UCI Engineering

🌏 On Earth Day, we'd like to congratulate Amir AghaKouchak for becoming the U.S. champion of the Frontiers Planet Prize! He created a global rainfall data record and global drought monitoring and prediction system, among many of his contributions. tinyurl.com/2upb3ctd

🤘Support Anteater engineers on their journey next Tuesday 4/28 on Giving Day! To learn more or give early, visit givingday.uci.edu/giving-day/112…

The Samueli Foundation has selected 6 more grants for collaborative research between UC Irvine and UCLA Samueli Schools of Engineering. engineering.uci.edu/news/2026/4/sa…

Congratulations to Adeola Adekoba for winning the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award by the American Society for Engineering Education. engineering.uci.edu/news/2026/4/ad…

Congrats to Dion Khodagholy for his research on epilepsy being recognized as a Top 10 NINDS Research Advance of 2025 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Listen to 6-minute podcast on Dion's work curing the brain: theucilabbeat.podbean.com/e/the-sound-of…

UC Irvine engineering students are building a famous WWI biplane from scratch.🤘 ocregister.com/2026/04/14/uci…

UC Irvine Giving Day is coming up on Tuesday, April 28. We hope you'll support students on their educational journey! To give early, visit givingday.uci.edu/giving-day/112…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, has selected seven UC Irvine researchers as fellows. Congratulations to these outstanding researchers! tinyurl.com/4pxks3jx

Congratulations Zhou Li and Danyu Sun for winning Best Paper Award at the 2026 Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium for addressing the cybersecurity issue of advanced detection systems that produce false positives. tinyurl.com/43zc99uy

Congratulations to Fei Xia for being named a Scialog Fellow! Her research focuses on developing next-generation optical microscopy and computational imaging frameworks to probe the brain and its microenvironment in vivo. tinyurl.com/3ss43z8k

🚀 Check out the award-winning rocket propelled by sugar, UCI's first solar car and more at the Annual Design Review which showcased over 230 senior projects. UCI biomedical engineering senior Kristin Hagen takes us around the expo!

An EMG-controlled prosthetic hand, a wireless drone charging station, biomedical devices and more were among the 11 senior projects that won the Dean's Award at the Annual Design Review. Read more: tinyurl.com/2ksaajmr

Michelle Khine has developed a soft, skin-like sensor that adheres like a Band-Aid on the skin and captures blood pressure. More about this breakthrough wearable tech: tinyurl.com/3rj3pybd

Chang Liu has co-founded Eira Bio, which targets disease-related proteins previously considered out of reach in a new approach to antibody drug development. 👍 Read: lnkd.in/gKYeRUDA

How do men and women's hearts differ? Anya Grosberg creates a way to research gender-based variations in cardiac function: tinyurl.com/ycfsbeth

In partnership with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, @UCIEngineering students are building a full-scale replica of the iconic WWI-era Curtiss JN-4D “Jenny,” which will be a featured piece at the museum when it opens at the Great Park in 2027 ➡️ greatparkframework.org.

Imagine powering the planet with limitless clean energy—straight from space! 🚀✨ Join us March 31 at 6 p.m. for a free screening and discussion of “Bright Harvest: Powering Earth from Space,” at the Irvine Barclay Theater. RSVP now to secure your spot! ow.ly/HKIU50Yv2q5

🎉The Annual Design Review showcased the engineering ingenuity of 235 senior projects and teams! Way to go, Anteater Engineers! 🤘

UC Irvine students explore sending sand by rail to California's eroding beaches. tinyurl.com/4kapm7my

The Annual Design Review is this Friday! Engineering seniors will showcase 235 design projects! Register for the event here: lnkd.in/g93uuBMM