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UC Irvine Team Identifies Where Renewable...
Renewable electrolytic hydrogen produced by using electricity drawn from wind and solar sources delivers its greatest societal value when applied to steelmaking, transoceanic shipping and long-haul heavy-duty trucking, according to University of California, Irvine researchers. Their findings, published recently in the journal Joule, quantify the social costs and benefits of clean energy transitions across major industrial and transportation sectors.
Engineering Graduate Student Melissa...
Mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral candidate Melissa Lepe received a Graduate Student Excellence Award at UC Irvine's 9th annual Latine Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD) on April 16, 2026, at the Pacific Ballroom in the UCI Student Center. LEAD recognizes students, faculty, staff and leaders who support student and research excellence in the Hispanic/Latine community at UCI and throughout Orange County.
Samueli Foundation Selects 6 UCI-UCLA...
The Samueli Foundation has funded another round of the UCLA–UC Irvine Collaborative Grants Program. Established in 2024, the initiative pulls together faculty from both Samueli Schools of Engineering and is designed to deepen cross-campus partnerships and accelerate high-impact research.
Eleven Senior Projects Win Dean's Choice...
The entire first floor of the UC Irvine Student Center buzzed with excitement at the Samueli School of Engineering's Annual Design Review on Friday, March 13. Over one thousand attendees and over 230 student team projects spanned across eight rooms.
Xian Shi Named ARPA-E IGNIITE 2025 Awardee...
Xian Shi, UCI assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been selected as an awardee of the 2025 Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) program from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). The program supports early-career scientists and engineers with ideas that have the potential to transform the nation’s energy landscape.
In Memoriam: Adjunct Professor Robert...
Robert H. Liebeck, UC Irvine adjunct professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a world-renowned authority in the fields of aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and aircraft design, died on Jan. 12, 2026. He was 87 and passed away peacefully surrounded by family.
Q&A with Alumnus Tiantian Yang ‘15
UC Irvine engineering alumnus Tiantian Yang, M.S. 2011, Ph.D. 2015, has been recognized with the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award honors early career scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the hydrologic sciences, education or societal impacts and show promise of contributions to hydrology.