was Biomedical Engineering in 2008. Programs not accredited include two of the aforementioned interdisciplinary degrees (general Engineering, Networked Systems). Research centers In keeping with the University of California's primary mission as a research institution, all of the HSSoE's departments are involved in academic research. Additionally, HSSoE faculty and students are involved with several interdisciplinary research centers affiliated with UCI, other academic, research, or medical institutions, government agencies, and private industry. These research centers include: Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) Beckman Laser Institute California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Carl Zeiss Center of Excellence for Electron Microscopy Center for Advanced Monitoring and Damage Inspection (CAMDI) Center for Biomedical Signal Processing and Computation (CBMSPC) Center for Embedded Computer Systems Center for Engineering Science in Design Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF) Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) Institute of Transportation Studies Lasers, Flames, and Aerosols Laboratory (LFA) Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) LifeChips Materials Characterization Center (MC2) Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus Center (MF3) National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) Networked Systems Center RapidTech, National Center for Rapid Technologies Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center UCI Combustion Laboratory Urban Water Research Center (UWRC) Facilities Most of the school's facilities occupy one of the "spokes" of the UC Irvine campus' "Ring Road", its main circular pedestrian mall on which the university's academic schools (except for Arts, Business, and Medicine) are situated. This includes department offices, faculty offices, laboratories, classrooms and lecture halls, and a number of research facilities. Architecturally speaking, the school consists of a buildings ranging from brutalist to postmodern. The brutalist Engineering Tower, designed by the Los Angeles firm Kistner, Wright & Wright and constructed in 1969-1970 during the campus' original building boom, is the tallest building on the main campus. It is noted for its cantilevered design which makes it nearly twice as wide at the top than at the base. Most of the remaining buildings, including the postmodern Engineering Gateway and flagship Calit2 facility, were built during the campus building boom that has lasted from the late 1980s until the present. The school also has portable classroom buildings that house classrooms, laboratories, and offices. For many years Engineering shared some facilities with the Department of