On November 7, 2016, Assistant Professor Mohammad Al Faruque was honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey with a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. The award recognizes the most significant patents emerging from that state’s research community. Before joining UC Irvine in 2012, Assistant Professor Al Faruque was a scientist at the Siemens More +
First Annual IDMI Advisory Board Meeting
October 16 and 17, 2016 marked the first gathering of the Advisory Board Members of the Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation (IDMI). Highly regarded individuals from multiple disciplines around the country met for a casual, informal reception at The Deck on Laguna in Laguna Beach, California. Evening weather was perfect and conversation was lively More +
Summer STEM Learning Thrives in our Institute
In September, 2016, IDMI opened its doors to a multitude of youth through a variety of outreach programs, giving students a taste of what it would be like to study engineering at UC Irvine. The FabCAMP has become a summer routine on our campus. “We need to encourage kids to be creators and not just More +
IDMI Research Thrust Leader, Professor Julie Schoenung Honored
August 24, 2016 – Samueli School Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Professor and IDMI Research Thrust Leader Julie Schoenung has been elected a Fellow of the Alpha Sigma Mu International Professional Honor Society. Professor Schoenung, who researches nanostructured and ultrafine-grained materials, green materials and green engineering design, accepted her award in October at the Materials Science & More +
Base 11 / UCI Summer Engineering Academy
On August 5, 2016, the UCI Samueli School of Engineering and IDMI hosted an open house celebration for the newly created Base 11 Summer Engineering Academy program. Base 11 is a non-profit outreach organization that was created to unite America’s high-potential, low-resource students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities. Its goal is More +