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. Yu Otsuki and Blaine Christiansen join the UCI Engineering faculty for the 2026-27 academic year.

Two innovative researchers join UCI...

September 28, 2026

The UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering — consistently ranked among the nation's top public engineering programs and home to members of the National Academies of Engineering, Science, and Medicine — welcomes two faculty members to its ranks for the 2025-26 academic year.

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Efi Foufoula-Georgiou elected to the...

September 24, 2026

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering and Samueli Endowed Chair in engineering at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected an international fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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In the latest U.S. News rankings, UC Irvine also placed 16th in Best Colleges for Veterans and 50th among Most Innovative Schools, underscoring a breadth of strength that extends well beyond a single headline ranking. Steve Zylius / UC Irvine

UC Irvine places eighth among nation's...

September 22, 2026

For the 12th year running, the University of California, Irvine has landed among the top 10 public universities in the country, placing eighth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 list of “Best Colleges” – its highest public-university ranking in over a decade.

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UCI scientists tackle the hidden workforce...

September 21, 2026

UC Irvine researchers are playing a key role in a new $1 million collaborative project aimed at expanding the future energy workforce, an overlooked vulnerability of the nation's electric grid. The project, "Bridging the Canyons: Exploring Workforce Transitions in Power Generation for Energy Resilience," was recently awarded $1 million by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Students attending the UCI-Crystal Cove Environmental Engineering Summer Institute at Crystal Cove State Park

UCI Engineering’s OAI Expands Summer...

September 21, 2026

From watching dolphins in the ocean to building robots and rockets, aspiring scientists and engineers explored STEM through a robust summer of programming led by the Stacey Nicholas Office of Outreach, Access and Inclusion (OAI) at UC Irvine’s Samueli School of Engineering. This summer marked a significant expansion of OAI’s programming.

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The car in your garage can power your...

September 17, 2026

When there’s a power outage in your neighborhood, the usual response is to fumble around to find a flashlight or matches to light candles. What if you could keep the lights on and power your home merely by connecting your electric vehicle to a wall box in the garage?

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Two researchers examine an X-ray crystal structure with a graduate student

The Secret to Affordable Biomanufacturing:...

September 16, 2026

Biomanufacturing helps us create everything from biodegradable plastics to life-saving vaccines, and enzymes are the catalyst for that process. “Think of enzymes as tiny biological machines inside every living cell,” says Han Li, PhD, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering.

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