouchak, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who specializes in hydrological extremes and drought monitoring, told ABC News. Drought has "many dimensions," and climate change is expected to alter the relationship between drought and flooding in the West, AghaKouchak said.
Some development has resulted in artificially broad beaches, according to Brett Sanders, professor of civil and environmental engineering, urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine. “The construction of Dana Point Harbor in the 1960s and the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in the 1960s and ’70s contributed to beach widening from Doheny through San Onofre beaches — where beach sand is now vanishing,” he wrote in the Los Angeles Times.