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Sungkyunkwan University
South KoreaJong Tae Kim, Ph.D.Dong-Ryeol Shin, Ph.D.Memorandum of Understanding signed on February 2nd, 2013.
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Squid-inspired packaging keeps contents not too hot, not too cold, but just right
Inspired by the way squid skin changes color, researchers have made a temperature-regulating material for coffee cups, takeout containers, grocery delivery bags, and shipping boxes. … “There is an enormous array of applications for this material,” said University of California, Irvine chemical and biomolecular engineering [associate] professor Alon Gorodetsky …. Read More
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Spring 2016
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Status Update: Raising Canes, Grocery Outlet raise money for the needy
The Advanced Casting Research Center has relocated to UC Irvine, effective July 1, moving from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Diran Apelian, ACRC’s founding director, was recently appointed as distinguished professor at UCI’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He retired earlier this summer from his position as Alcoa-Howmet professor of mechanical engineering at WPI after 30 years.
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Student Outreach
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Soft Bioelectronic Sensor Implant Can Monitor Signals in the Developing Brain
“Advanced electronics have been in development for several decades now, so there is a large repository of available circuit designs. The problem is that most of these transistor and amplifier technologies are not compatible with our physiology,” said co-author Dion Khodagholy, Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Professor in UC Irvine’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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San Clemente’s $14 million beach-building project kicks off
San Clemente’s beach building is officially underway. Officials gathered on Monday, Dec.
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Students Compete To Design Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
“We actually designed, prototyped and built these air levitation skis ourselves,” said Arwa Tizani, UC Irvine team captain. Tizani just graduated with a civil engineering major and is doing her masters at UC Irvine as well in mechanical and aerospace engineering. “I love this. This project has changed my life,” said Tizani.
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Sandra Tsing Loh recommends watching in PJs with wine
In 2005 Sandra Tsing Loh reconnected with the institute when Caltech and KPCC created a podcast for Loh to host “The Loh Down on Science.” The show is co-produced by LDOS Media Lab, Inc. and SCPR (Southern California Public Radio), in association with the University of California, Irvine Science Communications. The actual content is researched, written and edited by students from the UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences and School of Engineering. The 90-second show … is broadcast five times a week to over 4 million listeners on 150 public radio stations ….