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The Henry Samueli School of Engineering is one of the nation’s fastest growing engineering schools, attracting talented faculty and students from across the country and around the world. Its mission is to provide outstanding education to graduate and undergraduate students through a combination of classroom learning and laboratory research experience, distinguishing itself through an emphasis on cross-disciplinary research and education. Working in partnership with state and federal agencies and industry, the School promotes the transfer of research to applications that benefit society.
Focused Research
The School is equipped with excellent experimental facilities and a state-of-the-art computational infrastructure, soon to occupy nearly 295,000 assignable square feet. It offers numerous research centers, institutes and facilities, including the Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing, the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, the National Fuel Cell Research Center, the UC Irvine Combustion Lab, the Center for Embedded Computer Systems, the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, the Center for Advanced Monitoring and Damage Inspection, the Center for Engineering Science in Design, the Structural Engineering Test Hall and the Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus Center.
The School’s faculty is also active in the Institute of Transportation Studies, the Networked Systems Center, the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, the Urban Water Research Center, and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition, the School is an integral part of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), one of four Institutes for Science and Innovation within the University of California.
