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Professor Burke presents at NSF AFOSR workshop on quantum sensors in biology

Professor Burke presented at on NSF AFOSR workshop on quantum sensors in biology using qubits of nanodiamonds. The workshop was held in Washington DC. “I’m excited about the potential of using qubits to sense biological quantities that cannot be measured

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Burke Lab Youtube channel premiers

BurkeLab is proud to announce the premier of a youtube channel for scientific (STEM) content related to BurkeLab. The first video is a tutorial on how to order custom PC boards, from start top finish. Feel free to like, subscribe,

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P Burke Award for Faculty Innovation in Teaching

P Burke was awarded the Dean’s Award for Faculty Innovation in Teaching in Spring 2022. Congratulations Professor Burke!

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New Grant: Award Supports Electronic Nose

March 31, 2022 – Professor Peter J. Burke in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is receiving a new grant from National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems to develop an engineered electronic nose that

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France Nanotech Institute visits BurkeLab to push live cell imaging technology

An international delegation of professors from Lille, France visited BurkeLab this week. Professor Kamel Haddadi and colleague Christoph Loyez esteemed professor at the University of Lille, and IEMN (Institut d’électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie  https://www.iemn.fr) visited BurkeLab in January

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BurkeLab PhD student Shawn Chia-Hung Lee presents cell biology research at Army Research Office workshop

PhD candidate in BurkeLab Shawn Lee presented his thesis work “Investigation of mitochondria cristae ultrastructure and membrane potential changes using super-resolution Airyscan microscopy” at an Army Research Office online workshop on bioelectricity. “With our new super resolution microscope, we are

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Professor Burke makes radio contact around the world: “Antipode”

Professor Burke established two-way communication with the remote island of Reunion, off the coast of Madagascar, using FT8 digital communications and bouncing the radio waves (of 20 m wavelength) off the ionosphere. Reunion island is the closest land mass to

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Professor Burke presents at Air Force workshop on quantum biosensing

Professor Burke presented his talk: “Quantum sensors in biology: Challenges and Opportunities” at an invitation only workshop on quantum bio-sensing in Washington, DC. The workshop was sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and included in person participants

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Irvine student HAM radio club kicks off the new school year

Professor Burke, as advisor of the UCI HAM radio club (an official ARRL chapter), kicked off the new academic year with a new student president. The students checked the antennas on the top of the MTSB building, and calibrated some

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Drones for good: Professor Burke flies “Fire Prevention Drone Flight”

Professor Burke provided assistance to the campus fire authorities using his drone. His flights provided aerial footage of the “Fuel Modification Zone”, a region of reduced vegetation around a residential neighborhood on the UCI campus (University Hills) to prevent risk

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