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Banking on the Future

BCOE alum Shrina Kurani (BS, Mechanical Engineering, ’13) was appointed as the deputy director of venture capital for the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, and will lead a program that promotes investments across the state, with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and fund managers, underinvested regions, and climate equity and justice
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Several students wearing conference badges sit at tables during a professional development or networking session. One student takes notes while others listen attentively, with folders and a coffee cup visible on the table in a conference room setting.

Ready to Launch

The IGNITE Student Professional Conference provided students with inspiration, learning, and networking during a professional development event that featured breakout sessions, an alumni panel, a career exhibition, and mock interviews.
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Investing in Ingenuity

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.
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Premo animation platform by Paul DiLorenzo

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.
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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 |
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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 |
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
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Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering and Data Science Challenge 2023

Heart Smart

UCR Bourns College of Engineering students participated in the Data Science Challenge, a two-week summer internship at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that this year prompted them to use data science and machine learning as tools to tackle a real-world problem in the biosciences; the limitations of the electrocardiogram.