July 2025: The UC Irvine Engineering+ Equation

July 2025

Message from Dean Egerstedt

In the Samueli School of Engineering, we strive to be deeply connected to our surrounding communities. In fact, Meaningful Partnerships is one of the three pillars of our 2030 Strategic Plan. Such connections can take many different forms, including industrial partnerships and community-engaged research. But the area where they are perhaps most clearly on display is through the collaborative creation of a robust STEM pipeline. This summer, the Samueli School of Engineering is hosting a variety of outreach programs for middle school, high school, community college and transfer students. These programs are currently in full swing, and I always find it inspirational and meaningful to come across groups of young people on campus, programming microcontrollers, designing bridges, or building robots. I hope your summer is filled with similarly inspirational moments.

Best,

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

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