A $4 million request for federal funding has been made to help the Orange County Transportation Authority with a study on relocating coastal sections of a key rail line further inland …. There is also new task force being created that will bring the scientific community together with lawmakers …. The group will be chaired by Brett Sanders, professor of civil and environmental engineering at  UC Irvine, to coordinate local, state and federal efforts to plan for long-term solutions.

“With fuel cells, you can size the energy conversion device — the fuel-cell stack — to meet the power demands and simply size the hydrogen storage to be appropriate for the amount of energy you need,” said Jack Brouwer, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and associate director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center and Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine.

Chin C. Lee, [Professor Emeritus, engineering], University of California, Irvine, “For contributions to new silver alloys, new bonding methods, flip-chip interconnect, and education for electronics packaging.” Read More

The havoc caused by typhoons depends on how long they linger over land, one expert told Reuters, citing the example of Tropical Storm Rumbia in 2018. "Despite its moderate intensity, (Rumbia) had an exceptionally long lifespan, lasting a total of 132 hours, with over three days spent over mainland China," said climatologist Shao Sun, [visiting associate researcher, civil & environmental engineering], of the University of California, Irvine.