Undergraduates: Get Started in Research with a SIRiPod:
The Samueli School will offer three SIRiPods in August of 2021.
- Controlling Exposure to Wildfire Contaminants
- Medical Innovation with Virtual Reality
- Sustainable Energy and Fuels
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Priority for enrollment will be given to Samueli School undergraduate students, but the program is open to UCI students outside of our school.
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Each SIRiPod is led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty.
- Controlling Exposure to Wildfire Contaminants
- Professor Chris Olivares, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Lead)
- Professor Camilo Velez, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Adeyemi Adeleye, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor Veronica Vieira, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Professor Diego Rosso, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor Tirtha Banerjee, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor Sunny Jiang, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Medical Innovation with Virtual Reality
- Professor Christine King, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Lead)
- Professor Nia Dowell, Department of Education
- Professor Sue Jeanne Koh, Department of Humanities
- Professor Derek Dunn-Rankin, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Warren Wiechmann, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Sustainable Energy and Fuels
- Professor Erdem Sasmaz, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Lead)
- Professor Plamen Atanassov, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Professor Sarah Finkeldei, Department of Chemistry
- Professor Robert Nielsen, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Professor Bihter Padak, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Professor Voya Stamenkovic, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Professor Jenny Yang, Department of Chemistry
- Professor Iryna Zenyuk, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Student Selection
Each SIRiPod aims to accommodate 10-15 students. Students will be selected on a pod-by-pod basis by the participating faculty.
Program Goals
- Introduce rising third-year undergraduate students to the practice and process of research, as well as research career opportunities, within one of the Samueli School’s strategic research areas.
- Increase the number and diversity of UCI undergraduates pursuing graduate degrees (especially at UCI).
- Enable graduate students, post-docs and faculty to enrich research ideas with interdisciplinary perspectives and cultivate interdisciplinary collaboration around strategic research themes.
Questions?
Contact Interim Associate Dean Brett Sanders.