Baskin Engineering students take home awards at SC Launchpad 2024 in areas of social impact, climate action, biotech and more

TerraNova Bio team pictured from left to right: Nishal Naicker, Alexie Barbee, team mentor and Executive Director of Santa Cruz Works Doug Erickson, Edward Somera, and Jori Steinle. Students hold the Climate Action and Biotech/Health awards. Photo by SC Works.

The Santa Cruz (SC) Launchpad event on May 29, 2024 was an exciting opportunity for UC Santa Cruz students to compete in a business plan competition for $40,000 in cash prizes. Notably, Baskin Engineering students or alumni were on each of the winning teams.

Connecting UCSC students with industry to launch STEM careers

UC Santa Cruz MESA students with MESA Academic Counselor Jennifer Wood

Six talented University of California, Santa Cruz MESA students connected with industry professionals in San Diego during an invite-only STEM conference.

Business strategy course provides value to local nonprofits, augments the experiential learning student experience

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The Baskin School of Engineering Business Strategy and Information Systems course, offered in the spring, provides undergraduate students real-world experience and valuable technical skills through community-engaged consultancy projects.

Celebrating student and industry collaboration at Partners’ Day

Dean Wolf pictured with students during Partners' Day 2022

The annual event underscores the value of industry partnerships and how they provide unique opportunities for Baskin Engineering students to develop and hone their soft and hard skills in preparation for impactful, successful careers.

Baskin Engineering fosters student opportunities through corporate partnerships

CSSPP Student Job Fair Spring 2022

On April 13, nearly 500 students connected with companies and campus organizations for an afternoon of networking and recruitment for summer internships and full-time career opportunities.

Three teams from Baskin Engineering win the UCSC IDEA Hub Pitch Contest

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Sixteen student teams competed for $6000 in prize money in the 2020 UCSC IDEA Hub Pitch Contest. All three finalists were from the Baskin School of Engineering and represented projects for social good.

Alumni Stories: Shereen Oraby’s industry-relevant experience at Baskin Engineering lands her a job with Amazon Alexa AI

Shereen Oraby

As a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Cruz, Shereen Oraby was on the cutting edge of research in Natural Language Processing. Now she is working on developing machine learning models for one of the world’s best-known virtual assistants.

Alumni stories: How hands-on experience at UC Santa Cruz landed Olivia Oswald her dream job

Olivia Oswald

Electrical engineering undergraduate alumna Olivia Oswald (‘14), shares how engaging in internships and design projects while she was a student provided her with the experience she needed to acquire a job at Tesla, where she is currently a Sr. Technical Program Manager.