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 +
IDMI Team Associate Receives Research Award
Professor Julie Schoenung, a leadership member of the Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation (IDMI) has been recognized by the journal Materials Science and Engineering and has received the 2017 MSEA Innovation in Research Award. Read the article here.
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 +
IDMI Mfg and Design Partner Base 11 Holds Innovation Center Tour
IDMI’s Manufacturing and Design Partner, Base 11 offered private tours of the Base 11 Innovation Center at UCI on May 24, 2017. The well-attended event featured presentations from students in Base 11’s Academic Year Internship and STEM Entrepreneur programs. Students also took questions from the audience to further detail and discuss their projects. IDMI Director, More +
With $1M gift, UCI aims to become first university to launch rocket into space
Irvine, Calif., April 24, 2017 — University of California, Irvine students will “shoot for the moon” thanks to a $1 million gift from Base 11, a nonprofit STEM workforce development and entrepreneur accelerator. The “Moonshot Initiative” will establish a rocketry program at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, with the intent of making UCI More +