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NSBE leadership team

More than 800 BCOE students belong to 22 campus organizations, including the National Society of Black Engineers, whose student leadership team is shown here at the NSBE national convention.

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Researchers inside the atmospheric chamber at CE-CERT.

The Center for Environmental Research and Technology is one of six research centers at BCOE and the site of the world’s largest atmospheric chamber.

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Dean Abbaschian shakes Winston Chung's hand.

Chinese technology innovator Winston Chung's $10 million gift to the college established the Winston Chung Global Energy Center and two endowed professorships.

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Grad student Desalegne Teweldebrhan.

Seventy percent of BCOE grads have jobs within six months of graduation. Desalegne Teweldebrhan, M.S. MSE ’11, Ph.D. EE ’11, is now employed at Intel.

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Students in laser lab.

The National Research Council ranked BCOE’s doctorate programs in the top quartile in the nation. Undergraduate research opportunities abound at the college as well.

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Children participating in Space Science and Engineering Day.

Organized by BCOE’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day draws more than 500 local children and their families to campus.

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Researchers in lab.

Research and teaching excellence are hallmarks of the BCOE faculty. The average extramural research funding per faculty is more than $400,000.

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College News

Verizon FoundationVerizon Foundation Grant Funds MESA Summer Camp

Thanks to a generous grant from the Verizon Foundation, the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program at UCR is giving highly motivated seventh- and eighth-grade students an opportunity to experience engineering during a two-week summer camp Project EASE (Engineering & Applied Science Experiences) June 19-29 at the Bourns College of Engineering.

Alternative fuels researchCEC Awards $2.6M to CE-CERT for Alternative Fuels Research

Grants totaling $2.6 million from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research program have been awarded to the College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology to develop technologies which reduce greenhouse gas through the use of alternative transportation fuels.

CE-CERT 20th AnniversaryCE-CERT Celebrates 20 Years of Research Achievement in 2012

Founded in 1992, the College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology is an internationally recognized leader in the study of atmospheric processes, emissions and fuels, sustainable energy, and transportation systems.

BatteriesEngineers Flip the Switch to Battery Power at Winston Chung Hall

The first floor of Winston Chung Hall at the Bourns College of Engineering is now being powered by a 1.1-megawatt hour bank of rare earth lithium-ion batteries, which is one of the largest storage battery installations at a university in the world. The installation was made possible by researchers at CE-CERT and teams from Balqon Corporation and UC Riverside's Department of Physical Plant.

Hideaki TsutsuiTsutsui Awarded Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration Grant

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hideaki Tsutsui has been awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled, "A Biotic Stress Sensor Printed on Maize Leaves."

EVS 26BCOE to Showcase Research at 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium

The Bourns College of Engineering will showcase its energy related research at the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS 26) at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 6-9, 2012.

Rajiv GuptaGupta Earns 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Rajiv Gupta has been selected by the UCR Graduate Council and Graduate Division as co-recipient of the 2012 Doctoral Advisor/Mentor Award.

Amit K. Roy-ChowdhuryImage Analysis Meets Art History

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury is part of a faculty team including professors Conrad Rudolph and Jeanette Kohl of the UCR Department of Art History which has received an initial grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for studying the application of facial recognition techniques in identifying unknown subjects in centuries-old sculptures and portraits.

EPA P3 teamBCOE Team Wins EPA P3 Competition

A team of BCOE graduates has been awarded a $90,000 first-place grant from the EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition for Sustainability it was announced yesterday in Washington, D.C. The grant will help them continue to work on a system they designed that eliminates the need for a clothes dryer and could save a homeowner nearly $6,500 over 20 years.

WERC team 2012BCOE Team Wins WERC Design Competition

A team of BCOE students won the top award at the international environmental design competition at WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development in Las Cruces, N.M., earlier this month. They earned the 2012 Intel Environmental Innovation Award for developing a reusable storm drain oil filter made from 100 percent recycled materials.

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Jesse Lozano represented a team of fellow BCOE grads and the organization Engineers Without Borders in describing to KABC-TV the system they designed that eliminates the need for a clothes dryer and could save a homeowner nearly $6,500 during a 20-year period.

A Press-Enterprise story described the research of Nosang Myung, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in developing sensors for smart phones that can detect hazardous chemicals in the air. The story also describes Myungs's collaboration with Innovation Economy Corporation, which licenses the technology he has developed.

A Forbes magazine story described the research of Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Vagelis Hristidis and a group of collaborators who have developed a model that uses data from Twitter to help predict the traded volume and value of a stock the following day.

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University of California, Riverside
900 University Ave.
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel: (951) 827-1012

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Bourns College of Engineering
446 Winston Chung Hall

Tel: (951) 827-5190
Fax: (951) 827-3188
E-mail: collegeinfo@engr.ucr.edu

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