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Study: Heat Waves in India Hit Urban Poor Hardest
Amir AghaKouchak, an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine who co-authored the study, said they found that even small variations in temperature are causing the change.
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Sunpin Solar hosts engineering students to learn about solar project development
A group of engineering students from Engineers for a Sustainable World at University of California, Irvine visited nearby Sunpin Solar, a leading utility-scale solar developer and long-term asset owner. … The cool part to us is the tangible, real-world learning: UC Irvine students learned about the development process from land acquisition, construction to project completion. The presentation also addressed the questions students raised before their visit.
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Scientists design a carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, and other institutions have announced that they have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices, which are nanometer-sized carbon structures. The team says that the structures are stronger than diamonds as a ratio of strength to density. The scientists reported their success in conceptualizing and fabricating a material, consisting of closely connected, close-cell plates instead of the common cylindrical trusses common in such structures.
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Specialist in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Commensurate with experienceThe UC Irvine Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering is anticipating openings in all levels of the specialist series throughout the academic year 2022-23. Applications are being sought from graduates with backgrounds in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
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Study: Droughts and heat waves happening at the same time
Felicia Chiang is the lead author of a new study on droughts and climate change, from the University of California-Irvine. “Essentially we found that droughts are warming faster than the average climate in the southern, the midwestern and the northeastern states of the U.S.,” she says.
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San Diego Postdoctoral Researcher Named Grant Recipient
A postdoctoral researcher studying systems neurobiology at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego was announced Monday as one of five recipients of L'Oreal USA's 2020 For Women in Science Fellowship, which annually awards grants of $60,000 to five female postdoctoral scientists. … Other 2020 recipients include: … Wendy Brown, whose research in biomedical engineering at UC Irvine focuses on growing cartilage from cells in anatomical shapes and sizes for surgical implantation ….
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Specialist Series – BME /Tissue Engineering
Minimum annual salary range is $51,300 to $86,900. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and years of experience.Will remain open until filledThe UCI Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in the Samueli School of Engineering is anticipating openings in the specialist series in the field of tissue engineering throughout the academic year 2023-24. These positions offer a stimulating array of research and training opportunities within the various laboratories in the department.
Seeking qualified candidates with experience in the following tissue engineering areas:
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Scientists say a new climate trend makes perfect wildfire conditions more common
Amir AghaKouchak, a University of California-Irvine professor who co-authored the study, warned that the upward trend in the number and intensity of wildfires will likely continue, due to a combination of worsening climate change and population growth.
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Survival in the Atacama Desert
The cyanobacteria "didn't need water from the rock, they got it from their surroundings", says David Kisailus, from UC Irvine. "But when they were put under stressed conditions, the microbes had no alternative but to extract water from the gypsum, inducing this phase transformation in the material." Read More
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Startups & Innovations – Partnerships
Syntr Health Technologies Inc., an Irvine micro-fat processing startup based at UCI’s Cove, is teaming up with Venice-based HappyBond to provide treatments for dogs with knee and joint osteoarthritis. … [Syntr CEO Ahmed] Zobi received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, specializing in micro and nanotechnology, from UCI.
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Structures, Geotechnics and Materials
THE PROGRAM
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.
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SDG&E and SoCalGas Announces Hydrogen Blending Demonstration Program
SoCalGas, which is working in partnership with the National Fuel Cell Research Center and UC Irvine to develop the technology, launched the first power-to-gas demonstration project in the United States in 2015. Read More
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Smoke and heat warnings affect more than 170m in US
Heatwaves have become more frequent, intense and last longer because of human-induced climate change, scientists say. Some have warned that climate change is also likely to lead to more wildfires and subsequent smoke warnings. A University of California, Irvine study published on 12 June, for example, found that "an increase in temperatures and dryness has been identified to be one of the major drivers" of summer forest fires. Read More