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Ph.D. graduate Jad Al Aaraj (right) demonstrates technology he created that enables people to opt out of visual tracking by public cameras.

UC Irvine Schools of Engineering and...

June 15, 2026

In a world where phones and smart glasses can capture anyone's image, students at the Engineering+ Society Institute on AI are creating ways to protect personal privacy. These inventions and the risks of AI were on display at an exhibit hosted by the Samueli School of Engineering and Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine.

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UCI biomedical engineering graduate Christopher Tan

Q&A: Chancellor’s Award Winner Christopher...

June 15, 2026

Christopher Tan just graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biomedical engineering-premed from UC Irvine. He was president of the award-winning student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a researcher in four labs and founder of the Neovi Medical startup, which won awards in the BioEngine and Beall Butterworth Competitions for its invention NeoFusion.

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UCI graduate student Manulya Gunasekera presents her proposal to San Clemente city officials at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens.

UC Irvine Students Present Wastewater...

June 10, 2026

UC Irvine graduate students presented adaptation alternatives for San Clemente's wastewater conveyance system to San Clemente Mayor Rick Loeffler and other city officials at an event last month held at the city's Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens. A wastewater pipeline running along the coast could be impacted by cliff failures and coastal erosion in future decades, especially as sea level rises and the shoreline retreats.

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Community-facing project, funded by SSRC, will focus on accuracy, use and impacts of AI on residents’ civic understanding, engagement and inclusion

UCI-led Team Developing Evaluation Protocols,...

June 5, 2026

From Ask Sammy in Santa Clarita to Rivy, the City of Riverside's online chatbot, AI is increasingly being tapped to deliver public service information to residents across Southern California cities. But what happens when deployment of this technology outpaces evaluations of its accuracy, use and impacts?

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Faculty Honored at Spring Awards

Engineering Faculty Honored at Spring...

June 5, 2026

UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari bestowed awards to outstanding faculty at the school's annual awards for the 2025-2026 academic year. The following faculty were honored for their distinguished research, teaching and service to the school.

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Clockwise, from top left, are Malak Gamal El-Din, Elias Heanue, Scott Duy Kiehn, Cameron Schmitt, Madeleine Marston and Lanie Le.

Six Engineering Graduate Students Named...

June 2, 2026

Six UC Irvine Samueli School students have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award this year. The NSF GRFP recognizes graduate students who are continuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM fields, and who have shown potential to make impactful contributions to the field.

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Three Engineering Faculty and a Student Project

Engineering Research Featured on Lab...

June 2, 2026

Fabrics that change transparency like squid skin, methalox rockets, mini gyroscopes and neuroelectronics for the brain are the latest topics featured in UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering's podcast The Lab Beat. This captivating podcast takes you right into the labs of engineering researchers as award-winning audio journalist Natalie Tso offers 5-8 minute audio portraits.

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