UCI students build a full-scale WWI biplane in a project Prof. Rimoli helped launch

Between 80 and 100 UCI engineering students are building a full-scale replica of the Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny”, a World War I training biplane, for the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum. Prof. Rimoli initiated UCI’s involvement in the project and recruited faculty advisors David Copp and Jacqueline Huynh to guide the student teams working on the fuselage, engine, tail, and wings.

Read the full story: UC Irvine Student Engineers Build a WWI Biplane (UCI Samueli School of Engineering).