The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine

🎉 Congrats to the students of the UC Irvine Professional Master of Engineering program who graduate soon from this 9-month program! They recently showcased their capstone projects sponsored by industry. Read about the winners: https://tinyurl.com/hd55ap8f

UC Irvine graduate students present wastewater plans to mayor of San Clemente. https://lnkd.in/gJMeSa6g

UC Irvine Professional Master of Engineering students showcased their industry projects and were honored for outstanding innovations. The 9-month program enables students to work with companies to create solutions for real-world issues. https://meng.eng.uci.edu/

Congratulations to Neovi Medical for winning the Beall Butterworth Competition! They created NeoFusion, a fully mechanical neonatal syringe pump designed to deliver life-saving fluids and medications. https://tinyurl.com/yhmbdhkf

UC Irvine-led team to evaluate and develop tools for city chatbots in Southern California. https://tinyurl.com/bde84h75

Congratulations to the outstanding 2025-2026 Faculty Award winners!

Excellence in Research:

Early-career: Rahim Esfandyarpour

Mid-career: Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi

Senior: Plamen Atanassov

Excellence in Teaching

Early-career: Ty Christoff Tempesta

Mid-career: David A. Copp

Senior: Anna Grosberg

Innovator of the Year: David J Reinkensmeyer

Outstanding Service: Joel Lanning

Outstanding Mentor: Wendy Liu

Read about these distinguished faculty: https://tinyurl.com/5c5hafdz

Congratulations to the outstanding 2025-2026 Faculty Award winners!

Excellence in Research:

Early-career: Rahim Esfandyarpour

Mid-career: Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi

Senior: Plamen Atanassov

Excellence in Teaching

Early-career: Ty Christoff Tempesta

Mid-career: David A. Copp

Senior: Anna Grosberg

Innovator of the Year: David J Reinkensmeyer

Outstanding Service: Joel Lanning

Outstanding Mentor: Wendy Liu

Read about these distinguished faculty:

Distinguished Faculty Honored at Spring Faculty Awards | Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine June 5, 2026 - UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering Interim Dean Faryar Jabbari bestowed awards to outstanding faculty at the school’s annual awards for the 2025-2026 academic year. The following faculty were honored for their distinguished research, teaching and service to the school.

Congratulations to UC Irvine graduate students Scott Duy Kiehn, Lanie Le and Madeleine Marston who have been named National Science Foundation fellows for their research! https://tinyurl.com/5vdjjnwe

🎉 Congratulations to the UC Irvine NASA Blue Skies team for winning NASA's Best Infographic Award for their aircraft structural health monitoring system - Air SHIELD! More at https://tinyurl.com/386twbt5

Maxim Shcherbakov and other UC Irvine researchers have developed a simple way to change how infrared light moves through an ultrathin crystal – using only heat and pressure. More https://tinyurl.com/2pavjkdn