UCI Samueli School of Engineering - Graduate and Professional Studies

Please join us in congratulating the four 23-24 SSoE Rose Hills Foundation fellows; Weiling Guan (MAE), Esther Hessong (MSE), Austin Parrish (MAE), and Aaron Ramirez (CBE)!

The Rose Hills Foundation program recognizes STEM students from underrepresented communities in Southern California with financial need who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership skills.

To learn more about the Rose Hills Foundation program and the four SSoE awardees, follow the link below!

Rose Hills Foundation Supports Engineering Students with Funding | Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Nov. 29, 2023 - The Rose Hills Foundation has awarded four graduate fellowships ($10,000 each) and 11 undergraduate scholarships (approximately $8,000 each) to Samueli School students. The program recognizes STEM students from underrepresented communities in Southern California with financial need w...

Congratulations to Rahul Sreedasyam and Kalan Leaks for placing at the Biomedical Research Symposium!

Sreedasyam placed first among master’s students for his research on fibroblasts, cells that help create tissue structures. Leaks placed third among doctoral students during the poster session for his recently published research using machine learning to analyze health differences between people with varying alcohol consumption patterns.

Congratulations to Rahul and Kalan! To learn more about their research and the symposium, visit the link below!

Two Graduate Students Place at Biomedical Research Symposium | Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Oct. 16, 2023 - Two UCI biomedical engineering students were recognized for their research at the 7th Annual City of Hope Biomedical Research Graduate Student Symposium in August. The students, Rahul Sreedasyam and Kalan Leaks, participated in the conference poster session that was hosted by the can...

Congratulations to Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral student Shu Li!

Li earned the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) for her presentation “Quantifying surface fuels using drone-based LiDAR” at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022 Fall Meeting in Chicago last December. Under the advisement of assistant professor Tirtha Banerjee, Li is using drone-based LiDAR to collect data on the amount and structure of vegetation that will be fuel for forest fires.

For more information about Li's research, follow the link below!

CEE Doctoral Student Wins Outstanding Student Presentation Award | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine March 15, 2023 - Civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Shu Li earned the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) for her presentation “Quantifying surface fuels using drone-based LiDAR” at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022 Fall Meeting in Chicago last December. Li is...

Join us in congratulating Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student Daniel Kahl for placing second in the 2022 Allianz Climate Risk Award competition for his research on flood modeling and risk assessment of Los Angeles!

Kahl was one of four applicants worldwide selected to present his work in Munich, Germany, last year, and one of 12 researchers featured in Allianz’s November 2022 compendium “The Era of Resilience, Mitigating Climate Risk.”

To learn more about Kahl's research and the Allianz Climate Risk Award, follow the link below!

Doctoral Student Places Second in International Climate Risk Competition | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine March 20, 2023 - Daniel Kahl, a civil and environmental engineering doctoral student and UCI Flood Lab researcher, placed second in the 2022 Allianz Climate Risk Award competition for his research on flood modeling and risk assessment of Los Angeles. Kahl was one of four applicants worldwide selecte...

Congratulations to Xian Shi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, for being awarded a 2023 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) grant! This grant was awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).

Shi is one of 58 scientists and engineers in the country to earn the honor this year and will receive $450,000 over three years for his research exploring the fundamental dynamics of the detonation phenomenon and detonation-based propulsion concepts.

To learn more about Shi's research, click the link below!

Shi Recognized as Young Investigator by Air Force Office of Scientific Research | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Jan. 11, 2023 - The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded Xian Shi, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, a 2023 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) grant. He is one of 58 scientists and engineers in the country to earn the honor this year and will....

We are happy to share that two UCI Distinguished Professors - Tryphon Georgiou and Efi Foufoula - have donated $100,000 to create an endowed fund and establish the Georgiou and Foufoula Endowed Graduate Student Award.

The award will support incoming graduate students who are majors in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering or the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgiou and Foufoula’s respective home departments at the school of engineering.

The award will be given with a focus on research excellence and on students from underrepresented minority groups. In recognition of the importance of the fellowship to reward and motivate students along their path to learning, UCI will provide an annual match for a period of 10 years, doubling the amount of support for students.

Distinguished Professors Establish the Georgiou and Foufoula Endowed Graduate Student Award | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Oct. 31, 2022 - Two UCI Distinguished Professors - Tryphon Georgiou and Efi Foufoula - have made a generous gift to support students at the Samueli School of Engineering.

Please join us in congratulating Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) graduate student Rozhin Yasaei for being selected as a 2022 Rising Star in EECS!

Launched in 2012 by MIT, Rising Stars in EECS is an intensive workshop for graduate students and postdocs with historically marginalized or underrepresented genders who are interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence and decision-making.

To learn more about Rozhin's research and accomplishment, follow the link below!

Yasaei Chosen for Rising Stars in EECS 2022 Program | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Aug. 29, 2022 – UC Irvine electrical engineering and computer science graduate student Rozhin Yasaei has been selected as a 2022 Rising Star in EECS.

Please join us in congratulating UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Efi Foufoula-Georgiou for receiving the 2022 Horton Medal for her outstanding contributions to hydrology and water resources research!

The Horton Medal, named in honor of Robert E. Horton, was established in 1974 and is one of the highest honors of the AGU, a union of more than 60,000 scientists worldwide. It is given annually to recognize "outstanding contributions to the geophysical aspects of hydrology." Horton medalists are evaluated by four criteria: scientific excellence, scientific impact, broader impact, and reputation and leadership.

For more information on Professor Foufoula-Georgiou's research and the honor, please visit https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2022/10/efi-foufoula-georgiou-2022-agu-horton-medal-recipient!

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou Is 2022 AGU Horton Medal Recipient | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Oct. 5, 2022 - The American Geophysical Union has awarded UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering Efi Foufoula-Georgiou the 2022 Horton Medal for her outstanding contributions to hydrology and water resources research.

Congratulations to recent Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Alumnus, David Morata Ph.D. for receiving a Best Paper Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)! Morata’s research focuses on the development of advanced acoustic imaging techniques for localizing and modeling relevant aviation noise sources and the study of propulsion-related noise sources.

To learn more about Morata's paper and research, follow the link below!

Recent Alumnus Earns AIAA Best Paper Award for Research on Jet Noise | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine Aug. 19, 2022 – David Morata ’22 (Ph.D.) received a Best Paper Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for his aeroacoustics research titled “Extension of Traditional Beamforming Methods to the Continuous-Scan Paradigm.”

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Yanning Shen for being announced as a winner of Google's Research Scholar Program!

The award provides professors from around the world with $60,000 in funding for up to one year to support their cutting-edge research in fields relating to computer science.

Professor Shen researches bias in machine learning algorithms across social networks, specifically machine learning that may lead to biased results toward underrepresented groups. Her project seeks to design algorithms to address this issue. Shen hopes to draw more awareness to the importance of machine learning and how it should not only be a source of concern to large tech companies, but also to society as a whole.

To learn more about Professor Shen's research and the Google Research Scholar Program, follow the link below!

Google Awards Funding to Shen for Machine Learning Research | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine July 7, 2022 -Google has named Yanning Shen, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, a winner of its Research Scholar Program for her research titled Addressing Unfairness in Learning over Social Networks.

Please join us in congratulating Electrical Engineering PhD student Ahmadreza Danesh for being named a 2022 UCI Beall Applied Innovation Fellow!

The program offers UCI graduate and doctoral students, as well as postdocs, opportunities related to innovation, entrepreneurship, and the translation and commercialization of university research. It also includes a $5,000 stipend and access to special events and networking opportunities.

Danesh’s work pertains to brain-computer interface systems used primarily to restore motor function in patients affected by paralysis, spinal cord injury or other neurological diseases. His work is done in the Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits Labs led by Payam Heydari, Chancellor’s Professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

Congratulations again to Ahmadreza Danesh! To learn more about his award, follow the link below!

EECS Graduate Student Awarded Beall Applied Innovation Fellowship | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine June 28, 2022 – Ahmadreza Danesh, a doctoral student in electrical engineering and computer science, has been awarded a 2022 UCI Beall Applied Innovation Graduate Fellowship.

Congratulations to the Master of Engineering (M.Eng) 2021-2022 Cohort for the successful presentations of their capstone projects at the 2022 M.Eng Capstone Showcase! A total of 7 projects were displayed to UCI Faculty, staff, and industry representatives.

To learn more about the M.Eng Capstone Showcase follow the link below!

Graduate Students Shine at Master of Engineering Design Showcase | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine June 30, 2022 – Students, faculty, staff, industry leaders and alumni gathered in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building June 3 for the first in-person Capstone Project Showcase of the Samueli School of Engineering’s interdisciplinary Master of Engineering (M.Eng) program.