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Engineering Features
Gregory N. Washington, UC Irvine's new dean of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, knows the mechanics of staying cool under pressure. ____________________________________________
Imagine being able to get the equivalent of 70 miles per gallon in your car, keep your home cool and power your computer - all from sewage.
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An App a Day
Mobile health applications are multiplying like cells in a petri dish. Consumers will soon have 600 million to choose from, analysts say. ___________________________________________________
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Port-wine Stain Masters
The Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic at UC Irvine is home to one of the nation's elite research and treatment centers for vascular birthmarks.
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The Samueli School in the News
Yahoo! News
A metallic lattice of hair-thin pipes is now the lightest solid yet created - less dense than air, scientists revealed.
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NBC LA UC Irvine researchers at the National Fuel Cell Research Center have created a unique fuel cell generator that simultaneously and continuously converts gas created in wastewater digesters to hydrogen used for zero-emission vehicle fuel, electricity and heat in a highly efficient manner. This story has also been covered by the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and OC Weekly.
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Orange County Register UCI Team Readies Tiny Satellite for Launch
A team of student engineers is planning to launch UC Irvine's first-ever satellite, UCISAT-1. The satellite is smaller than a toaster and will takes photos from orbit.
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Fast Company California's Innovative Water Recycling Runs Afoul of California's Aggressive Climate Laws
Researchers in UC Irvine's Urban Water Research Center have teamed up with Amy Townsend-Small, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, to discover that wastewater recycling facilities are emitting three times as much nitrous oxide (N2O) as a conventional process that sends treated sewage to a river or ocean. This news has also been covered by EcoSeed and ClickGreen.
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CNBC Creative Uses for Shrinky Dinks Keep Growing
Assistant Professor Michelle Khine's Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. is included in CNBC's article on the diversity of Shrinky Dinks.
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Alumni
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Dean Gregory Washington's Corner
It's Great to be Here 
Students, faculty, alumni and friends,
As we look back on an extraordinary year of both challenges and triumphs, we are grateful, mindful and hopeful. We are grateful that, despite the state's fiscal challenges, we have emerged as a very strong academic unit.
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Samueli School News
 Assistant Professor Lorenzo Valdevit helps develop world's lightest material ___________________________________________________ 
UC Irvine has received a five-year, $2.5 million award from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for nonproliferation research and education. ___________________________________________________
Michelle Khine Named Finalist for 2011 World Technology Award for Materials
The World Technology Network (WTN) has announced that Assistant Professor Michelle Khine, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a finalist for the prestigious World Technology Award for Materials.
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Jasper Vrugt Awarded Donath Medal
Assistant Professor Jasper A. Vrugt, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a joint appointment in Earth System Science, was awarded the Young Scientist Award, also known as the Donath Medal, by the Geological Society of America (GSA).
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Assistant Professor Arash Kheradvar, M.D., Ph.D., The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, has received a pair of grants for continuation of his research on the development of a novel self-expandable bioprosthetic heart valve for percutaneous delivery and implamentation.
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William Tang Collaboration Receives Over $2.7 Million from DARPA
William C. Tang, Ph.D., associate dean for research, and professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded a grant of over $2.7 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Microscale Rate-Integrating Gyroscope (MRIG) program.
Assistant Professor Elliot L. Botvinick, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a 2011 Pilot Grant from the Insititute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) at UC Irvine for "A bloodless laproscopic cutting tool."
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Kenneth D. Mease, Ph.D., professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will be featured in Benesse Corporation's "Be-Go Global - Science & Dreams" DVD. ___________________________________________________
The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology held its first ever open house in October at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
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Giving
There are many opportunities for making a gift to The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, including endowments, scholarships, fellowships and research program support. If you would like to make a gift to the School, please contact:
Pamela Gesme Miller
Assistant Dean, Development and External Relations (949) 824-6563
millerp@uci.edu
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