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UCI Engineering Welcomes Over 1,800...
Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari kicked off Welcome Week by welcoming hundreds of new students at Engineering Gateway on Sept. 22. He congratulated them on making it into one of the most competitive and largest classes to date.
Q&A: Creator of Safest Football Helmet...
Jonathan Posner Ph.D ’01, B.S.’95, designed the world’s safest football helmet and most efficient natural draft portable wood stove, which has helped millions enjoy safer cooking in East Africa. He is a professor of mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at University of Washington and an adjunct professor of medicine.
Iryna Zenyuk Wins Prestigious Humboldt...
UC Irvine chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Iryna Zenyuk has been awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The award honors researchers who received their doctorate within the past 18 years for their scientific achievements and excellence.
The Lab Beat Wins Best Podcast at OC...
The official podcast of the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering, The Lab Beat, won Best Audio Storytelling/Podcast at the 2026 OC Press Awards. From the stem cell engineering of mini human organs, to enabling wounds to heal without a scar, to revolutionizing gyroscopes used in phones and drones, UCI engineering professors are out to change the world — and their dynamic research and developments are happening right inside the school's cutting-edge laboratories.
UC Irvine Engineering Class of 2026...
UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering hosted its commencement ceremony on June 15 at the Bren Events Center, which was packed with family and supporters ready to celebrate the recent graduates. The school expects to award 73 doctorates, 294 master's degrees and 934 bachelor's degrees for the 2026 academic year.
Engineering Faculty Honored at Spring...
UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari bestowed awards to outstanding faculty at the school's annual awards for the 2025-2026 academic year. The following faculty were honored for their distinguished research, teaching and service to the school.
Six Engineering Graduate Students Named...
Six UC Irvine Samueli School students have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award this year. The NSF GRFP recognizes graduate students who are continuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM fields, and who have shown potential to make impactful contributions to the field.