Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Chip-based technology enables reliable direct detection of Ebola virus
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed chip-based technology to detect Ebola and other viral pathogens.
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UC Santa Cruz partners with UC Merced in nanotechnology center
Nanotechnology researchers at UC Santa Cruz are partners in a new center for nanomaterials research funded by NASA and based at UC Merced.
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Novel biosensor technology could allow rapid detection of Ebola virus
Rapid detection of viruses without expensive equipment is among the potential applications of biosensor research at UC Santa Cruz.
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Carving out their niche
Alumni business partners find Kickstarter enthusiasm for their creation — a programmable desktop 3-D router with a consumer-friendly a price tag.
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Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt named Optical Society Fellow
Holger Schmidt, professor of electrical engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society
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Electrical engineer Alyson Fletcher receives NSF CAREER Award
Alyson Fletcher, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
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UCSC ham radio club takes part in annual Field Day exercise June 22-23
Faculty and students from the Baskin School of Engineering will take part in the national Emergency Communications Field Day.
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Engineering students present senior design projects
Corporate Sponsored Senior Project Program gives students an opportunity to work on real-world engineering problems.
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Engineering opportunities
Senior engineering students create design projects to address real-world problems—some with sponsorships from high-profile companies.
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Energy storage symposium addresses important issues for renewable energy
UCSC Center for Sustainable Energy and Power Systems partners with Joint Venture Silicon Valley in April 11 symposium.
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ARPA-E grant supports UCSC research on high-power solar energy
UCSC leads research on the development of an innovative optical device for harvesting concentrated sunlight into an optical fiber.
