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Co-creator of first artificial heart valve presented his role in the evolution of the valve

Ophthalmology chair and BME professor is a pioneer in laser eye surgery

Doctoral candidate snags fellowship for work assessing infrastructure vulnerability to natural disasters

On the night of June 20, 1990, 8-year-old Behrouz Shafei was up late watching soccer on TV when his world suddenly convulsed. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake centered some 150 miles from his home in Tehran claimed more than 40,000 lives.

“It was my first inspiration to study natural hazards,” Shafei says. “Like California, Iran is a high-seismic area. I wanted to contribute to society in a meaningful way that crosses borders and nationalities. Natural disasters do not recognize manmade boundaries.”

Graduate students from four departments honored for academic achievement

Zoran Nenadic to study electrical activity of neurons

Three UCI researchers receive funds to develop a nanoscale imaging microscope

Biomedical Engineering Professor Enrico Gratton, Ph.D., Research Associate Michelle Digman, Ph.D., and Developmental and Cell Biology Professor J. Lawrence Marsh, Ph.D., have been awarded a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to engineer a nanoscale imaging microscope capable of observing single-cell migration in vivo. Matching funds were also awarded by the UC Irvine Office of Research to support the establishment of the "W.M. Keck Nanoimaging Laboratory,” whose mission is to develop technologies that will revolutionize how protein dynamics are measured.

Microvascular Therapeutics and Imaging Laboratory has paper on birthmark removal technoogy published

Engineering school's new RapidTech center could alter U.S. manufacturing

Imagine being able to sketch a new musical instrument or design a lifesaving medical part and within hours have in hand a three-dimensional prototype with details as precise as one-twentieth the width of a human hair.

UC Irvine’s Marc Madou, Chancellor’s Professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering, is working closely with Tommaso Baldacchini, a staff scientist at Newport Corp., on manufacturing technology that could do just that – radically changing how things are made.

Dr. Alexander Trusov’s presentation at MEMS 2011 sparks interest

Claire Robertson will attend meetings in Germany in June

Five professors and five students honored by ESC

Frank Shi and Fan-Gang Zeng are among 321 new Fellows named in 2011

Kimberly Hong works with Assistant Professor Diego Rosso for water research project

Hamid Jafarkhani is one of four UCI professors named AAAS Fellow

UCI researcher Wendy Liu is trying to make the lifesaving devices less life-threatening

Every year, more than half a million people in the United States undergo surgery for biomedical implants – like stents or heart valves – intended to save their lives, according to the American Heart Association. Unfortunately, these devices themselves can sometimes cause a potentially fatal immune system response.

To help prevent this, UC Irvine biomedical engineer Wendy Liu is researching safer coatings for implants that dissolve inside the body when their work is done.

HSSoE students work with Free Wheelchair Mission to make a difference

Earth system science and CEE professor Jay Famiglietti named the Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer for 2012

Team creates online maps used by foreign countries to predict – and prepare for – intense rainfall

UC Irvine civil and environmental engineering distinguished professor Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D., spent the holiday break closely monitoring the heavy rains – not just at home but half a world away. Unlike local forecasters, he and his colleagues aim to help whole nations grapple with deluges.

Ritchie receives award from the American Society of Civil Engineers

Civil and environmental engineering students recognized for research in transportation