Dear Friends,
Many exciting developments are taking place at our School highlighted by the growth in faculty, grants, and research expenditures, and we are pleased to share them with you.
Successes of particular note include the addition of six new faculty members, making our School 101 strong. In 2004-05, research expenditures continued to expand, totaling $20.8 million. Further, graduate student enrollments reached 684, our largest population to date.
Earlier this year we initiated a popular new faculty lecture series entitled, “Engineering Innovations,” which highlights our own faculty members each quarter to discuss a variety of important industry-related topics. Lectures have included “The Bionic Human,” and “Will Carbon Replace Silicon as the Top Engineering Material?” Upcoming lectures include “Engineering New Materials That 'Talk' to Cells” in April, and “Visualization on Multiple Scales,” in June.
As we look forward into the Spring Quarter, we are pleased to announce our 5th annual industry research symposium "California: Prosperity Through Technology," which will be held May 15-17. The theme of this year’s event is “Engineering in Medicine.” Speakers will address the convergence of engineering and medicine, focusing on emerging trends and issues facing the state and nation’s biomedical community.
Specific topics include:
- Engineering Science in Ophthalmology and Vision Technologies
- Engineering in Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
- Nano/Micro Technologies for Cancer
- BioMEMS for Medical Implantable Devices
We look forward to seeing you at the symposium. For more event information please, visit http://www.eng.uci.edu/cptt.
Finally, this year we will embark on the construction of our new Engineering III building that will primarily house the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as a combination of wet and dry laboratories, faculty offices and classrooms. Designed to be a catalyst for collaboration through which innovative research will be developed, our new building will be in close proximity to the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science’s new building.
Here at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, we are extremely proud of our accomplishments and welcome your interest in our progress.
Sincerely,
Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos
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