sustainability

UCI earns status as sustainability leader among U.S. universities

Written on August 27, 2018.

Campus nets No. 1 spot in Sierra’s ‘Cool Schools’ ranking, STARS Platinum rating Irvine, Calif., Aug. 27, 2018 — With a third No. 1 spot in Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” ranking and top distinctions in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s prestigious STARS program, the University of California, Irvine has earned its place as the sustainability leader among U.S. universities. “UCI has a long history of environmental and sustainability leadership...

Student Team Excels in Business Contest

Written on April 26, 2017.

April 26, 2017 – A multidisciplinary team of UC Irvine undergraduate students from the schools of engineering and arts took fourth place in an international business competition with their bicycle-powered, sustainable, closed-loop 3-D printing process. The ambitious prototype, originally developed as a research endeavor, recently took a “serious turn toward entrepreneurship,” according to Jesse Colin Jackson, arts assistant professor and the team’s adviser. Closed Loop Plastics...

UCI Named as Partner in New Clean Manufacturing Institute

Written on February 6, 2017.

$140 million consortium aims to improve competitiveness of US industryFeb. 6, 2017 – The University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has launched the Reducing Embodied-Energy & Decreasing Emissions Institute to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing. The Department of Energy is providing up to $70 million to fund the REMADE Institute through its Manufacturing...

On the Water Front

Written on December 12, 2016.

Renowned hydrologist joins UCI to lead interdisciplinary research efforts Dec. 12, 2016 — Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, an expert in hydrology and water resources, recently joined the University of California, Irvine as a Distinguished Professor of civil & environmental engineering. After nearly three decades at the University of Minnesota, with her research laboratory perched atop a waterfall on the Mississippi River, she moved to a region suffering from a severe drought, but the native...

In a National First, UCI Injects Renewable Hydrogen into Campus Power Supply

Written on December 6, 2016.

Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy Dec. 6, 2016 — University of California, Irvine engineers have successfully implemented the first power-to-gas hydrogen pipeline injection project in the United States, demonstrating the use of excess clean electricity that would otherwise go to waste. P2G is a technique for converting surplus sustainable energy from solar panels or wind farms into hydrogen, which can be blended with natural gas and...

Food for thought

Written on May 6, 2016.

Five takeaways from the campus summit on sustainable solutions Tom Vasich / UCI The Global Food Summit: Sustainable Solutions brought together leaders, practitioners and academics from across the University of California system May 5 and 6 to share ideas about ending hunger and address the agricultural challenges of climate change. The standing-room-only events took place at the UCI Student Center’s Crystal Cove Auditorium and at the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National...

Grad Student Wins MIT Contest

Written on November 12, 2015.

Nov. 12, 2015 – Environmental engineering graduate student Daniel Howard won MIT’s Energy Solutions for Latin America contest, hosted by MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence, with a project that analyzes which mix of energy sources provides the lowest total commercial, environmental and health costs for society. This approach allows countries to focus on development while minimizing climate change, air pollution and health impacts. Howard presented his work, “Electricity at the lowest...

Food for thought

Written on November 3, 2015.

UCI provides a full menu of events, activities encouraging new approaches to sustainable nourishment Tom Vasich / UCI This academic year, the University of California, Irvine is a campus fit for foodies, having prepared a feast of events and activities that explore and expand upon the role food plays in the major social, political and scientific issues of the day. From cooking demonstrations by visiting eco-chef Roger Feely to an all-day Global Food Summit, the roster addresses a wide...

Building a dream

Written on October 11, 2015.

UCI graduate student manages unique construction challenge: the Team Orange County entry in the 2015 Solar Decathlon Janet Wilson The first time the Solar Decathlon was held at the Orange County Great Park in 2013, volunteer Alex McDonald impressed U.S. Dept. of Energy organizers with his relentless energy and can-do spirit. While he has a deep interest in sustainability, what McDonald really wanted to do was continue his engineering studies at a major research university. One of the Decathlon...

Ashok Rao’s Book on Sustainable Energy Conversion is Hot off the Press

Written on May 21, 2015.

May 21, 2015 – Ashok Rao, chief scientist for power systems at UCI’s Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP), has written a book outlining a unified, comprehensive and fundamental approach to sustainable power plant development and design. Published by Wiley, “Sustainable Energy Conversion for Electricity and Co-Products: Principles, Technologies, and Equipment” is directed toward mechanical, chemical and industrial engineers, chemists and material scientists, as well as electrical...

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