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Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary degree-granting program engaging faculty from departments in both engineering and the physical sciences, and managed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Educational Mission of the Biomedical Engineering Program
Program Educational Objectives:
- Provide students with a solid foundation and training in the fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering;
- Provide a broad background in engineering sciences and their application to biomedical problems through design and problem-based learning;
- Provide opportunities for teamwork, clinical and industrial rotations, independent research, open-ended problem solving, critical thinking, and lifelong learning; and
- Prepare students for a career in the biomedical engineering industry or graduate school.
Program Outcomes for undergraduate students in Biomedical Engineering:
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Environmental Engineering Graduate Program
Environmental Engineering addresses the development of strategies to control anthropogenic emissions of pollutants to the atmosphere, waterways, and terrestrial environment; the remediation of polluted natural systems; the design of technologies to treat waste; fire safety; noise suppression; energy efficiency; and the evaluation of contaminant fate in urban environments. Environmental engineering issues are now an important component in the development of many engineering technologies and consequently are an important aspect of an engineering education. The discipline itself is interdisciplinary and requires a curriculum that provides students with an understanding of fundamentals in air- and water-quality sciences, contaminant fate and transport, and design concepts for pollutant emission control and treatment. To avoid the development of environmental engineering solutions which only transform one form of pollution to another, modern engineering education programs must require exposure and familiarity with a greater number of subjects than ever before. -
Electronic/Mech/Biomed; Software Engineer
Summer Intern (Unpaid)
Deadline: N/A
The candidate will work with an interdisciplinary team to develop a Portable Pathogen Analysis System (PPAS). The project is supported by Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation and is a joint effort between Caltech (Prof. Michael Hoffmann’s group) and UCI (Prof. Sunny Jiang’s group & Prof. Marc Madou’s group). The position will focus on hardware/software design and optimization.
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Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
The challenge for electric vehicles is the two sides of the battery — the anode and the cathode — have chemical reactions that are slowed during extremely cold temperatures. That affects both the charging and the discharging of the battery, said Jack Brouwer, director of the Clean Energy Institute and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. “It ends up being very difficult to make battery electric vehicles work in very cold conditions,” Mr. Brouwer said. “You cannot charge a battery as fast or discharge a battery as fast if it’s cold.
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Engineering Innovation
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Experts concerned with increased beach erosion in wake of Hurricane Kay
"We saw around five feet of vertical displacement of the sand," said UC Irvine Engineering Professor Brett Sanders. "That means that walkways down to the beach aren't accessible." Sanders says that the tropical storm isn't the only factor that contributed to the erosion, noting that Friday night brought a rare series of events unlike any California has seen in recent history. Read More
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Electrical Engineering
M.S. Program information:
Electrical Engineering (EE) Concentration
Two plans are offered for the M.S. degree: a thesis option and a comprehensive examination option. For either option, students are required to develop a complete program of study with advice from their faculty advisor. The graduate advisor must approve the study plan. Part-time study toward the M.S. degree is available. The program of study must be completed within four calendar years from first enrollment.