December 2024: The UCI Engineering+ Equation

December 2024

Message from Dean Egerstedt

As we look back at 2024, it has been a highly successful year in the UCI Samueli School of Engineering. We continue to climb the rankings, our research expenditures are at an all-time high, and our research discoveries continue to positively impact the world around us. Highlights include a multidisciplinary university research initiative (MURI) project on thermal management using machine learning; the E-SONIC new instrument competition organized in partnership with the Pacific Symphony and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts; several new, prestigious awards for our faculty, including for our impressive junior faculty; and the 25th anniversary of the gift to name the school.

I wish you all a wonderful (and who knows, maybe even restful?) holiday season. I hope you get to spend it surrounded by your favorite people. Onward to 2025!

Best,

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

New Office Launches to Better Prepare Engineers

The Office of Experiential Learning was developed to improve career readiness by

linking its various project-based learning activities with industry opportunities.

Edmund Totah Takes ESC Helm

Engineering Student Council is a professional and social group that represents the Samueli School of Engineering’s student base and works with other engineering organizations within UCI.

Engineering+ Health Institute Announced

This is the first of three interdisciplinary institutes outlined in the Samueli School’s 2030 strategic plan – Engineering+ Health, Engineering+ Environment and Engineering+ Society.

Imaging Platform Can Snap a Selfie of Single Cells

UCI biomedical engineers envision the system could become a powerful metric for an integrative health status by capturing a “health photo” of the individual.

Celebrating 25 Years of Impact

The Samueli School welcomed guests to campus to join in thanking and honoring Susan and Henry Samueli for their impact on engineering education and research at UCI.

Innovation Offers a Safer Start for Newborns

The technology uses sensors to monitor an infant’s breathing, which is critical for assessing whether the baby can feed safely without the risk of choking or aspiration.

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