Fall 2022: EECS@UCI News

Fall 2022

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Chair's Message

This issue of our newsletter highlights two reasons why I am excited and optimistic about the future of our department. First, our young faculty continue to shine and receive high visibility research grants, and second our female students and alumni are garnering national recognition for their talents. We are committed to providing a nurturing environment for all our students and also our young faculty. Speaking of the latter, we have a new faculty position open in the area of autonomous systems this year. If you're interested in becoming part of the UCI family, consider applying.

A. Lee Swindlehurst

Professor and Chair

Nicolaos G. and Sue Curtis Alexopoulos Presidential Chair

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Research

Samueli Foundation Grant Supports HEYKUBE Outreach Program

Solving the puzzle of a cube’s multiple colored squares has fascinated people for decades. Now, an upgraded version of the puzzle called HEYKUBE is at the center of a new outreach effort led by Quoc-Viet Dang, assistant professor of teaching.

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Researchers Invent Self-powered, Wireless Biosensor Device

A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at UCI can keep track of a wearer’s pulse and wirelessly communicate with a nearby smartphone or tablet – without needing an external power source or a battery.

Accolades

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Shcherbakov Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has granted Maxim Shcherbakov a Young Faculty Award (YFA) in support of his efforts to study a new class of two-dimensional magnetic materials in optical fields.

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Google Awards Funding to Shen for Machine Learning Research

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.

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Swindlehurst Named TUM Ambassador by Technical University of Munich

A. Lee Swindlehurst was recently named a TUM Ambassador by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for his internationally cooperative efforts to “fuel innovation and enable progress in science.”

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Gajski Featured in Book Chapter

A new book titled “Croatian Extraordinary Scientists” features a chapter dedicated to Daniel D. Gajski, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science.

Students and Alumni

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Doctoral Student Quon Wins Microsoft Epic Challenge

Imagining a more inclusive future inspired Beverly Quon, doctoral candidate in computer engineering, to develop her passion project called Keyboardless, ASL-inspired Programming Interface (KAPI).

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Yasaei Recognized as Global Bright Young Researcher

UCI electrical engineering and computer science graduate student Rozhin Yasaei has been selected as a 2022 Rising Star in EECS.

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ZotPonics Team Working to Bring Sustainable Gardening to UCI

The future of farming may eliminate the need for soil. Hydroponics – growing plants in a nutrient-rich liquid rather than in the ground – is one of the innovative solutions challenging traditional methods of farming and gardening.

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Alumna Farah Bajwa Competes in Debut Season of ‘Domino Masters’

UCI electromechanical engineering alumna Farah Bajwa ‘04, and her “Wonder Women” teammates Niasia Williams and Brianne Martin were among 16 teams competing in the new Fox series “Domino Masters,” which premiered on March 9, 2022.

Funding

UC Irvine Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Website