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Student professional organizations raised more than $119,000 for the five-week Match Challenge annual fundraiser, with donations covering the cost of student projects, attending conferences and participating in competitions, and leadership and professional development activities.
BCOE successfully hosted the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s (CIRM) Summer Program to Accelerate Regenerative Medicine Knowledge (SPARK) conference. The two-day event brought together 11 institutions, 115 high school students, and 200 attendees
Paul DiLorenzo's (PhD, Computer Science, ’08) interest in computers and computer graphics took root at a young age and took off as a doctoral student in computer science — paving the way for a successful career run at DreamWorks.
The Biomedical Engineering Society BCOE student chapter was named the recipient of the Outstanding Outreach Program Award by the national BMES for the second year in a row.
Electrical engineering doctoral student Brittney Terry's time at BCOE has prompted her to encourage other women, Black students, and others from underrepresented communities to become the next generation of engineers.
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Mona Eskandari was named a recipient of a Junior Excellence in Teaching Award by UCR's exclusive Academy of Distinguished Teaching.
Vagelis Papalexakis, an associate professor at UC Riverside's Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, has been named the Ross Family Term Chair in Computer Science.
Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering faculty are at the forefront of AI research and education, with professors professors Amit Roy-Chowdhury and Vassilis Tsotras leading the interdisciplinary Riverside Artificial Intelligence Research (RAISE) Institute.
A project led by the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering recently received a $3.1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an innovative method of getting rid of dangerous hydrofluorocarbon pollution from the air.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate researcher Shucheng Guo and assistant professor Xi Chen's research could lay the groundwork for the electronics industry to develop devices that overheat less, process information faster, and are more energy-efficient than today’s technology.
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January 02, 2025
Detecting disease with only a single molecule
UC Riverside scientists have developed a nanopore-based tool that could help diagnose illnesses much faster and with greater precision than current tests allow, by capturing signals from individual molecules.
December 20, 2024
Get to know UCR’s National Society of Black Engineers Chapter
After a busy year of accomplishments, UC Riverside’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, or NSBE, was voted 2024’s Outstanding Student Organization of the Year and Social Justice Activists of the Year. This marks the second time UCR’s Student Life office has recognized NSBE in four years.
December 20, 2024
Professor recognized by two scientific journals
Two papers co-authored by UC Riverside professor Bryan Wong have been recognized recently by their respective publishers as leading scientific studies.
December 17, 2024
$1.4 million grant awarded to spur water recycling technology
The University of California system has awarded a $1.4 million grant to UC Riverside chemical and environmental engineering professor Haizhou Liu and a collaborative team from several UC campuses to combat water scarcity by developing strategies to clean and reuse water for agriculture.
December 10, 2024
Cengiz Ozkan named National Academy of Inventors fellow
UC Riverside professor Cengiz Ozkan has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding academic inventors whose innovations have made a significant societal impact.