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	May 15, 2012 No Mere Flight of Fancy Liebeck teaches aerodynamics, airplane performance and airplane design. As a child, Robert Liebeck loved tinkering with model airplanes. The UC Irvine adjunct professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering is still at it — but now he's working on a much different kind of model, one that could revolutionize air travel. Called the blended wing body, the concept results in aircraft that look more like sleek manta rays than today's tube-and-wing jets. A BWB plane would burn about 20 percent less fuel than conventional planes, and because its engines mount high on the back of the aircraft, it would be an estimated 50 decibels quieter. "It could operate out of John Wayne Airport 24 hours a day," says Liebeck, who has been developing the BWB as a senior fellow at the Boeing Company for more than 20 years.
	May 11, 2012 Investments in Innovations: Engineering At The National Science Foundation Dr. Thomas W. Peterson, Assistant Director, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation On May 9, 2012, the Office of Research and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering hosted a seminar by Dr. Thomas W. Peterson, Ph.D., to present the investments in innovations by the NSF Engineering (ENG) Directorate. The ENG Directorate at NSF provides critical support for the nation's engineering research and education activities, and is a driving force behind the education and development of the nation's engineering workforce. With a budget of approximately $640 million, the directorate supports fundamental and transformative research, the creation of cutting-edge facilities and tools, broad interdisciplinary collaborations, and through its centers and Small Business Innovation Research programs, enhances the competitiveness of U.S. companies.
	May 9, 2012 Young Engineers Vie for State Champ Engineering Titles Schools served by the MESA Center at the Samueli School A team from Garden Grove High School and a team from Roosevelt Middle School will be among four middle school and four high school teams that will compete for top bragging rights at the MESA Statewide Wind Energy Challenge Championship on May 12 in Santa Barbara. The Garden Grove and Roosevelt students are served by the MESA center housed at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. These future engineers advanced from preliminary and regional contests and beat out hundreds of other students to participate in the Santa Barbara event. The winning high school and middle school teams will represent California in the national championship in Washington next month.
	May 8, 2012 Pair Win ASCE Orange County Branch 2012 Awards Professor Brett F. Sanders and alum Tricia Maruki honored The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Orange County Branch honored Brett F. Sanders, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, and Samueli School alum Tricia Maruki, P.E., in February at the branch’s annual awards dinner banquet in Costa Mesa. Sanders' work is in the area of environmental hydrodynamics and his specialty is numerical modeling of free surface flow and transport in rivers and the coastal zone (estuaries, harbors, and bays). Maruki graduated cum laude with a B.S. degree from the Samueli School in 2005, and received her professional engineer’s license in 2008.
	May 4, 2012 New BME Assistant Professor Developing Nanotechnologies Jered Haun working to diagnose diseases with nanotechnology Jered B. Haun, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is conducting research focused on developing nanotechnologies to diagnose diseases and obtain new insight into biology. Haun is broadly interested in detecting unique signatures, or biomarkers, that accompany diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis. These biomarkers herald the presence of the disease, and may also provide valuable insight about the pathological phenotype that can be used to formulate powerful, personalized therapies.
	Apr 30, 2012 Troubled Waters UCI’s Jay Famiglietti warns of global crisis in new documentary UC Irvine professor Jay Famiglietti sits with his arms politely crossed, watching an irate Central Valley farmer wrest a microphone out of a conservationist’s hand. The two are dueling over the urgency of irrigation for 25 percent of America’s food supply versus cancelling crop production to save water. A few minutes later, Famiglietti patiently tries to explain the scientific reality behind groundwater depletion and why proper resource management could help all sides. Suddenly, he abandons his professorial lingo and sighs: “We’re screwed.” It’s just one of his memorable observations in the new documentary “Last Call at the Oasis,” which will open May 11 at the Edwards University Town Center cinema in Irvine.
	Apr 25, 2012 UC Irvine Introduces New Master’s of Science in Engineering Management New graduate program targets recently graduated engineering students seeking leadership roles
	Apr 24, 2012 New Hopes for Patient-Specific Heart Valves: UCI Researchers Engineered a Novel Hybrid Tissue UC Irvine research featured on the cover of Tissue Engineering Journal UC Irvine researchers are working on a new technology to develop the first patient-specific heart valve with self-regenerative capabilities. A recently published article entitled “Metal Mesh Scaffold for Tissue Engineering of Membranes” has been featured on the cover of the April 2012 issue of the journal of Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods. In this article, UC Irvine scientists revealed a novel engineered tissue made of an extra thin layer of metal mesh tightly enclosed by biological cell layers analogous to a heart valve leaflet.
	Apr 18, 2012 Engineering Student Council President Engineers Data Collection System Sean Burke created the ESCan wristband to gather data during E-Week
	Apr 5, 2012 Anna Grosberg Joins The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology Grosberg to focus on tissue engineering Assistant Professor Anna Grosberg, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, has recently joined The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology after completing postdoctoral research at Harvard University. Grosberg joins The Henry Samueli School of Engineering facultyand is expected to provide new and synergistic expertise in applyingmultiscale computational modeling and tissue engineering to stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells), cardiac morphogenesis (development of structure), and cardiac function.
	Apr 4, 2012 Dean Gregory Washington, Chancellor Michael Drake and Delegation Return from Academic Mission to Israel Highlights included a meeting with Israel President Shimon UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake and three faculty members recently concluded an academic mission in Israel, forging collaborative research agreements and student and faculty exchanges with the country’s top universities. Among the highlights of the trip was a visit with Israel President Shimon Peres. “Our meetings with university leaders and President Peres were enlightening and productive,” Drake said. “Together, we were able to identify many similarities between UC Irvine and the top universities in Israel. We look forward to continuing our relationships with these institutions, just as we have with many others around the world, including in South Korea, Norway, Poland, China and others.”
	Apr 3, 2012 Samueli School Alum Arezoo Ardekani Receives NSF CAREER Award Ardekani currently an assistant professor at University of Notre Dame
	Mar 28, 2012 BME Ranked 27th in Latest U.S. News & World Report Rankings BME Ranked 27th in Latest U.S. News & World Report Rankings
	Mar 28, 2012 ChEMS Assistant Professor’s Research Featured in Two Journal Cover Articles Ali Mohraz featured in cover articles in Advanced Materials and Langmuir Assistant Professor Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has had his research on interfacial colloid assembly featured as cover articles in the journals Advanced Materials and Langmuir. Particle self-assembly at liquid interfaces is a complex phenomenon involving elements of interfacial phenomena, suspension mechanics and thermodynamics. A better understanding of the interplay between these various elements can pave the way for new applications of these multi-phase systems in diverse technologies including drug delivery, personal care, oil industries and food products.
	Mar 23, 2012 ChEMS Assistant Professor Receives Nuclear Energy University Programs Award Mikael Nilsson receives award from the U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Professor Mikael Nilsson, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has received a Research and Development Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP). Nilsson’s proposal entitled “Microemulsions and Aggregation Formation in Extraction Processes for Used Nuclear Fuel: Thermodynamic and Structural Studies”is related to chemical processing of used nuclear fuel. The project goal is to study the formation of chemical aggregates that may cause upsets in the process.
	Mar 22, 2012 Assistant Professor Receives Editors’ Choice Award from Water Resources Research Journal Jasper Vrugt’s paper is one of five honored nationally Assistant Professor Jasper A. Vrugt, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a joint appointment in Earth System Science, co-authored a paper entitled “Optimization and uncertainty assessment of strongly nonlinear groundwater models with high parameter dimensionality, ” that has been awarded an Editors’ Choice Award from the journal Water Resources Research. The article discusses a proposed methodology for parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis algorithms to understand and predict flow and transport through aquifers.
	Mar 14, 2012 Dean Gregory Washington Invited to White House Washington is one of over 40 engineering deans participating in event Dean Gregory N. Washington, Ph.D., The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, was one of over 40 engineering school deans invited to attend a White House event to celebrate the efforts of engineering deans for their commitment to retain and graduate more students in the field of engineering. This event was part of a public-private initiative by the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (Jobs Council) to address the nation’s shortage of engineers. The goal is to yield 10,000 more engineering graduates in the United States annually.
	Mar 9, 2012 Engineering Student Council Honors Ten at Annual Awards Banquet Five faculty members and five students honored by ESC
	Mar 7, 2012 Three Doctoral Students Earn Public Impact Fellowships Three engineering doctoral students improving the lives of the community
	Mar 1, 2012 Adjunct Professor Robert H. Liebeck Receives Brigadier General Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager International Aeronautical Achievement Award Award presented at National Engineers Week Banquet Robert H. Liebeck, Ph.D., adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Senior Fellow at The Boeing Company, was nominated by Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager to receive the 2012 Brigadier General Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager International Aeronautical Achievement Award presented by The Engineers’ Council, during the National Engineers Week Honors & Awards Banquet in Universal City, Calif., on Saturday, February 25, 2012. The award was presented by Colonel Dawn M. Dunlop, Commander, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base.