December 2005:California and Catalonia establish alliance in miniaturization science and engineering.

Professor Roger H. Rangel, chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support the California-Catalonia Alliance for Miniaturization Science and Engineering program, which is an expansion of the international collaboration between the University of California, Irvine and selected universities and research institutes in Catalonia. The new program will encompass two distinct research areas: micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) with applications in biotechnology and biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology, exploring the fundamental aspects of materials science, physics, and chemistry. For additional information please visit: http://www.eng.uci.edu/news_events/current/?page=252.