UC Riverside receives $4.5 million for engineering graduate education
Five GAANN Awards from the U.S. Department of Education will support 90 engineering graduate students
CE-CERT Director appointed to U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Committee
Matthew J. Barth, UC Riverside College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology Director and Yeager Families Chair, was recently appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). This powerful subcommittee provides the CAAAC with...
Grant will help engineer human-like nerve tissue
The tissue will be used to study neurological diseases
Speaking science to policy
The Science to Policy program prepares scientists to become trusted advisors to legislators
UC Riverside research could eventually lead to advances in pulmonary healthcare
Scientists are just beginning to understand the mechanics of the lung
New attacks on graphics processors endanger user privacy
Hackers can use the graphics processing unit to spy on web activity, steal passwords, and break into cloud-based applications
Navy grant will increase community college STEM transfers to UC Riverside engineering
The TUNE program will help the college of engineering to recruit and educate transfers to fulfill Navy needs
Federal grant will help develop new stroke treatment
The device aims to reduce brain swelling and deliver a neuroprotective drug
Silicone membranes create micron-scale temperature maps
Development could improve microfluidic devices used for point-of-care diagnostics
UC Riverside students take first and second place at prestigious conference
Leadership-in-action competition yields prizewinning strategies for increasing Hispanic leadership in engineering
New security flaw discovered in Wi-Fi routers
Hackers can use your wireless router to extract information, and there’s not much you can do to stop them
Musical sensor shows bad medicine plays false note
Inspired by a musical instrument, the simple sensor can be constructed from common materials and used to detect adulterated or counterfeit drugs
Renewable natural gas can help California meet climate goals
UC Riverside study finds California can replace up to 5 percent of its natural gas supply using existing raw materials and infrastructure, recommends new state standard
More than $1 million in grants for computational chemistry and materials science
The research will improve understanding of catalysis and develop new photodetection technologies
Natural gas engine can reduce smog from heavy-duty trucks
Simulated on-road testing shows the engine maintains near-zero emissions during all duty cycles
Genetically engineered virus spins gold into beads
The discovery could make production of some electronic components cheaper, easier, and faster
Nanofiber filter improves rural water treatment
An electrospun nanofiber uniquely suited to removing nitrogen and phosphorous could help prevent nitrate contamination of drinking water in small, rural communities most at risk
Improved oxidation is water wizardry against drought
Research finds ways to remove more of the tricky substances that can squeak through water treatment