December 2020
Samueli School welcomes new faculty
Twelve new faculty – ranging from assistant professors to experienced professionals, including three who have been appointed research center directors – are joining the Samueli School of Engineering for the 2020-21 academic year.
Pan and AghaKouchak named highly cited researchers
Two Samueli School faculty members have been named to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers global list by Web of Science group, joining 15 other UC Irvine professors on this year’s list.
Stamenkovic joins UCI faculty as inaugural director of Horiba Institute
Vojislav Stamenkovic, an expert in electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage, will serve as the inaugural director of UC Irvine’s Horiba Institute for Mobility and Connectivity² (HIMaC²), scheduled to open in January. 
Copp wins Air Force Young Investigator Grant
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Stacy Copp, UC Irvine assistant professor of materials science & engineering and physics & astronomy, a Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) grant. 
Brown selected as a 2020 L’Oreal Fellow
Wendy Brown, a UC Irvine postdoctoral scholar in biomedical engineering, has been named a 2020 For Women in Science Fellow by L'Oréal USA.
Bowman receives ACS Grant
The American Chemical Society has awarded Samueli School materials science and engineering Assistant Professor William Bowman a Petroleum Research Fund grant of $110,000 to further his research into how a mineral called perovskite can be used in the partial oxidation of methane (POM).
Undergrad places in national poster competition
Kevin Huang, an undergraduate student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, won second place recently in the poster competition portion of the Great Minds in Stem conference.

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