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UCI Project Scientist Lawrence Kulinsky Receives National Science Foundation Grant

Lawrence Kulinsky has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue the study of fabrication techniques offering scalable mass production of three dimensional micro-electrodes. Mr. Kulinsky is a project scientist in the Samulei School’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The three-year funding will support the project that aims for an integrated More +

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IDMI board members recognized for contributions to faculty

Dean Gregory Washington of the Samulei School of Engineering recognized eight faculty members at the spring faculty meeting on June 9, 2017.  Among those honored were three IDMI members:  Mohammad Al Faruque, Julie Schoenung and Regina Ragan. Faculty Excellence in Research This recognition is bestowed upon faculty members who have conducted exceptional fundamental or applied More +

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IDMI Offers Summer Workshop for Irvine Teachers

UCI Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation (IDMI) is offering a FABLab Teacher Training Summer School workshop on Additive Manufacturing and FABLab Equipmentand Processes in mid-June.  Additive manufacturing (AM) refers to technologies that build 3D objects by adding layer upon layer of material to build products. Once a file is produced using 3D modeling software, the More +

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TOM:UCI Makeathon Set to Harness Cutting-Edge Technology to Design Affordable Solutions for People with Disabilities

  (Irvine, CA, April 25, 2017)  Professional, amateur, and student engineers, designers and innovators will gather at the UC Irvine’s Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering this weekend, April 28-30, for TOM:UCI, a three-day technology marathon where participants will work with local people with disabilities to develop solutions More +