Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Self-driving skillset – game theory for autonomous vehicles
Electrical engineer Dejan Milutinovic's work was mentioned in a TechHQ story on using game theory to reason about autonomous navigation.
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UC Santa Cruz researcher champions AI language generator SpikeGPT
Electrical and computer engineer Jason Eshraghian was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about his new spiking neural network, SpikeGPT.
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UC Santa Cruz holds annual robotics competition
KSBW covered the annual UCSC robotics competition led by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gabe Elkaim.
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Tiny Antennas Made from DNA Light Up Protein Activity
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was quoted in a Scientific American article about fluorescent nanoantenna technology for monitoring proteins.
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Novel chip-based antigen test can provide ultrasensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A
Engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in coverage of his research on a rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, including stories in News-Medical, Daily Mail, Medical Device Network, Santa Cruz Patch, and other media outlets.
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Meet the New Head of Entrepreneurial Innovation at UCSC
Good Times ran a profile of Marco Rolandi, the new faculty director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.
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$3.7 million NIH grant supports development of biosensor technology for diagnosing viral diseases
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was featured in a News-Medical story about his research on biosensor technology for diagnosing viral infections.
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Plasmonic nanoprobe optically monitors neural activity
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was quoted in news stories about his research on a novel technique for monitoring neural activity, including stories in Physics World, The Scientist, Medical Xpress, Bioengineer, Nanotechnology Now, Science Daily, Health Medicine Network, and other media outlets.
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Origami-inspired robot gripper grasps objects up to 120 times its weight
Robotics engineer Michael Wehner was quoted in stories about a novel robotic gripper design in Venture Beat and other media outlets.
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Groundbreaking study uses small chip to immediately detect Zika, stage of infection
Virus detection technology developed by electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was featured in a story from ABC News affiliate KSAT in San Antonio, Texas.
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Scientists are working to develop a new way to detect Zika virus
Engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in news coverage of his team's work on a device for rapid detection of zika virus infections, including stories from Medical News Net, Bioengineer, Scienmag, Medicine Newsline, and other media outlets.
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Cruz Foam made from shrimp shells could help keep beaches clean
Electrical engineering grad student John Felts was featured in a Forbes article about his start-up Cruz Foam.