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Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering

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Legacy of Leadership
The Bourns College of Engineering recognizes the 20-year legacy of its Council of Advisors leadership and welcome new council leaders and members
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Keep Cool
A newly discovered solid-state battery material is a breakthrough that could make the next generation of lithium-ion batteries safer and more powerful
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In Charge
New diagnostic metric uses battery data and environmental factors to take the guesswork out of figuring out if your battery has enough charge to get home
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Shields Up
Engineers and computer scientists boost cybersecurity by exposing vulnerabilities, protecting private data, and strengthening digital defenses
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Model Behavior
How to maintain generative AI safeguards against hate speech and criminal activity even when they are run on low-power devices
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Sky's the Limit
Boeing Satellite Systems president and alum Ryan Reid will share his leadership and engineering experience as the first Distinguished Visionary
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A sea mist form over the La Jolla area of San Diego
February 09, 2026
Trace gases play unseen role in cloud droplet formation
UCR-led study finds that tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation appear to play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains. This realization runs counter to more than a century of assumptions about the physics behind cloud droplet formation.
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Georgios Karavalakis
February 09, 2026
Professor selected for prestigious SAE fellowship
Georgios Karavalakis, a UCR professor of chemical and environmental engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, one of the highest honors in the mobility engineering field.
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January 28, 2026
UCR launches Provost’s Lecture Series with renowned engineer
UC Riverside will welcome Tsu-Jae King Liu, president of the National Academy of Engineering, for a public lecture set for Friday, Feb. 6. Liu’s talk is the inaugural event in the Provost’s Lecture Series, an annual program hosting prominent scholars in the fall, winter, and spring quarters.
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January 22, 2026
Stingrays inspire smarter ocean robots
Using robotic fins, researchers have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could help underwater vehicles avoid disastrous ground collisions. 
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