In an article published in Wired, author James Fallows argues that despite facing numerous challenges and often being portrayed negatively in the rest of the country, California persists as a leader in innovation and progress, setting examples for the rest of the U.S. and the world.
There is no doubt that California’s engineering schools are displaying fantastic creativity and foresight. As a result of the collaborative work of all nine UC engineering schools, California was selected to host in Silicon Valley the CHIPS for America Design and Collaboration Facility (DCF) and headquarters of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC). UC engineering schools are also innovation leaders in the pursuit of climate solutions. Here at Baskin Engineering we are charting that course through work in smart power, green computing, conservation genomics, climate-wise agricultural technology, and wildfire management.
Core members of the UCSC Genomics Institute are working on developing a new biomedical research technique – long-read genome sequencing – which has the potential to improve the rate at which rare diseases are diagnosed from years down to days, using just a single, relatively low-cost test. Students are doing their part, as well. One team from four different undergraduate degree programs was recently awarded seed funding from CITRIS to pursue wildfire management with an unmanned aerial vehicle system. This groundbreaking research addresses some of our most dire crises.
So while we find ourselves in an increasingly unpredictable world, within Baskin Engineering we remain optimistic and bold in all we do as educators, researchers, and inventors.
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