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The Future of Regenerative Medicine

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
| Engineering
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Character Building

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.
| Engineering

Outstanding Outreach

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.

"A Promising Future"

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.
| Engineering
Mona Eskandari (center) with researchers from her bMECH lab.

Educational Excellence

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.
| Engineering
Vagelis Papalexakis-HEADER

Data Driven

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.
A conceptual image of an AI research center that blends digital and academic elements, featuring AI symbols, neural networks, and data streams in a futuristic environment.

UC Riverside Launches RAISE Institute to Advance AI Research and Education

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.
Image of pollution from smokestacks

Atmosphere of Change

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.
| Engineering
Electorn Microscope Image La2CuO4 nanostructures

Cool It Now

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.
| Engineering
Annie Du, BCOE computer engineering alum

Digital Protector

Annie Du has turned her passion for fighting off hackers into a successful career as a cybersecurity expert and Netflix engineer
By Gale Hammons |
Highlander Combat Robotics

Machine-Based Learning

Highlander Combat Robotics — a project of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers — provides students the opportunity to build and battle their bots against each other, an fun experience that also serves as a “a gateway to practical learning"
CIRM stem cell conference participant and student researcher.

New Horizons in Healing

BCOE will host the annual California Institute for Regenerative Medicine stem cell conference on August 5-6 with more than 100 student researchers who will showcase their projects and advances in regenerative medicine.
Mechanical Engineering assistant professor Kaveh Laksari conducting brain-trauma research in his lab.

Saving the Brain

Mechanical Engineering's Kaveh Laksari has pioneered technology that help improve outcomes for patients suffering from strokes, concussions, and other examples of brain trauma.
By Gale Hammons |
Digital illustration of interior of library containing enormous amount of books.

Infinity Stores

UCR Bourns College of Engineering researchers develop concept for breakthrough data-storage with the capacity to hold all humanity’s information on flash drive-sized device.
A group of student participants of the 2024 Rose Hack.

Cultivating Community

Rose Hack, billed as the first women-centric hackathon in the Riverside and San Bernardino counties region, was launched to encourage women and others underrepresented in STEM to gain experience and pursue innovation via participation in a hackathon.
By UCR Bourns College of Engineering |
Portrait of BCOE bioengineering alum Jaimie Stewart.

Mentorship and Molecules

Profile of Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering bioengineering alum Jaimie Marie Stewart, how her grandmother inspired her to pursue engineering, and how she continues the cycle of mentorship.
By UCR Bourns College of Engineering |
UCR BCOE bioengineering doctoral student Samantha Robinson writing on a dry erase board.

Keeping Future Engineers on Track

Bioengineering doctoral students Samantha Robinson and Nicholas Robertson received Koerner Family Foundation fellowships and grants geared to help them focus on their research, complete their degrees, and launch research-focused engineering careers in the United States.
| Engineering
Mantis shrimp

Smashing Success

Alumnus Garrett Milliron co-invented a materials science technology that was inspired by the “smasher” mantis shrimp and was recently used to develop a "bioinspired marvel," high-performance, impact-resistant hockey equipment
| Engineering
Match challenge students with car

Engineering student professional organizations soar to success

Financial support from October’s annual BCOE Match Challenge helped drum up donations for student professional organizations, totaling the most donors in the challenge’s six-year history.
Frank Vahid, co-founder of zyBooks (third from left)

Learning to Succeed

Department of Computer Science and Engineering professor Frank Vahid will serve as the new deputy director of college-level digitally enabled learning and teaching for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
| Engineering
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