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2021

$2M NSF grant funds ‘StudyCrafter’ AI technology to improve research education

October 25, 2022December 21, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Students working on their laptops

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.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computational Media

Baskin Engineering student team places second at National Cybersecurity Competition

January 23, 2024November 22, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle

Students from Computer Science and Engineering placed second out of 120 university teams from around the country.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computer Science and Engineering, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Research, Undergraduate Student

Baskin Engineering welcomes 13 new faculty members

October 25, 2022September 23, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Baskin Engineering buildings

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.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Applied Mathematics, Biomolecular Engineering, Computational Media, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistics

Outstanding postdoc spotlight: Katie Hellier

November 9, 2022September 21, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle

Katie Hellier, an electrical and computer engineering postdoc, applies her physics background to develop novel medical imaging technology.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Outstanding postdoc spotlight: Oskar Elek

November 16, 2022September 21, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle

Computational media postdoc Oskar Elek’s research blends the technical with the artistic to create visualizations that reveal structure hidden deep within complex data.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computational Media

Outstanding postdoc spotlight: Adrian Fraser

November 16, 2022September 20, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle

Applied mathematics postdoc Adrian Fraser builds on his physics doctoral work to seek answers to puzzling astrophysics phenomena.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Applied Mathematics

Baskin Engineering celebrates outstanding postdocs during National Postdoc Appreciation Week

October 25, 2022September 17, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Engineering 2 building at dusk

Baskin Engineering recognizes exceptional postdoctoral scholars and their contributions to university research and more.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Applied Mathematics, Biomolecular Engineering, Computational Media, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistics

Computer scientists awarded $340K NSF grant to support research on quantum networks

October 25, 2022September 13, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Quantum networks concept graphic

The three-year project aims to develop new quantum network models and protocols to enhance computing security.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computer Science and Engineering

Engineering professor lands $700K grant to develop advanced sensing technology for vehicles

October 25, 2022August 26, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
autonomous vehicle graphic

The three-and-a-half-year project is part of a long-term research initiative to increase the safety of autonomous vehicles.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computer Science and Engineering

$250K grant will help computational media researchers use alternate reality games to study resilience

October 25, 2022August 26, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Student with a VR headset

Professors Magy Seif El-Nasr and Elin Carstensdottir will use the funds to examine how college students cope and adapt in unforeseen situations.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computational Media, Undergraduate Student

Baskin Engineering professor receives $300K in NIH funding to develop new brain imaging technology

October 25, 2022August 9, 2021 by Baskin Engineering Communications
Shiva Abbaszadeh's lab

The new project, a collaboration between UCSC and UC Davis Health researchers, will build on PET scan imaging tool originally developed at Baskin Engineering

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Two Baskin Engineering graduate students awarded inaugural Fellowship for Anti-Racism Research

January 16, 2024August 9, 2021 by Melissa Weckerle
Painting of colorful hands

The new fellowship is designed to advance anti-racism research in technology and engineering, and adds to Baskin Engineering’s expanding portfolio of efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.

Categories Baskin Engineering News Tags 2021, Computer Science and Engineering, Graduate Student
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