BCOE alum Shrina Kurani (BS, Mechanical Engineering, ’13) was appointed as the deputy director of venture capital for the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, and will lead a program that promotes investments across the state, with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and fund managers, underinvested regions, and climate equity and justice

The IGNITE Student Professional Conference provided students with inspiration, learning, and networking during a professional development event that featured breakout sessions, an alumni panel, a career exhibition, and mock interviews.

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain largely unstudied. A new research project is poised to change that, addressing this significant gap in women’s healthcare.

BCOE faculty members Juchen Guo and Hamed Mohsenian-Rad are the new co-directors of the Winston Chung Global Energy Center.

UC Riverside professor Cengiz Ozkan has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding academic inventors whose innovations have made a significant societal impact.

UC Riverside has received a $1.5 million grant to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for transformative teaching and learning in engineering through a partnership with Cal Poly Pomona and Norco College.

Highlander Combat Robotics — a project of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers — provides students the opportunity to build and battle their bots against each other, an fun experience that also serves as a “a gateway to practical learning"

Mechanical Engineering's Kaveh Laksari has pioneered technology that help improve outcomes for patients suffering from strokes, concussions, and other examples of brain trauma.