Bourns College of Engineering Latest News

Will Brillouin spectroscopy become as indispensable for science as Raman spectroscopy?

Review paper identifies new twists and turns in light scattering spectroscopy

By Holly Ober |

Ultrasound mind reading machine could improve assistive robotics

Less invasive interface maps brain activity to predict movements

By Holly Ober |

Luat Vuong receives DARPA Director’s Fellowship of the Young Faculty Award Program

Vuong’s unique image processing technology combines arthropod-inspired vision system and artificial intelligence algorithms

By Holly Ober |

Poor air quality and warehouses linked to Inland Empire Covid-19 inequities

UC Riverside professors call for intersectional approach to Covid-19 exposure interventions

By Holly Ober |

Jay Farrell named new endowed chair

The KA Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering established through $1 million gift

By Holly Ober |

Cyber Defense Team takes first place in qualifier round, moves on to Regionals

The team bested a cyber defense scenario designed to test their information technology mettle

By Holly Ober |

UC Riverside student-led startup vies for $25,000 in national pitch competition

Saru Recycling will compete in LaunchPad’s annual competition at Startup Grind’s Global Conference

By Holly Ober |

Nael Abu-Ghazaleh made ACM Distinguished Member

The Association for Computing Machinery recognized him "For Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing.”

By Holly Ober |

Bir Bhanu named a National Academy of Inventors fellow

Bhanu holds 18 U.S. and international patents with several others pending

By Holly Ober |

Suveen Mathaudhu receives Brimacombe Medal

The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society conferred the award for exemplary contributions to the science of nanocrystalline materials, education of the public, and service to the profession

By Holly Ober |

Poorest Inland Empire communities have highest fine particulate matter exposure

San Bernardino study participants had highest exposure to PM2.5 in their own homes

By Holly Ober |

Cengiz Ozkan receives Turkey’s highest scientific award

The TUBITAK Scientific Research Award is given for pioneering accomplishments

By Holly Ober |

10 UCR researchers make 2020 ‘Highly Cited’ list

Ten researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have been included in the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics, which was previously part of Thomson Reuters. The list includes the 6,167 most frequently cited researchers in the physical and social sciences, recognized as “researchers who demonstrated...

By Jules Bernstein |

Mechanical engineering chair named ASME fellow

Guillermo Aguilar has joined the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ 2020 class of fellows

By Holly Ober |

Electro-magnetic capacitors could eventually rival gasoline for energy storage

Incorporating a magnetic field could help capacitors store more energy without breaking down

By Holly Ober |

Two BCOE professors join DOE Energy Frontier Research Center

Alexander Balandin’s Phonon Optimized Engineered Materials Center will contribute to the Ultra EFRC’s research efforts by investigating acoustic phonons and thermal conduction in wide-band gap materials

By Holly Ober |

CE-CERT Receives IEEE ITS Society Institutional Lead Award

The award recognizes CE-CERT's leadership in developing environmental technologies to improve transportation, air quality, and energy efficiency

By Holly Ober |

Yanran Li receives NIH New Innovator Award

High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program grant will support efforts to produce plant natural products in yeast

By Holly Ober |

First endowed fund for a student organization supports Black engineers

The fund will support in perpetuity UCR’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers

By Holly Ober |

FarmSense moves to Entrepreneurship World Cup finals

The UC Riverside startup won second place in the U.S. and will compete for $500,000 in October

By Holly Ober |