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Engineer? Cancer expert? Physicist? They’re coronavirus researchers now
Sunny Jiang, a UC Irvine environmental engineer, usually studies wastewater recycling methods and monitors coastal contamination. Now she’s examining the extent to which the coronavirus can be transmitted through aerosols. ... “You need diverse minds to look at this problem,” she said.
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Electric generators will fill a critical role in developing hydrogen in the LA area, analysis finds
Analysis from the University of California, Irvine, concluded that green hydrogen could provide about 20% of the emissions reductions needed for Los Angeles to comply with federal smog standards ….
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Engineering Hall
Engineering Hall, the newest engineering building on the UC Irvine campus, was officially dedicated on Oct. 29, 2009, and primarily houses the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and photonic laboratories for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, offices for faculty and students, administrative offices, and a spacious 350-seat auditorium and lecture facility. -
Eyewitness Newsmakers: How to harness stormwater and the concerning 100-year flood assessment
In this edition of Eyewitness Newsmakers with Marc Brown, Brett Sanders, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Irvine, laid out a worrying scenario. He and his team mapped a 100-year flood scenario for our region. They discovered our network of flood control channels may not be up to the task, which could mean water may spill over the channel banks or banks could collapse, sending water into areas where millions of people live.