The Samueli School of Engineering is at the forefront of interdisciplinary engineering research and technology, and is home to and affiliated with more than a dozen research centers and experimental facilities.
Engineers at the University of California Irvine propose an e-textile “body area network” that can enable near-field communication (NFC) at larger ranges. “If you’ve held your smartphone or charge card close to a reader to pay for a purchase, you have taken advantage of near-field signaling technologies.
Taking blood pressure, a routine task in clinics, gives a one-time snapshot of an individual’s condition, but people who need frequent monitoring of blood pressure must return continuously to the clinic or take their blood pressure at home. In addition, devices that measure blood pressure, known as blood pressure cuffs, can be uncomfortable for some individuals. Two engineering students invented a device that makes possible continuous blood pressure monitoring.
Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos: Environmental Engineering, fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, acoustically enhanced remidiation of auquifers contaminated with multicomponent nonaqueous phase liquids, virus transport in saturated as well as unsaturated porus and fractured media, polydisperse colloid transport in fractured media, and reactive contaminant/colloid co-transport in the subsurface.
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other international institutions have for the first time achieved atomic-scale observations of grain rotation in polycrystalline materials. … Scientists have speculated and theorized…for decades…We have been able to transition from theory to observation," said senior author Xiaoqing Pan, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and UC IMRI director.
UC Irvine professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Amir AghaKouchak said while the rainfall was significant, it is not likely enough to pull the region out of drought. … “It's better than last year, but we will remain under drought situation this year, at least that's how it looks like. … From an ecosystem perspective, wildfires around us are increasing over the years and drought is a major contributor," AghaKouchak said.
Brett Sanders, a UCI professor of civil and environmental engineering, shared information from a study researchers conducted in nearby Dana Point.
Engineers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have developed a composite material that mimics the expansion and contraction of chromatophores on the skin of squid that control infrared light and heat transmission, which it claims can be cost-effectively scaled for insulating applications such as beverage cups.
A low-cost wind turbine tower 3D printing method for land has been developed and tested by RCAM in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, with funding from the California Energy Commission Grant EPC-17-023. Concrete 3D printing for offshore wind turbines is the next step.
"California's wildfires have been getting worse every year in recent decades, owing to factors such as climate change and a century-long fire deficit coupled with a buildup of vegetation and fuels," said study leader Tirtha Banerjee, UCI assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.
