Newsletter
April 2023The April Issue of our newsletter is sponsored by:
UCI and OCC Team Up as teamMADE for the OC Sustainability Decathlon
by Jenn Burke
The Orange County Sustainability Decathlon (OCSD) will be held October 5-15, 2023 at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA. teamMADE, a collaboration of students and faculty from UC Irvine and Orange Coast College, has been selected as one of the 16 international schools to compete. The OCSD is working to make Orange County the sustainability capital of the world. Read more
FrameCAD: Warming Hearts with Cold Steel
by Georgie Ampudia
In our rapidly changing world, rapid urbanization has put construction in a predicament. Ranging from escalating population growth calling for quicker homes, scarcity in resources, risk of extreme weather damages, and lack of affordability, new methods in building are crucial in simultaneously tackling these threats. Learn more about how our team’s cold-formed steel (CFS) construction system, FRAMECAD, can execute all of these problems through quicker, durable, sustainable, affordable, and innovative features. Read more
Proud to be a Partner of Homeless Intervention Services of OC
by Matthew Ramon
The house we are building will be permanently located after the competition with HIS-OC, a non profit organization that supports those with housing insecurity in Orange County. They have helped thousands of families and individuals since their founding in 1989. Read more
Check out the OC Sustainability Decathlon
Contact
Jennifer Wilkens, UCI
jwilkens@uci.edu
Mark Walter, UCI
m.walter@uci.edu