A new grant awarded to researchers from UC Santa Cruz and three other universities supports the expansion of the interactive research platform StudyCrafter through implementation of AI-assisted learning tools.
Degree Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (India), Instrumentation and Control Engineering, B.S.
Advisor: Marco Rolandi
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
“I’ve been working on developing bioelectronic devices for wound healing applications and tissue regeneration.”
Students from Computer Science and Engineering placed second out of 120 university teams from around the country.
Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
“Baskin Engineering does a great job of providing research opportunities for all of its engineering students.”
Graduate Institution: University of Waterloo, Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S. & Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Mechatronics, B.S.
Advisor: Ricardo Sanfelice
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
“I am not thinking too far ahead, but instead trying to live in the present. I am more concerned about making meaningful contributions and learning as many things as possible in my postdoc appointment at UC Santa Cruz.”
Each department is gaining at least one new faculty member this academic year, furthering the school’s effort to expand and diversify course offerings and research opportunities.
Katie Hellier, an electrical and computer engineering postdoc, applies her physics background to develop novel medical imaging technology.
Computational media postdoc Oskar Elek’s research blends the technical with the artistic to create visualizations that reveal structure hidden deep within complex data.
Degree Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate Institution: University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Aerospace Engineering, B.S.
Advisor: Alvaro Cardenas and Ricardo Sanfelice
“One of the things that attracted me to Baskin Engineering was the opportunity to do an interdisciplinary project that blends the topics of security of cyber physical systems and control theory.”
Applied mathematics postdoc Adrian Fraser builds on his physics doctoral work to seek answers to puzzling astrophysics phenomena.
Baskin Engineering recognizes exceptional postdoctoral scholars and their contributions to university research and more.
The three-year project aims to develop new quantum network models and protocols to enhance computing security.