Voices of Baskin Engineering

“It’s so satisfying when you find the solution to a complex coding problem.”

“One of the things that I’ve done during my time at UCSC is troubleshoot and implement a new piece of equipment that allows us to take recordings from [brain] organoids in a high density way.”

"I wanted to get an M.S. in serious games because I want to make games that explore topics important to me, such as climate change and mental health. I think these topics need more recognition in the media, and what better way to show it than through interactive media?"

“There’s a lot of intersection between electronic music and computer science. In one of my classes, we’re using a specific music programming language to program our own sounds and electronic instruments. Doing these types of projects heightens my interest because I never thought I could blend those two fields and passions of mine together.”

“I specifically chose this program because I really liked the people involved and the research currently being done at Baskin Engineering in the HCI field.”

"I initially came into the program thinking I wanted to be a UX designer, but now that I’ve taken a few courses and gotten into 3D building, it’s made me realize I should continue exploring the vast opportunities within this field.”

"My goal is to build on my undergraduate philosophy degree to develop technology that is useful and accessible to everyone."

“The [UCSC] campus and culture really appealed to me, and I can confidently say I’m happy with my decision.”

“I’ve been working on developing bioelectronic devices for wound healing applications and tissue regeneration.”

"Knowing that Baskin Engineering offered the [technology and information management] major worked out great because I would get a mixture of programming, economics, and business management classes, which I think will be really beneficial in the long run, regardless of which career path I choose."

“Baskin Engineering does a great job of providing research opportunities for all of its engineering students.”

“I’m really excited to be in a place that values interdisciplinary research and embraces research spaces like play.”

"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.”

"It’s been nice to establish a research network at UCSC and outside of the UCSC research community, which has allowed me to secure new project collaborations and expand my research scope."

"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."

"The ACE program is what motivated me to continue my involvement in academia and what encouraged me to pursue a career in education to hopefully become a professor one day."

"Currently, I’m working on discriminating cyber attacks from typical perturbations. I’m using machine learning for data streams to classify power systems events and disturbances in real time."

"So many of our students have the challenge of being the first in their family to go to college, the first to consider graduate school, or of being the first to be in a STEM field. It’s intimidating to leave what is familiar and step into new territory. They embrace that challenge with such heart, commitment, determination, and passion. It’s completely inspiring."

"My two favorite days of the year are the first day of the academic year and commencement. To see students walk across the stage with the world at their fingertips is just rad!"

"I’m really grateful for all the resources I had at Baskin Engineering and the faculty who helped me along the way."

"A big part of my research deals with how I can use statistics to solve global and public health problems."

"Some of my closest friends are from bioengineering and bioinformatics. Seeing my friends succeed and being a part of that success is something I’m really proud of."

"What I am working on now focuses on natural language processing—how natural language machine learning products work, how they fail, and how we can build more robust systems that are resilient to unfair biases."

"Research has given me a lot of academic and industry knowledge. I feel more prepared to take on real-world challenges."