Environmental Engineering
Welcome to the Environmental Engineering graduate concentration at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering. This school-wide graduate program leads to an M.S. degree or Ph.D.
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Experts say weather helped California avoid dangerous wildfires in 2022
"We are keeping most fires pretty small in size, not using lots of resources," said Tirtha Banerjee, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Banerjee studies wildfires and the prescribed burning of forests at the University of California, Irvine. Read More
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Engineers Week Features Community Lecture On AI And Engineering By Pramod Khargonekar Feb. 19
The community is invited to celebrate Engineers Week with a public lecture by Pramod Khargonekar of the University of California, Irvine, on Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. Khargonekar, the vice chancellor for research and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will present “Future of Work and Workers in the AI Era.” Read More
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E-Newsletter
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Extreme Drought Could Shut Down a Hydroelectric Power Plant In California
The possibility that drought would alter the Golden State’s hydropower capacity is not wholly new; in 2018, researchers at the University of California Irvine published a paper predicting that long-term drought would reduce the state’s hydro system’s spinning reserve (its unused, backup energy capacity to be used during periods of high strain) by 41 percent by 2046.
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Estancia High engineering team builds a better car, wins Energy Invitational
Started in 1998 by Michael McCarthy, a mechanical and aerospace engineering [Distinguished] professor at UC Irvine, the Energy Invitational began as a college competition but later expanded to include high school entrants.
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Embroidered Patches Make Self-Powered Wearables Easier
Most recently, we covered a prototype battery-free wearable that measures vital signs in real-time developed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Read More