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.

UCR’s OASIS grants drive innovation

David Danelski — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800

UCR’s division of Research and Economic Development, or RED, has announced faculty awardees of medium-sized grants (up to $50,000 each) for 12 research projects through its SoCal OASIS™ initiative, which stands for Opportunities to Advance Sustainability, Innovation, and Social Inclusion. The grant program is a key part of RED's broader commitment to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and advance impactful research.

Professor recognized by two scientific journals

David Danelski — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800

Two papers co-authored by UC Riverside professor Bryan Wong have been recognized recently by their respective publishers as leading scientific studies. 

UCR team a runner-up in NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

David Danelski — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700

A UC Riverside research team has won $250,000 as a runner-up in NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge for developing a method to grow mushrooms in outer space.

Ke Du receives EIPBN Early Career Award

Jordan Cornet — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Ke Du, an assistant professor in UCR’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, received an Early Career Award at the Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, or EIPBN, conference in May

UCR engineering grad school climbs in national rankings

David Danelski — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering graduate school was ranked 76th the nation by U.S. News & World Report, seven positions better than last year's ranking.

Engineering professor win NSF grant to probe ‘time crystals’

David Danelski — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

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

UC Riverside receives NSF grant to improve equity and inclusion in engineering

Holly Ober — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The project will create a network of leaders across the UC system committed to achieving equity for women faculty in engineering

Can this rare type of ultraviolet light destroy PFAS “forever chemicals” in water?

Holly Ober — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside engineers received a $400,000 NSF grant to find out

Fourteen UC Riverside professors receive NSF CAREER Awards

Holly Ober — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The number shatters UCR’s record for CAREER Awards set only last year

Grant supports development of diesel smoke-scrubbing device for marine vehicles

Holly Ober — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Marine diesel engines spew excessive particulate matter due to absence of proper control technology and less stringent rules

Poor air quality and warehouses linked to Inland Empire Covid-19 inequities

Holly Ober — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside professors call for intersectional approach to Covid-19 exposure interventions

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

Yanran Li receives NIH New Innovator Award

Holly Ober — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700

High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program grant will support efforts to produce plant natural products in yeast

Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz receives Hellman Fellowship

Holly Ober — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700

The award will support development of scalable technology to recycle plastic waste into the precursors of valuable fuels and chemicals

UC Riverside receives a California Education Learning Lab Innovation Grant

Holly Ober — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700

$1 million grant will let faculty design hybrid online/classroom courses for engineering success