The UCI Engineering September Newsletter is out: “Our main product /.../ is people; people who go through our programs and go out into the world as engineers, researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, patent attorneys, or even dentists." myemail-api.constantcontact.com/September-2024…

This year's UCI Engineering OAI UCI "Kickin' It With the Dean" (not to be confused with "Kicking the Dean" - completely different event) is happening on Oct. 12. Anteater engineers, see you on the pitch!

Cartilage tissue engineering advances: UC Irvine biomedical engineers are developing new methods to help tissue-engineered cartilage implants survive inflammatory environments.👍🤘 tinyurl.com/s8zhp989

You cannot run world-class research and teaching programs without world-class staff. And at UCI Engineering we have world-class staff, which we had the opportunity to celebrate at the Staff Appreciation Awards ceremony earlier this week.

So that happened. Went to an epic birthday party headlined by the Foo Fighters! 😍

UC Irvine and USC researchers have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund their efforts to revolutionize the treatment of neurological diseases through intelligent biocomputing. 👍🤘 tinyurl.com/bdcnaesx

UC Irvine receives record $668 million in research funding for fiscal 2023-24. Awards from federal and state agencies, leading foundations and forward-thinking companies reflect continued strong support for UC Irvine’s mission. #BrilliantFutureUCI Info: bit.ly/4d1xNBg

Funding for the Early Career Research Program (ECRP) Supports the Next Generation of America’s Scientific Workforce Read the full article: science.osti.gov/early-career?u… #uciengineering #doeaward #science #earlycareer #research #stem #scientist #mse@uci

So this is happening…

Congrats Professor Elliot Botvinick (left) for climbing Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level at 5,895 meters!👍 Love the Anteater spirit - you and the UCI scarf look great up there! 👍😉

Getting the band back together (literally). Kickoff meeting for the 2025 UCI Engineering UCI Arts Pacific Symphony E-SONIC new instrument competition. Engineering and Art!

UCI has launched a microfabrication class that gives undergrads the rare opportunity to learn clean room skills useful for making #semiconductor chips, microsensors and microdevices. Check out the Anteater microsensor they made this summer! #UCIEngineering🤘👍

’Tis the season … for me to swing by the UCI Engineering departmental retreats in preparation for the new academic year. First up, UC Irvine BME Biomedical Engineering; a collegial and excellent group of faculty who are key to our Engineering+Health initiatives.

Congratulations to Kyriacos A. Athanasiou for winning the most prestigious award in biomedical engineering: the Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award. 👍🤘More about his leadership and his work here: tinyurl.com/yc4zyfmm

Congratulations to Stacy Copp for winning the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award. 👍🤘She received a $875,000 grant for developing new nanomaterials that manipulate light for solar energy.🌏☀️ tinyurl.com/bd4kbwus

Annual dinner with the UCI Engineering assistant professors. Love the energy, creativity, and positive vibes that this remarkable group of faculty brings to the table!

UCI engineering undergrads learn microfabrication processes in a new program that teaches them clean room skills. 👍🤘tinyurl.com/z8s72n82 #semiconductors #engineering #engineeringstudent

From Coordination to Collaboration in Multi-Robot Systems: Lessons from Ecology with Dean Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D. on Fri 10/4, 9:00 AM at McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium. ow.ly/6MOl50TpxEQ

I’ve started saying that I’m the Mayor of Engineeringville. I guess this is now my official title since it showed up on a name card at a UC Irvine event this week. 😀

The October 2024 issue of my IEEE Control Systems Society Presidential Column for the IEEE Control Systems Magazine is out. The subject of the column is "Just Because the Result Is Correct, It Does Not Mean It Should Be Published": ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10684…