Engineering
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New program color-codes text in Wikipedia entries to indicate trustworthiness
The online reference site Wikipedia enjoys immense popularity despite nagging doubts about the reliability of entries written by its all-volunteer team. A new program developed at UCSC aims to help with the problem by color-coding an entry’s individual ph
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Silicon chip beams light through a liquid-core waveguide to detect one particle at a time
By guiding light through liquid-filled channels smaller than a human hair, researchers at UCSC and Brigham Young University have succeeded in building a silicon chip that can detect tiny particles one at a time.
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State funds stem cell research facility at UC Santa Cruz
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $2.7 million grant to fund a stem cell research facility at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC researchers achieve atomic spectroscopy on a chip
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have performed atomic spectroscopy with integrated optics on a chip for the first time, guiding a beam of light through a rubidium vapor cell integrated into a semiconductor chip.
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Phillip Berman appointed to Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering
UC Santa Cruz has appointed Phillip Berman, professor and chair of biomolecular engineering, to the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering.
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Infectious disease expert to discuss deadly epidemics in public lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, May 22
Dr. Donald P. Francis, executive director and chief medical officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss “Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World” in a free public lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, May 22.
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Michael Isaacson appointed acting dean of UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering
The UC Regents have approved the appointment of Michael Isaacson as acting dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC engineer Claire Gu honored by International Society for Optical Engineering
Claire Gu, professor of electrical engineering at UCSC, has been elected a Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).
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Student Profile: Feeling the Heat
Students take on the challenge of developing a wireless system to monitor Yellowstone’s geysers and hot springs.
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Senior Design Contest features interdisciplinary student projects
Undergraduate students in computer engineering and electrical engineering presented their senior design projects before a panel of judges in the Baskin School of Engineering’s Senior Design Contest.
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Lecture at UCSC to address engineering and national priorities on Thursday, April 12
Richard Buckius, assistant director for engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, April 12, on the topic of “Engineering and National Priorities.”