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NIH announces prize winners of maternal health diagnostics challenge
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering -
The National Institutes of Health today announced the winners of its NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) for Maternal Health, a prize competition for developers of diagnostic technologies to help improve maternal health around the world. Pregnancy and childbirth complications are a major global health problem. … The winning technologies are as follows: … Second place and a $300,000 prize. University of California, Irvine. Maternal obstetrics monitoring sock (MOMS). The hemodynamic monitoring sock is a low-cost, portable, point-of-care system to monitor pregnant women for preeclampsia, anemia, and hemorrhage. It continuously tracks blood pressure and heart rate and monitors blood flow; it can be used during and after delivery in low-resource settings. Read More
EPA Announces Winners of the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and cosponsors announced the Phase 1 winners of the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students. The winning teams of college students created videos identifying and characterizing an environmental justice issue important to a local community. … First Place ($20,000): Unearthing Lead: The Power of Historical Maps - University of California, Irvine – Tim Schütz, David Banuelas, Annika Hjelmstad, Ariane Jong, Ashley Green, Javier Garibay, Alexis Guerra, and Irene Martinez. Read More
These MIT Researchers Have Developed Silk Capsules To Replace Microplastics
Wonderful Engineering -
The researchers state that the new process can make use of the low-grade silk that is normally wasted because it has no applications. “This elegant and clever study describes a sustainable and biodegradable silk-based replacement for microplastic encapsulants, which are a pressing environmental challenge,” says Alon Gorodetsky, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California at Irvine, who was not associated with this research. Read More
Silk offers an alternative to some microplastics
MIT News -
"This elegant and clever study describes a sustainable and biodegradable silk-based replacement for microplastic encapsulants, which are a pressing environmental challenge,” says Alon Gorodetsky, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California at Irvine, who was not associated with this research. “The modularity of the described materials and the scalability of the manufacturing processes are key advantages that portend well for translation to real-world applications.” Read More
C&EN's Talented 12
Chemical & Engineering News -
Meet the Talented 12 class of 2022. These early-career researchers are using chemistry to make the world a better place. ...
[UC Irvine assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering] Adeyemi Adeleye. This environmental chemist develops nanomaterials to save contaminated soil and water. Read More
Talented 12: Chemical & Engineering News announces its 2022 rising stars in chemistry
American Chemical Society -
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), an independent news outlet of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has unveiled its annual “Talented 12” list. ... Below is the list of 2022’s Talented 12 class. Adeyemi Adeleye, Ph.D., [assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering at the] University of California, Irvine. This environmental chemist develops nanomaterials to save contaminated soil and water. Read More
Ten Minutes With: Port of Long Beach PM Director Tasha Higgins
ENR California -
[Tasha Higgins] earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1993 from the University of California, Irvine …. [She says:] "I began my career at the University of California, Irvine. ... During freshman orientation, we heard from civil, mechanical and electrical engineering professors. The civil engineering professor floored the entire room. He did this speech, “Have you ever been on [Interstate] 405 and traffic comes to a screeching halt, then in a couple minutes it opens up?” Everyone was like, “Yes!” “Do you want to know why it happens? Take my class to find out.” I changed my major that week. I knew I wanted to be a transportation engineer. The rest is history.” Read More
Adeyemi Adeleye
Chemical & Engineering News -
Adeyemi Adeleye struggles with his houseplant relationships. … Luckily, Adeleye, an [assistant professor and] environmental chemist at the University of California, Irvine, is better at building relationships with collaborators from different disciplines. His work on nanoparticles for environmental remediation and water treatment spans chemistry, materials science, biology, and these days, agriculture. Adeleye designs nanomaterials to trap toxic arsenic in contaminated soil without harming critters such as earthworms and plants like lettuce. Read More
Researchers Discover a Biosensor Monitor to Track Pulse and Connect with Devices Wirelessly
AZoSensors -
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a novel self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor that can wirelessly interact with a nearby smartphone or tablet and measure a wearer’s pulse without needing a battery or an additional power source. … Imagine you’re out working in a remote location—anywhere, the desert on a mission, in mountains hiking or even a space station, for example—and you need to keep track of your health information on demand, or there’s an incident, and you need to monitor someone’s vital signs urgently and accurately said Rahim Esfandyar-Pour, Study Senior Co-Author and Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine. Read More
Self-powered smartwatch replaces battery with ‘wonder material’
The Independent -
The self-powered device, developed by a team at the University of California, Irvine, can keep track of a wearer’s pulse while also communicating with a nearby smartphone. ... “This innovation achieves many significant outcomes in one package,” said Rahim Esfandyar-Pour, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at UCI. “It enables continuous, battery-free, wireless and on-demand health monitoring anytime and anywhere. It’s made with low-cost and flexible materials and can be tailored to meet a variety of wearable bioelectronic sensors’ requirements.” Read More