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Rachel Nordberg, UC Irvine associate specialist in biomedical engineering, prepares cartilage tissue engineering cells for transport to the International Space Station.

Biomedical Engineers Send Cartilage...

June 29, 2026

Researchers in UC Irvine’s Department of Biomedical Engineering are relying on the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to help build new cartilage tissue. For a project funded by the National Science Foundation, the UC Irvine researchers began by preparing cartilage-producing cells for the trip to space.

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The Lab Beat podcast wins Best Podcast/Audio Storytelling Award at the 2026 OC Press Awards

The Lab Beat Wins Best Podcast at OC...

June 25, 2026

The official podcast of the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering, The Lab Beat, won Best Audio Storytelling/Podcast at the 2026 OC Press Awards. From the stem cell engineering of mini human organs, to enabling wounds to heal without a scar, to revolutionizing gyroscopes used in phones and drones, UCI engineering professors are out to change the world — and their dynamic research and developments are happening right inside the school's cutting-edge laboratories.

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Four early career faculty receive UC research awards, clockwise from top left, Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Matthew Dean, Christopher Ignacio Olivares Martinez and Fei Xia.

Four Engineers Recognized with UC Early...

June 24, 2026

The University of California has selected six UC Irvine faculty as recipients of the inaugural Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards; four are from the UCI Samueli School of Engineering. The competitive program recognizes outstanding early career scholars whose innovative research demonstrates exceptional promise and impact.

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Team BrickCycle wins first place in the Social Enterprise/Sustainability Category.

Engineering Students Win Big at 2026...

June 22, 2026

Engineering students served on many of the winning teams at the annual Stella Zhang New Venture Competition, which is hosted by the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business's Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The event highlights UCI students' creativity and business skills as they are asked to launch a startup and build a team in just seven months.

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Anteater engineers gather at the Bren Event Center on June 15 to celebrate their commencement.

UC Irvine Engineering Class of 2026...

June 22, 2026

UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering hosted its commencement ceremony on June 15 at the Bren Events Center, which was packed with family and supporters ready to celebrate the recent graduates. The school expects to award 73 doctorates, 294 master's degrees and 934 bachelor's degrees for the 2026 academic year.

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UCI biomedical engineering graduate Christopher Tan

Q&A: Chancellor’s Award Winner Christopher...

June 15, 2026

Christopher Tan just graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biomedical engineering-premed from UC Irvine. He was president of the award-winning student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a researcher in four labs and founder of the Neovi Medical startup, which won awards in the BioEngine and Beall Butterworth Competitions for its invention NeoFusion.

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Ph.D. graduate Jad Al Aaraj (right) demonstrates technology he created that enables people to opt out of visual tracking by public cameras.

UC Irvine Schools of Engineering and...

June 15, 2026

In a world where phones and smart glasses can capture anyone's image, students at the Engineering+ Society Institute on AI are creating ways to protect personal privacy. These inventions and the risks of AI were on display at an exhibit hosted by the Samueli School of Engineering and Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine.

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