Poorest Inland Empire communities have highest fine particulate matter exposure
San Bernardino study participants had highest exposure to PM2.5 in their own homes
Cengiz Ozkan receives Turkey’s highest scientific award
The TUBITAK Scientific Research Award is given for pioneering accomplishments
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...
Electro-magnetic capacitors could eventually rival gasoline for energy storage
Incorporating a magnetic field could help capacitors store more energy without breaking down
Mechanical engineering chair named ASME fellow
Guillermo Aguilar has joined the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ 2020 class of fellows
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
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
Yanran Li receives NIH New Innovator Award
High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program grant will support efforts to produce plant natural products in yeast
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
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
Mark Hatch joins UC Riverside professor’s energy startup as CEO
Known as “The Godfather of the Maker Movement,” Hatch has raised tens of millions of dollars in investments for technology startups
Bioengineering professor receives award for student mentoring
Huinan Liu, an associate professor of bioengineering, is the 2019-20 recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement. The award is presented at the end of each academic year to faculty members with a distinguished record of fostering undergraduate research or creative activity. The selection is...
Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz receives Hellman Fellowship
The award will support development of scalable technology to recycle plastic waste into the precursors of valuable fuels and chemicals
Mechanical engineering professor receives teaching award
Mona Eskandari, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded the 2020 Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering Distinguished Teaching Award. Students praised her knowledge and teaching skills, crediting her active-learning techniques with better preparing them for engineering careers. “Professor Eskandari was selected...
Better encryption for wireless privacy at the dawn of quantum computing
Yingbo Hua's lab has developed a physical layer encryption method that could be immune to the threat of quantum computing
UC Riverside engineers are using supercomputers to investigate rapid, CRISPR-based COVID-19 tests
The Palermo Lab will study the interactions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s genetic material with the proteins behind the CRISPR gene-editing system
UC Riverside engineers receive award from Society of Automotive Engineers
UC Riverside group won the New Methods and Tools award for its project, “Development of Fractional Cabin Air Recirculation System"
UC Riverside students crunch homeless count numbers for second year
Computer science team analyzed data and built a new website for Riverside County
Princevac Elevated to ASME Fellow
Marko Princevac's notable achievements in fluid dynamics include the application of fundamental turbulence concepts to environmental flows, urban air pollution, and wildfire behavior
How to create a paradigm shift in vehicle emission regulation
A UC Riverside-led consortium is developing better in-use vehicle emissions monitoring for better regulations