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October 2021
Message from Magnus
The most important and enduring output from our engineering school is the students who graduate and go out and make an impact in society as educators, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs or business leaders. These past few weeks have served as a wonderful reminder of this important fact, as we have seen Anteaters return to campus for the fall quarter. University campuses with no students on them are just plain sad. But with the students back, we are reminded of our mission, of what a privilege it is to get to play a role in their educational journey, and of how the UCI Samueli School of Engineering lives up to its tagline of unleashing innovation, creating opportunities and inspiring ingenuity.

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering
Kheradvar and team to develop origami-inspired transcatheter heart valve for young children
Inspired by the folding concepts used in origami, Dr. Arash Kheradvar is developing a growth-accommodating pulmonary valve for transcatheter implantation in young children born with heart disease.
NASA funds E-FIELDS flames simulation project
Samueli School mechanical and aerospace engineers accomplished a major feat in 2018, when after more than 20 years of preparation, their electric-field-and-flame-interaction experiment was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) and then conducted in real-time remotely from Earth by associate project scientist Yu-Chien (Alice) Chien.
DOE names UCI an industrial assessment center
UCI will receive nearly $2.25 million of a $60 million investment by the U.S. Department of Energy to assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy costs, while training the next generation of energy-efficiency workers.
Turning trash into 3D printed treasures
What started out as a school project eventually evolved into Wayfinder startup Closed Loop Plastics’ full-fledged business.
SIRiPods program sets undergraduates up for research success
The answers may be blowing in the wind, as Bob Dylan famously sings. But at the new Samueli Interdisciplinary Research in Pods (SIRiPods) program, the answers are swirling in waterways and wildfires, embedded in virtual reality experiences, and reimagined in sustainable energy systems.
Bhumi Tandel’s quest for sustainability
A fourth-year civil and environmental engineering major specializing in hydrology and water resources, Bhumi Tandel is passionate about the environment and sustainability.
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