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Eleven Senior Projects Win Dean's Choice...
The entire first floor of the UC Irvine Student Center buzzed with excitement at the Samueli School of Engineering's Annual Design Review on Friday, March 13. Over one thousand attendees and over 230 student team projects spanned across eight rooms.
AAAS Names 7 UC Irvine Researchers as...
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, has selected seven University of California, Irvine researchers – working in disciplines as diverse as chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, neurobiology, and physics – as fellows. “Congratulations to the seven UC Irvine researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year,” said Hal Stern, UC Irvine provost and executive vice chancellor.
UC Irvine Researchers Engineer a Light-Powered...
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the power of light to electrically and mechanically control living heart tissue without the use of metal electrodes. The innovation represents a leap forward in how scientists study heart disease, test cardiac drugs and potentially treat life-threatening arrhythmias.
Li and Team Win Best Paper Award
Electrical engineering and computer sciences Associate Professor Zhou Li and doctoral student Danyu Sun won a best paper award at the 2026 Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium last month in San Diego. They were one of 10 teams recognized.
Students Reengineer Robot for 'Winter...
Engineering students Ervin Grimaldi and Edison Ta revamped the star robot of the musical “Winter Lights,” which is showing at the Discovery Cube Orange County this holiday season. The musical is an inspiring story about a tenacious 17-year-old girl named Lumina at Santa Ana High School who strives to win a science fair award and get a scholarship to pursue a STEM degree at UC Irvine.
Preventing Epilepsy Progression and...
Most people associate epilepsy with seizures, but what many don’t realize is that the abnormal brain activity patterns associated with epilepsy can also negatively impact the brain, affecting memory, communication and learning. As an associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine and a board-certified child neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), Jennifer Gelinas, MD, PhD, understands how epileptic activity can disrupt intellectual development.
3D Stem Cell Engineering That Could...
Quinton Smith was named one of the “top 10 scientists on the cusp of changing the world” by Popular Science in 2023 because of his success at 3D stem cell engineering. His dream? To be able to 3D print organs like the human liver so patients will no longer need transplants.
Henry Samueli inducted into National...
Henry Samueli, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of electrical engineering and computer science and namesake of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, has been named a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The organization, which inducted 15 innovators for 2026, recognized Samueli for his achievements in the field of advanced broadband communications, including developing technologies that have allowed affordable, high-speed digital data transmission to homes and businesses.
Three Engineering Faculty Named Highly...
UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor Amir AghaKouchak, and Distinguished Professors Xiaoqing Pan and A. Lee Swindlehurst have been named Highly Cited Researchers by the Clarivate Web of Science. The award honors professors who have published papers that rank in the top 1% by citation in their field, demonstrating significant influence and leadership in their field.
ASUCI President Ethan Martinez’s Message...
Ethan Martinez is a biomedical engineering senior and leads the 37,000-strong undergraduate student body as president of the Associated Students of UC Irvine (ASUCI). What would you like to say to new Anteaters?