UCR Bourns College of Engineering

Congratulations to BCOE bioengineering student Janna Soliman on earning a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 🎉 Read more: engr.ucr.edu/news/2026/05/1… #UCREngineering #BCOE

Float around and find out 🚤☀️ UCR SHPE Solar Boat brought home FIVE awards at the SMUD Solar Regatta, including 3rd Place Overall and the Grit & Gumption Award 🏆 Read more: engr.ucr.edu/news/2026/05/1… #UCREngineering #BCOE

UCR researchers developed a method called Test-Time Matching that allows AI models to improve reasoning during use, without adding new training data. The work challenges the idea that bigger models are always better. 🔗 news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/… #UCREngineering #BCOE #AIResearch

A UC Riverside-led study in Science Advances finds that trace gases, long thought irrelevant, significantly influence cloud droplet formation. The discovery challenges a century of assumptions about cloud physics. 🔗 ow.ly/Ms6P50Ye7nR #UCREngineering #BCOE #ClimateResearch

Reporters—covering data centers? We're cohosting a briefing with @aaas EPI Center on WED., Feb 25 (2-3:15 p.m. ET) with @xiaofanliang (@TaubmanCollege), Dr. Ayse Coskun (@BU_Tweets), and @renshaolei (@UCRBCOE) to learn about trends & community impacts. bit.ly/4aOQAAV

Congrats to four @UCRiverside faculty members who have been awarded National Science Foundation CAREER #Awards to support their #research! insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2026/02… @UCRCNAS @UCRBCOE @NSF

Georgios Karavalakis, a @UCRiverside professor of chemical and environmental #engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International: insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2026/02… @UCRBCOE @CEEatUCR

Trace gases play unseen role in #cloud droplet formation news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/… @UCRiverside @UCRBCOE #clouds

From @UofCalifornia campuses to Capitol Hill! Chris Lynch, Dean of @UCRiverside's @UCRBCOE, is in Washington, D.C. advocating for continued federal funding for engineering education to prepare the next generation workforce. @ASEE_DC #ASEE (edited)

Congratulations to Dr. Georgios Karavalakis on being elected a Fellow of SAE International, one of the highest honors in mobility engineering. 🔗 insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2026/0… #UCREngineering #BCOE #UCRCEE @ucrcecert

A new UCR study led by Xiaoping Hu and Amin Ghaffari links grip strength in older adults to activity in the caudate nucleus, offering new insight into how brain function relates to frailty. 🔗 news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/… #UCREngineering #BCOE #AgingResearch

UCR researchers studied stingray fin motion using robotic fins and found that wave-like swimming helps maintain stability near the ocean floor, offering insights for safer underwater robot design. 🔗 news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/… #UCREngineering #BCOE #RoboticsResearch

We're on the rise, again! UCR’s online master’s programs in information technology and engineering both rose in the 2026 U.S. News Best Online Programs rankings. 🔗 ow.ly/OfZs50Ye6yy #UCREngineering #BCOE

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Barth, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate dean at BCOE, on being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. 🔗 insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2025/12… #UCREngineering #BCOE

UCR researchers have built a pilot system that converts agricultural and forestry waste into textile-grade pulp for fabrics like rayon and lyocell, using less energy and avoiding toxic byproducts. 🔗 news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/… #UCREngineering #BCOE #SustainableEngineering

BCOE alumnus William Carter is investing in the future of clean air and student success. His $3.65M commitment to UC Riverside will sustain air-quality research and expand scholarships for students early in their academic journey. 🔗 news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/… #BCOE #UCREngineering

Thrilled to receive @nvidia Academic Grant to support our research on Cooperative Autonomy! ☁️ 4x #Blackwell empower cooperative agents training and simulation! 🚙 2x #Thor sit in our AV fleet @UCRiverside accelerating real-world deployment! @NVIDIAAIDev @ucrcecert @UCRBCOE

Congratulations to @UCRiverside #engineering prof Matthew Barth on being named a 2025 Fellow of the National @AcadofInventors! insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2025/12… @AcadofInventors @UCRBCOE @ucrcecert

By comparing heat-tolerant & heat-sensitive dinoflagellate algae, @Xiang_lab of @UCRiverside will ID genetic switches controlling photosynthesis under thermal stress, providing insights to improve bioenergy crop resilience. @JinkersonLab @UCRBCOE More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science/s…

The UCR Stem Cell Center’s Best Stem Cell Paper Award was won by Dr. Etemadi for her paper “Menthol, a Consumer Product Additive, Adversely Affects Human Embryonic Cells via Activation of TRPM8 and TRPA1 Channels”. Congrats Shabbi! @UCR @UCRBCOE @UCRCNAS #vape