Inside UCR

Professor selected for prestigious SAE fellowship

David Danelski — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Georgios Karavalakis, a UCR professor of chemical and environmental engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, one of the highest honors in the mobility engineering field.

Professor honored by National Academy of Inventors

David Danelski — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Matthew Barth, a longtime UC Riverside engineering professor whose work has shaped global transportation systems and clean mobility innovations, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Conference touts the promise of clean hydrogen technology

David Danelski — Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Created by UC Riverside, University of Michigan, and several industry partners, the Hydrogen Engine Alliance - North America hosted the Inaugural 2025 North American Hydrogen Engine Conference in Riverside on May 1 and 2.

UCR environmental engineering faculty make the Top 2% list

David Danelski — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800

Four UC Riverside research scientists have been named among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in a list compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier.

UCR joins federal transportation research effort

David Danelski — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UCR partners with five universities in a new, federally funded research center based at UC Davis to advance technologies needed to reduce vehicle emissions and improve climate resiliency in transportation.

UCR’s CE-CERT honored for clean air leadership

David Danelski — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology, known as CE-CERT, has been recognized by Southern California’s air quality agency for three decades of research that reduces air pollution and improves air quality.

Doctoral student Brenda Lopez awarded UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Malinn Loeung — Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Water treatment plant dedicated to influential UCR professor

David Danelski — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

A state-of-the-art water treatment plant in Orange County has been dedicated in the name of J. Wayne Miller, an influential researcher and professor at UCR’s College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology.

UCR team off to a great start in national electric car design competition

David Danelski — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700

A team of UCR students won two awards at the EcoCAR EV Challenge Year 1 Competition in Orlando, Florida, in which students from across the country compete in designing improvements to electric vehicles.

UCR team wins $2 million federal grant to scale up biofuel technology for powering aircraft and marine vessels

David Danelski — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UCR wins $5 million in federal transportation grants

David Danelski — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside engineering faculty are collaborators in four University Transportation Centers, or UTCs, that were recently awarded $5 million over five years by the U.S. Department of Transportation, or USDOT. This funding will support research in sustainable transportation, health, navigation, and railway safety.

Heejung Jung named SAE Fellow

Holly Ober — Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Heejung Jung has been named a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, in recognition of his expertise and work in vehicle emissions for new emissions standards and new emissions measurement methods.

Biofuels trailblazer elected to National Academy of Engineering

Holly Ober — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Charles E. Wyman has devoted most of his career to understanding and advancing technologies for the conversion of sustainable biomass into fuels, chemicals, and materials

Poorest Inland Empire communities have highest fine particulate matter exposure

Holly Ober — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

San Bernardino study participants had highest exposure to PM2.5 in their own homes

CE-CERT Receives IEEE ITS Society Institutional Lead Award

Holly Ober — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700

The award recognizes CE-CERT's leadership in developing environmental technologies to improve transportation, air quality, and energy efficiency

UC Riverside engineers receive award from Society of Automotive Engineers

Holly Ober — Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside group won the New Methods and Tools award for its project, “Development of Fractional Cabin Air Recirculation System"

How to create a paradigm shift in vehicle emission regulation

Holly Ober — Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700

A UC Riverside-led consortium is developing better in-use vehicle emissions monitoring for better regulations

CE-CERT takes eco-driving simulator to CES

Holly Ober — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800

CE-CERT’s cooperative merging technology reduces fuel consumption and emissions

UC Riverside and CARB partner to train tomorrow’s environmental leaders

Holly Ober — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0700

The California Air Resources Board formalizes agreements offering classes, facility tours, and more to Riverside schools