A small group of staff, faculty and donors of the UC Irvine schools of engineering, physical sciences, medicine, and information and computer sciences gathered on Jan. 31, 2022, to celebrate the dedication of the Susan and Henry Samueli Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building.
Located in the engineering and physical sciences quad on the UCI campus, ISEB is a six-story, 205,000 square-feet building dedicated to fostering collaboration among faculty, researchers and students in engineering and the sciences. From state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to a variety of breakout spaces designed for studying to high-tech conference spaces, the new structure provides a home for UCI’s brightest science minds to solve some of the greatest challenges of the day.
Several people gave remarks at the dedication event, including UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman; donor Henry Samueli; Marios Papaefthymiou, Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of Information & Computer Sciences; and James Bullock, dean of physical sciences.
Magnus Egerstedt, Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, also spoke at the event, sharing with attendees his excitement about the interdisciplinary alliances that the building will support: “The Susan and Henry Samueli Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building allows us to not only talk about the value of multidisciplinary collaboration theoretically, but to go after it at a grand scale in practice. By having engineers and scientists engage with each other on a daily basis, even if that collaboration takes the form of a quick chat in the corridors or over a cup of coffee, I am convinced that this marvelous building will give rise to breakthroughs with far-reaching impact for our society, our nation and our planet.”
A small group of staff, faculty and donors of the UC Irvine schools of engineering, physical sciences, medicine, and information and computer sciences gathered on Jan. 31, 2022, to celebrate the dedication of the Susan and Henry Samueli Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building.
Located in the engineering and physical sciences quad on the UCI campus, ISEB is a six-story, 205,000 square-feet building dedicated to fostering collaboration among faculty, researchers and students in engineering and the sciences. From state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to a variety of breakout spaces designed for studying to high-tech conference spaces, the new structure provides a home for UCI’s brightest science minds to solve some of the greatest challenges of the day.
Several people gave remarks at the dedication event, including UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman; donor Henry Samueli; Marios Papaefthymiou, Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of Information & Computer Sciences; and James Bullock, dean of physical sciences.
Magnus Egerstedt, Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, also spoke at the event, sharing with attendees his excitement about the interdisciplinary alliances that the building will support: “The Susan and Henry Samueli Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building allows us to not only talk about the value of multidisciplinary collaboration theoretically, but to go after it at a grand scale in practice. By having engineers and scientists engage with each other on a daily basis, even if that collaboration takes the form of a quick chat in the corridors or over a cup of coffee, I am convinced that this marvelous building will give rise to breakthroughs with far-reaching impact for our society, our nation and our planet.”