Brett Sanders, UCI engineering professor said, “We need to better map—and communicate—flood risks, accounting for all the factors that could trigger flooding, including rainfall, streamflow, high tides and waves along the coast, and infrastructure failures. We should also talk about pre-disaster planning for post-disaster action. Do cities have a restoration plan for the day after the flood—one that aligns with community values and aspirations?
Building creative collaborations among students and faculty within the Samueli School of Engineering is essential for generating new insights that drive key partnerships and innovations. So is developing multidisciplinary research studies and programs that bring different paradigms together. Both approaches actively advance the school’s strategic vision of boldly confronting society’s most pressing challenges and creating new opportunities to improve lives. In the Samueli School of Engineering, we call this inclusive concept Engineering Plus, or simply “e+.”
Microscale spherical structures with embedded electrodes prior to wafer-level glassblowing process.
Photo by: Alexander Trusov
A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine analyzed data from 9,000 weather stations around the world and determined the global temperature has increased by 0.19 degrees Celsius each decade for the last 50 years. They also noted that the increase was even more pronounced in the last 30 years — a 0.25 degree-increase each between 1986 and 2015.
