Sub-mm Aluminum Spheres
An array of sub-mm aluminum spheres fabricated on a wafer using microscale glassblowing technology.
Photo by: Alexander Trusov
An array of sub-mm aluminum spheres fabricated on a wafer using microscale glassblowing technology.
Photo by: Alexander Trusov
“For millennia, people have been fascinated by transparency and invisibility, which have inspired philosophical speculation, works of science fiction, and much academic research,” said lead author Atrouli Chatterjee, a UCI doctoral student in chemical & biomolecular engineering.
Service Agreement signed between The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine and College of Engineering, Salman-Bin Abdulaziz University
In two new studies, a team of researchers led by hydrologists from the University of California, Irvine assessed the depletion of groundwater on a global scale using readings from NASA satellites. ... "If we continue to use groundwater the way it's being used, then there's a high chance that it could be depleted to the point that we can no longer use it in my lifetime in certain areas," said Alexandra Richey, the lead author of the studies.
“That stretch of the coastline [San Clemente and Capistrano Beach] has been starved of sand for decades,” said Brett Sanders, UCI engineering professor. “It’s now trying to survive with very little sand in the system. So the efforts that we are taking to put more sand in are going to be good for that whole stretch of coastline but we need to do more to restore it to a natural state.” Professor Sanders says Hilary could create runoff that eventually pulls sand toward the coast but it takes many years to fill back our beaches that have seen decades of erosion.
That means that genetic research continues to carry on. Scientists from the University of California Irvine have pulled a page from the squid’s playbook with their latest research. One of the cephalopod’s neatest and most useful tricks is the ability to turn invisible. With some clever genetic engineering, the team recreated that ability in human cells. Read More
ValVention Inc., an Irvine cardiovascular device company, received a $350,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding supports the study of ValVention’s FoldaValve, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system, which can help restore blood flow to patients suffering from aortic valve stenosis – a disease in which the heart valve narrows and reduces blood flow to the body. … The device originated at California Institute of Technology and was developed at University of California, Irvine by Professor of [Biomedical] Engineering and Medicine Arash Kheradvar.
Drought-stricken California has a lot to learn from Melbourne, Australia, according to UC Irvine civil and environmental engineering professor Stanley Grant. He's the senior author of a study published Tuesday outlining how Melbourne slashed its water consumption in half during a recent drought that lasted more than a decade. … "We can take inspiration in the degree of leadership, the very public debate, and the experimentation," Grant said.
Inspired by squid skin, engineers at UC Irvine have created a cheap, easy-to-recycle material that can be “tuned” to regulate heat. As insulation for food and beverage packages, it could ensure that whatever is inside cools at the perfect rate.
The Structures Program emphasizes the application of analytical and experimental approaches to the investigation of the effects of earthquakes and other extreme hazards on constructed facilities. Areas of specific interest include reliability of engineering systems, random vibration, passive, active and hybrid control of structural vibration, elastomeric and sliding base isolation systems, dynamic behavior of liquid storage tanks, seismic response of equipment and other secondary systems, liquefaction fragility of lifelines, the retrofitting of buildings and bridges, and stochastic fatigue, fracture and maintenance of structures.