Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, are advancing what researchers describe as the first continuously ventilated, structurally representative three-dimensional human lung model informed by both organ- and tissue-level experimental data. Led by Professor Mona Eskandari and trainees in UCR’s bioMechanics Experimental and Computational Health (bMECH) Laboratory, the research was highlighted at the 2025 SIMULIA Americas Users Conference, where postdoctoral researcher Dr. Arif Badrou presented new findings from the international Living Lung Project.

Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, co-authored the paper with Paul R. Sanberg, president of the National Academy of Inventors. The work grew out of Ozkan’s role as a 2025 NAI Invention Ambassador, a leadership position focused on collaboration, translational research, and inventor engagement across academic institutions.

UC Riverside environmental engineers are testing a van imported from France with a hydrogen combustion engine as part of an international effort to advance decarbonization of the transportation industry and curb greenhouse gas emissions.