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Environmental Sustainability
The push for sustainable sources of energy sits at the forefront of the nation’s scientific and engineering priorities. From new and reliable processes for electricity and alternative fuels to critical water and waste management solutions, meeting the needs of a growing world population in an environmentally sustainable way is a major challenge. The Samueli School of Engineering is a world-recognized leader in green technologies, with engineers investigating a number of energy-related topics including combustion, fuel cells, alternative fuel sources, the smart grid and electric vehicles.
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Enrollment and Degrees Awarded
Enrollment
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Extreme rain heads for California’s burn scars, raising the risk of mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
Amir AghaKouchak, UCI professor of civil & environmental engineering and Earth system science writes, “I study cascading hazards like this, in which consecutive events lead to human disasters. Studies show climate change is raising the risk of multiple compound disasters, and it’s clear that communities and government agencies aren’t prepared.
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Engineering Innovation
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Extreme microbes survive the desert by dissolving rocks with acid
“How the heck could these organisms live in this extreme environment?” says David Kisailus, who led the work published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Kisailus, a materials scientist at the University of California Irvine fittingly likens the water extraction to “getting blood from a stone.”
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Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a concentration in Electrical Engineering and in Computer Engineering. Because most graduate courses are not repeated every quarter, students should make every effort to begin their graduate program in the fall.
Detailed descriptions of the two concentrations are as follows.