SHARE:  
Join Our Email List
May 2021
Robotics research leader Magnus Egerstedt named dean of UCI engineering school
Highly respected robotics and control systems researcher Magnus Egerstedt will become the new dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine, following a nationwide search.
Botvinick wins grant to develop advanced monitor for Type 1 diabetes
UC Irvine’s Elliot Botvinick, professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a three-year, $3.5 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to further the development of an innovative continuous-use monitor for those with Type 1 diabetes.
Georgiou selected as SIAM Fellow
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has named Tryphon Georgiou, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, a SIAM Fellow in the class of 2021.
Chesler recognized for professional impact in mentoring
Naomi Chesler, Samueli School professor of biomedical engineering, received a Professional Impact Award from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) at its virtual Annual Event on March 26, 2021.
Recording cells’ stories
Histories hold keys to understanding the present and anticipating the future by looking at the past. But how do you tell the history of a cell if you can’t watch what it does over time because it is deep within a living animal?
California’s wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year
California’s wildfire problem, fueled by a concurrence of climate change and a heightened risk of human-caused ignitions in once uninhabited areas, has been getting worse with each passing year of the 21st century.
Students receive fellowship awards
Four students from the Samueli School of Engineering have received Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the National Science Foundation.
CEE graduate student wins Department of Defense scholarship award
Eric J. Shearer, a UC Irvine doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship from the Department of Defense.

Samueli School of Engineering | (949) 824-4333 | Email | Website