June 2022
Message from Magnus
This is the last newsletter for the academic year, and I would like to take the opportunity to briefly reflect on my first year as the Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering at UCI. I have very much enjoyed getting to know the extended Samueli School family, including our faculty, students and staff, our passionate and proud alumni, and our corporate partners who are so important to our strategic mission. Wherever I have gone, I have felt welcomed and supported, and I could not have asked for a better introduction to the Anteater engineering community. But, without a doubt, the most joyous part of the past year has been to see our students returning to campus, to see our classrooms, makerspaces and labs come alive, and to be given a daily reminder of what we are ultimately all about - amazing people who, thanks to their experiences in the Samueli School of Engineering, go out into the world to make a difference as researchers, educators, policy makers, entrepreneurs or industry leaders.

Best,
Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering
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ASCE recognizes AghaKouchak and Alborzi for research contributions
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EECS grad student works to promote gender inclusivity
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Samueli School Graduate Students Earn Competitive NSF Fellowships
Four Samueli School students have received Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards from the National Science Foundation this year.

Donors' gifts support student success
Two Orange County industry executives and their wives, inspired to contribute to the next generation of engineers, have made generous gifts to support students at the UCI Samueli School of Engineering.

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