Engineering
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Engineer Ali Yanik wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Grant will support Yanik’s research into phononic metamaterials and their use in acousto-microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications.
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Seed-funding innovation
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees seeks interesting new projects to fund.
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Darrell Long to serve as strategic faculty advisor for Baskin School of Engineering
Alexander Wolf, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, has appointed Long to serve as a strategic faculty advisor for the school.
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Mathematical biologist Marc Mangel honored by American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
Marc Mangel, distinguished research professor of applied mathematics, has been chosen to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
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Student team creates Stumpjumper videogame for Specialized bicycle company
‘Stumpjumper: The Videogame’, developed by a team of UCSC game design students, was released October 11.
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NIH grant funds development of a wayfinding app for the blind
Engineer Roberto Manduchi develops assistive technologies for people with disabilities.
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Local group funds four UC Santa Cruz cancer researchers
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group is continuing its support for cancer research at UC Santa Cruz with new grants.
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Data science researchers to tackle privacy challenges in genomics
Computer scientist Abhradeep Guha Thakurta has won NSF funding to investigate ways to protect the privacy of individuals while allowing access to large genomic data sets.
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UC Santa Cruz helps address massive data demands from Large Hadron Collider as part of $25 million NSF project
Computer scientist Carlos Maltzahn will work with Princeton University on an NSF-funded project to establish the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High Energy Physics.
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No evidence of ‘hobbit’ ancestry in genomes of Flores Island pygmies
The pygmy population near the cave where Homo floresiensis fossils were found appears to have evolved short stature independently from the mysterious ancient hominins.
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Devastating events can drive human trafficking, paper shows
Researchers found an uptick in online ads for sexual services mentioning Jamaican and Caribbean ethnicities following a 2016 hurricane in the Caribbean.
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Comic-Con panel features games program director Michael John
Panelists will discuss the upcoming release of a remastered version of the Spyro the Dragon series of videogames, which John worked on 20 years ago as a designer and producer.