Engineering students gain access to cutting-edge equipment in new electrical engineering maker space
As students return to campus this fall, they will have a new place – outfitted with industry-grade equipment - to put into practice the lessons they learn in the classroom. In summer 2021, Victor Tolan, president of BK Precision, donated several key instruments to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s newly established student makerspace...
Historic triple-match opportunity available in 2021 BCOE Match Challenge supporting student organizations
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) will host the 4th Annual BCOE Match Challenge from Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 31, which provides direct and immediate support for 19 engineering professional student organizations.
Two UC Riverside engineers join $3.75 million MURI research grant to study brain dynamics and reinforcement learning
Fabio Pasqualetti and Samet Oymak serve as co-principal investigators on the team lead by the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis
UCR engineering and business students spearhead inaugural UC Riverside Aerospace Conference
More than 50 students, faculty and staff collaborated across UC Riverside to host the inaugural annual UC Riverside Aerospace Conference on Saturday, April 17 with more than 250 student attendees.
$79,000 raised for Professor Emeritus Tom Payne’s 79th birthday
The Thomas H. Payne Scholarship in Computer Science, which supports undergraduate students in computer science, has grown to $79,079, just in time for Professor Payne's 79th birthday.
UCR researchers awarded grant to improve technical communication skills in STEM students
Mona Eskandari, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Mariam Salloum, assistant teaching professor of computer science, and Annika Speer, assistant teaching professor of theater, film and digital production, were awarded a research grant from the Engineering Information Foundation to enhance technical communication in engineering and science. The proposal identified a need for UC Riverside STEM students...
Four BCOE staff members receive the Mitchell Boretz Engineering Excellence Award
Four staff members at BCOE are the first recipients of the Mitchell Boretz Engineering Excellence Award Fund, which provides incentives and recognition to outstanding BCOE staff members
BCOE exceeds Living the Promise campaign goal
On Tuesday, December 1, Giving Tuesday, BCOE exceeded its $55 million campaign goal for Living the Promise, UC Riverside’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign.
Third annual BCOE Match Challenge raises $78,000 for professional student organizations
The third annual BCOE Match Challenge at the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) raised $78,000 for the Dean’s Innovation Fund, which will provide direct support for 14 of the college’s professional student organizations.
UC Riverside launches data science major
UCR has launched a new Data Science major, an intercollegiate partnership between the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering and the Department of Statistics in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.