Bourns College of Engineering

Sunlight Takes Center Stage at CE-CERT

UCR officially opened a new solar initiative called SC-RISE earlier this month with a summit meeting and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). Approximately 150 UCR officials, business leaders and community members attended, and listened to remarks by the College's Dean Reza Abbaschian, Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge, UCR Chancellor Tim White and CE-CERT Director Matt Barth (l. to r.) 11/19 Read More

Engineers Without Borders Holds Fundraiser for Village

The BCOE chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) presented a 5K race at UCR on Oct. 31 to raise funds for a water quality and distribution system in a small village in Guatemala. Besides entry fees for the 98 runners, members put on a pancake breakfast and sold Guatemalan hand-crafted items brought back from their initial trip to assess water needs. All funds for such trips, including supplies, are raised by the students. 11/14 Read More

Chen Developing Low-cost Method to Produce Fuel

Wilfred Chen, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is leading a consortium that is developing a one-step consolidated bioprocessing method for direct fermentation of cellulose to ethanol. This would create a cost-effective way to convert an abundant non-food related agricultural residue into vehicle fuel. The result would be reduction of environmental pollution, enhancement of the value of farmers' crops, and less need for imported petroleum.  11/7 Read More

College Recognized for Extraordinary Success at ABET Annual Meeting

BCOE was honored on Oct. 28 in San Antonio, Texas as one of three universities nationwide to receive the Claire Felbinger Award for Diversity from ABET, the engineering and technology accreditation organization. Chinya Ravishankar, Associate Dean, was designated to attend the awards presentation in place of UC President Mark Yudof. He is pictured at left with ABET President-Elect David Holger.  11/2 Read More

Tsotras' GAANN grant will support grad students

Vassilis Tsotras, professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has received a grant from the United States Department of Education to provide three years of support for six graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue Ph.D.s in Computer Science. Students that are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to be GAANN Fellows.  10/28 Read More

Dames Chosen to Receive DARPA Young Faculty Award

Chris Dames, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected for a Young Faculty Award by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). The award is given to non-tenured faculty working in the areas of physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics of interest to its Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) and Defense Sciences Office (DSO).  10/23 Read More

 

BCOE Environmental Projects Capture Two Awards

Two teams from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at BCOE were awarded $10,000 each and the opportunity to compete at the highest level in the Environmental Protection Agency's P3 competition. Four California universities were chosen for the awards, but UCR was the only campus with two prize-winning teams.  10/19 Read More