September 2022: Unleash • Create • Inspire

September 2022

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Message from Magnus

Last academic year was a record-breaking year here at the UCI Samueli School of Engineering in terms of research. As evidenced by the stories in this edition of the newsletter, we continue to make significant contributions that matter to our local and global communities. To quote our associate dean for research, Distinguished Professor Efi Foufoula-Georgiou: “We are proud of the excellent research of our faculty that has led the Samueli School to reach a high of $63.7 million in research awards in fiscal year 2022. This is a 24% increase since last year. We are also very proud of our early career faculty, who have won NSF, DOE, DOD, ARO and NASA early career awards, and many more accolades.”

Best,

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

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New bioluminescent phasor imaging technology could shine light on immune functions

UCI researchers Michelle Digman and Jennifer Prescher have developed a new technology for multiplexed imaging at the microscale using bioluminescent probes.

NIH recognizes UCI researchers’ hemodynamic monitoring smart sock to improve maternal health

A UCI team of biomedical engineering and medicine researchers won second place and a $300,000 cash prize from the National Institutes of Health for their innovation of a sock equipped with a hemodynamic monitoring system for pregnant women.

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Inaugural UCI Engineering-Los Alamos National Laboratory fellows named

UCI’s Samueli School of Engineering has announced the first four fellowship recipients from new partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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International wildfire experts gather for first iFireNet summer school

Summer school at UCI Samueli School of Engineering looked a bit different this year. As record-high temperatures and threats of fires topped global news headlines, about 45 participants from around the world gathered to discuss and share information about fire behavior at the first ever session of iFireNet Summer School.

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Engineering student team advances in national first responder tracking competition

A team of UCI Samueli School of Engineering graduate students called Zot<1M is one of 25 recipients to be named a winner of phase two of the First Responder Smart Tracking (FRST) Challenge.

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UCI takes first place in EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for students

A cross-disciplinary team of engineering, biological sciences, public health and anthropology graduate students from UCI took first place in Phase 1 of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students for their “Unearthing Lead: The Power of Historical Maps” entry, which reveals the dangerous levels of lead in soils in Santa Ana.

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