Inside UCR

UCR community urged to use Google AI tools

David Danelski — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside’s Information Technology Solutions (ITS) team is encouraging the campus community to prioritize data security by using a growing number of university-vetted artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, such Gemini and Notebook LM 

UCR awarded $800,000 Keck Foundation grant to support high-impact research

Sarah Nightingale — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside has received an $800,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to bolster essential scientific research in agricultural science, quantum mechanics, and regenerative medicine.

NSF grants to advance safer roads, smarter maps, and more trustworthy robots

David Danelski — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Three UCR engineering scholars win more than $1 million to advance their research 

Professor wins grant to probe how light becomes electricity

David Danelski — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Associate professor Ming Liu received a $400,00 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new three-dimensional imaging method capable of revealing electrical hotspots at the nanometer scale.

UC Riverside and WashU researchers receive NSF awards to improve AI-powered imaging systems

David Danelski — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million to computer engineering scholars from UC Riverside and Washington University in St. Louis to advance artificial intelligence, or AI, methods for image generation systems used in science, medicine, and engineering.

UCR engineering professors recognized as first married couple elected NAI fellows

David Danelski — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside engineering professors Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, becoming the first married couple in the United States to receive the honor.

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.

Professor recognized by IEEE for pioneering work with microchips

David Danelski — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Sheldon Tan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, has been recognized as a fellow of the IEEE engineering professional group for his contributions to the advancement of microchips.

Donation benefits UCR engineering students

David Danelski — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside engineering students are benefiting from hands-on technical experiences to prepare for careers in advanced electronic engineering fields, thanks to equipment and software donations from Keysight Technologies.  The state-of-the-art equipment from Keysight, an electronic design and test solutions company based in Santa Rosa, Calif., includes high-performance oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and waveform generators. 

Professor named ‘Ambassador’ by the National Academy of Inventors

David Danelski — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has been named an ambassador for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to promote academic innovation through speaking engagements at various venues across the country.

Electrical engineering professor receives highly competitive grant

David Danelski — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Ran Cheng, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has recently received a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore the possibility of using an emerging class of materials known as magnetic topological insulators to build electronics with extremely low power consumption. 

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.

UCR professor to present on United Nations climate change panel

David Danelski — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UCR electrical and computer engineering Mihri Ozkan will serve as a U.S. delegate and an expert presenter for a United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this summer.

DOE awards $300,000 to UCR professor for accelerating EV integration

David Danelski — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800

UCR electrical and computer engineering team wins $300,000 prize from the U.S. Department of Energy for developing a data-driven planning platform for the nation’s largest electrical utility.

Electrochemical carbon capture shows promise in climate fight

David Danelski — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800

The perspective of UCR electrical and computer engineering professor Mihri Ozkan about using electrochemical technology to fight climate change was featured in an online Voices segment of CHEM, a scientific journal focusing on chemistry and interconnected fields. 

UCR professor’s insights featured in major scientific journal

David Danelski — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800

The insights of UCR professor Mihri Ozkan are featured this week in an online edition of a highly respected scientific journal.

Addressing the nation’s need for strong domestic semiconductor industry and infrastructure

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Last year, UC Riverside scientists Shane Cybart and Ludwig Bartels and colleagues at UC Irvine received $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, to team up with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in building a diverse educational pipeline in the field of microelectronics.

Professor Ozkan wins prized Selcuk Yasar Award in Turkey

David Danelski — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Mihrimah Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, is recognized in Turkey for her work in addressing climate change by receiving the Selcuk Yasar Award. 

Engineering professors receive Amazon funding awards

David Danelski — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UCR team wins National Science Foundation grant for undergraduate data science program

David Danelski — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Teaching professor receives Regents Faculty Fellowship

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Jia Chen, an assistant teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded a Regents Faculty Fellowship by the UCR Academic Senate’s Committee on Research to support her design and development of new models that can improve our ability to handle heterogeneous data used in machine learning and data science.

UCR now offers a bachelor’s degree in robotics engineering

Holly Ober — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700

The new major complements a robotics master’s degree unveiled in 2021

Robotic assistive device will lend a helping hand to infants with movement difficulties

Holly Ober — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Infants and young children with motor delays may soon be able to wear robotic helpers

UCR scientists make 2021 'Highly Cited' list

Jules Bernstein — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

This year, UC Riverside is home to eight of influential individuals included in Clarivate Analytics' Highly Cited Researchers list.

UC Riverside receives $7.3 million to support graduate students in areas of national need

Holly Ober — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Eight Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need grants totaling $7.3 million will support talented students with financial need

Engineering faculty join center to improve STEM pipeline for underrepresented students

Holly Ober — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Jia Chen and Vagelis Papalexakis collaborate with UT Rio Grande Valley on project

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

Multimodal sensing and learning project receives Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant

Holly Ober — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Salman Asif will develop a new framework to co-design sensing and learning algorithms to capture and efficiently process only the most essential data

Will Brillouin spectroscopy become as indispensable for science as Raman spectroscopy?

Holly Ober — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Review paper identifies new twists and turns in light scattering spectroscopy

Jay Farrell named new endowed chair

Holly Ober — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The KA Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering established through $1 million gift