October 2023: Unleash • Create • Inspire

October 2023

Message from Magnus

With the fall quarter upon us, campus is buzzing with activity again, and I was very excited to recently welcome one of the largest, incoming engineering classes ever. An Anteater engineering degree continues to be highly sought-after by students and employers are quick to hire our graduates. We have a number of new programs and activities in store for this academic year, including a new industry practicum for our students, a significantly expanded set of makerspace facilities and increased support for student clubs and organizations. As seen in the stories in this issue, it is very much pedal-to-the-metal time at the UCI Samueli School of Engineering.

Best,

Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

Propelling New Frontiers in Space and in NSF I-Corps

In a historic first, a team from UCI has embarked on a transformative journey by participating in the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps program.

NIH Funds UCI Project to Measure the Severity of Heart Valve Backflow

Researchers received a $650,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new method for grading mitral valve backflow.

UCI Law and Samueli School of Engineering Collaborate on New Scholarship Program

Samueli School of Engineering graduates will have access to newly established scholarship funds at UCI Law.

Four Graduate Students Receive Research Fellowships with Los Alamos National Lab

Designed to support UCI engineering graduate students and provide a mechanism to bridge research and training between the two institutions, the fellowships build future career paths and long-term collaboration.

Student-led Startup Invents Novel Device

If women could avoid any checkup, it’s probably the pelvic exam – the one where they lie half-naked, feet propped in stirrups, to have their vaginal canal inspected using an invasive instrument: the speculum.

Adventures of a Tiny Robot

UCI engineering student Angelina Licos shows a gift for filmmaking along with her skills in project engineering.

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