Microscale Spherical Structures
Microscale spherical structures with embedded electrodes prior to wafer-level glassblowing process.
Photo by: Alexander Trusov
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Menifee's 'microgrid' community offers energy self-sufficiency
"What a microgrid is, is the ability for a battery to operate, separate from a utility, a number of lots," said Scott Hansen, vice president of KB Homes Forward Planning and Land Development. "If you want to think of it like an island of power unto itself." … The idea started two years ago with a federal grant and joint partnership between University of California-Irvine, KB Homes, SoCal Edison and SunPower. "How do we provide reliability to our customers?
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Method turns urine into super valuable material
In a paper in Nature Communications, the researchers offer
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Miss Fountain Valley comes in third for Miss California title
Maaikee Pronda, the reigning Miss Fountain Valley, was crowned second runner-up at the Miss California competition in Fresno Friday. … At age 20, Pronda earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering at UC Irvine .… She graduated magna cum laude from both Fountain Valley High School and UC Irvine. At UCI, she was president of the Engineering Student Council and initiated “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” which partnered local companies with Girls Scouts and their parents during an interactive learning event.
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Microscopy reveals mantis shrimp’s shock-absorbing secrets
A team led by University of California, Irvine, materials scientist David Kisailus has analyzed the impact-resistant coating on the shrimp’s dactyl club. Using transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy the researchers made a 3D map of the club’s surface layer.
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Manufacturing a Blade Traffic Sensor
Manufacturing a blade traffic sensor in the Traffic Lab at UC Irvine
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty are internationally recognized experts and scholars in diverse research areas: Biomechanical Engineering; Design and Manufacturing; Dynamics, Controls and Robotics; Energy and Environment; Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics; Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials; Microsystems and Nanomaterials; and Power and Propulsion.
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Multiaxis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
Multiaxis inertial measurement unit (IMU) created using a folded MEMS approach. The technology is expected to enable miniature systems for high-performance inertial navigation and guidance. Photo by: Alexander Trusov -
Master of Embedded/Cyber-Physical Systems
As cyber-physical systems grow in scale, complexity and integration levels, there is a need to move toward a science of embedded systems, addressing the foundational aspects of design. Now that engineers have a better understanding of the basics of embedded systems, it is equally important to branch out to the application of such systems. This requires addressing domain-specific issues and the scale-up in complexity introduced by what is referred to today as cyber-physical systems. They are systems-of-systems that tightly couple their cyber (i.e.