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A group of eleven students and faculty members standing outside the Bourns College of Engineering building entrance on a sunny day, posing together for a group photo.

AI-enabled drug discovery project earns $100,000 CUBRI-UCR award

A new collaborative research project led by UC Riverside bioengineering professor Jiayu Liao has received a $100,000 award from the City of Hope-UC Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative (CUBRI-UCR) to advance a promising approach for discovering next-generation therapies for cancer and other diseases.
By Sara Salsgiver |

UCR students and alumni earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Four UC Riverside students and alumni have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one of the nation’s most competitive honors for emerging researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
By Sara Salsgiver |
A group photo of thirteen individuals at UC Riverside, posed in front of a blue backdrop featuring the university logo and the Bell Tower. The group is arranged in two rows: six people are seated in the front row, and seven people are standing in the back row. They are dressed in a mix of professional and business-casual attire, including button-down shirts, sweaters, and blouses. The setting appears to be a formal academic seminar or engineering event, with a sign on the backdrop that reads "Building a Com

Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty Through FAME 2026

Over three days, participants stepped into the role of future faculty, presenting research, engaging with academic leaders, and navigating the complexities of the faculty hiring process.
By Sara Salsgiver |
Photo of eight participants of the UC Riverside Engineering FAME workshop with BCOE Dean Chris Lynch in the center of the photo.

Fostering Future Faculty

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the country found the support and guidance through a new FAME program geared to recruit and mentor future faculty mentors.
| Engineering

Brain Manage

Department of Bioengineering assistant professor Shahab Vahdat uses magnetic resonance imaging and neurostimulation to develop cutting-edge treatments for people who have suffered ischemic strokes.
By Gale Hammons | | Engineering
Graduation photo of OCTAVE team of bioengineering students

Secrets of their Success

Five bioengineering majors describe the success factors that empowered them to turn their Senior Design project into an award-winning, innovation that could revolutionize hearing-loss diagnostics.
By Gale Hammons | | Engineering

The People Behind the Project

A team of bioengineering undergraduates share how the successes they achieved in redesigning an innovative hearing-loss diagnostic tool were made possible through guidance and mentorship from faculty members and real-world feedback and resources from industry.

By Gale Hammons | | Engineering

From Prototype to Prime-Time

A team of bioengineering students reveal some of the biggest challenges it faced in transforming a hearing-loss diagnostic tool from a 20-pound device to a redesign weighing less than a pound-and-a-half “that people are excited to use.”

A Standout Team

The student team behind an exceptional Senior Design Showcase project used words like “unbelievable” and “family” to describe their experiences working together
By Gale Hammons | | Engineering
Photo of OCTAVE project team of bioengineering students

The Sound of Success

How a team of bioengineering students turned a Senior Design project into an innovative diagnostic tool for hearing loss.
By Gale Hammons | | Engineering