Summer 2023 awards and accolades
An ongoing list of summer 2023 accolades and research awards given to Baskin Engineering faculty, students, and staff.
Baskin Engineering Communications
Haofan Cai: Alumna
Degree Program: Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D.
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution: Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Communications Engineering, B.S.
Advisor: Chen Qian
“The most important thing is to have confidence in yourself. Although you will encounter many challenges and become frustrated at times during your program, you need to remain confident in your capabilities as an engineer.”
Anuj Kumar: Alumnus
Degree Program: Applied Mathematics, Ph.D.
Department: Applied Mathematics
Undergraduate Institution:Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
Graduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Mechanical Engineering, M.S.
Advisor: Pascale Garaud
“One of the best parts of my research is getting to blend different interdisciplinary concepts together like math, engineering, and physics and collaborate with different researchers across different fields.”
Joseph Cruz: Alumnus
Degree Program: Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, B.S.
Department: Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown: Pomona, CA
“The thing I’ll miss most is working in Professor Rebecca DuBois’s Lab. I’m grateful for all the support and encouragement I received while conducting research in her lab.”
Alec Dektor: Alumnus
Degree Program: Applied Mathematics, Ph.D.
Department: Applied Mathematics
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Advisor: Daniele Venturi
“As a researcher, I am constantly trying to think of new ideas. Most of them take a lot of effort to explore and oftentimes they do not work. One day, I decided to carry out an idea that had popped into my head. I quickly coded it into my computer and pressed “run.” I sat there and watched the animations appear on the screen, proving that my new idea worked even better than I had anticipated. It was such a good feeling to achieve this research breakthrough from an original idea.”
Celebrating Baskin Engineers on International Women in Engineering Day
In honor of International Women in Engineering Day 2023, Baskin Engineering is celebrating its women engineers and inspiring more girls and women to pursue engineering education and careers.
Spring 2023 awards and accolades
An ongoing list of Spring 2023 accolades and research awards given to Baskin Engineering faculty, students, and staff.
Shellye Archambeau
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms
Michael Matkin: Staff
Graduate Institution: Indiana University Bloomington, Writing, MFA
Department: UC Santa Cruz CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
“The thing that I love the most about being a part of this community is getting to work with such an incredibly diverse range of topics and researchers.”
Abigail Kaun: Staff
Department: Baskin Engineering Dean’s Office
Graduate Institution: UCLA, Linguistics, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution: UCSB, Linguistics, B.A.
“I’ve worked with students my whole career, in all sorts of settings and with all sorts of objectives in life, but I have never worked with students who were more creative, collaborative, and dedicated than the engineering students at UC Santa Cruz.”
Ph.D. opportunities in computational media
Computational Media faculty are recruiting Ph.D. students for fall 2023.