Costa Mesa’s Emulex Corp., a maker of electronics for data storage networks, is set to give $1.5 million to the engineering school at the University of California, Irvine.
The money will be used to start the Emulex Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
“Emulex is a strong supporter of education and educators,” said Chief Executive Jim McCluney. “Our endowment will help UC Irvine teach the next wave of engineers and scientists.”
The money is set to back teaching and research by a new professor who’ll be hired after a national search.
The chair’s research is set to focus on the next generation of computer networks, data storage and server virtualization, according to UC Irvine.
UCI’s engineering school has a tech namesake,Henry Samueli, cofounder of Irvine chipmaker Broadcom Corp.
