Baskin Engineering at UCSC

Baskin Engineering is now on Bluesky! 💙 We’ll still be here 👋 but if you’re on Bluesky, come find us and give us a follow! bsky.app/profile/baskin… #Bluesky #BaskinEngineering

Three new video games developed by #BaskinEngineering faculty are helping people prepare for wildfire emergencies. 🔥 Via @KIONnews - bit.ly/44im4xi

“If they say they’re going to create a fire-resistant LIDAR unit, then they’re going to have to rewrite all the software that’s interpreting that type of data,” said #BaskinEngineering Prof Leilani Gilpin—in response to challenges Waymo may face. bit.ly/4n8A6ZK

🎉Congrats to the team of #BaskinEngineering students who tied with UC Merced to win the $3,000 @citrisnews Aviation Excellence Award—part of a competition that challenges UC students to explore aviation and air mobility research and applications! ✈️@RGSanfelice

🚀 The UCSC Rocket Team is soaring to new heights—literally!! 🎉 Huge congrats to the team for placing 3rd among U.S. teams and ~5th overall out of 156 teams at the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) in the 10,000 foot Commercial Off-the-Shelf division!

💡Crossover between mainstream #deeplearning and neuromorphic computing may help find useful applications for brain-inspired models and hardware — work led by #BaskinEngineering Professor @jasoneshraghian. Via @eetimes: bit.ly/4f5HXDV

🧬25 years ago, UCSC posted the Human Genome Project’s first draft of the human genome sequence online, available to anybody for free. Scientists/doctors around the world have since used this data to accelerate diagnosis & treatment. Via @UofCalifornia: bit.ly/4eV96cm

🎉 Congrats to #BaskinEngineering Professor Ed Green who received the @RamapoCollegeNJ Investigative Genetic Genealogist Award for his pioneering work in paleogenomics, population genetics, and computational biology methods in forensic work. 👏

Super excited to share our latest work on #RNA liquid biopsy via @nanopore sequencing for novel biomarker discovery and #cancer early detection! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Thank you @AmericanCancer @ACS_Research for supporting our research!

🌊 How can technology enhance climate resilience? #BaskinEngineering postdoc Linda Hirsch developed an engaging flood resilience game which aims to equip community members with techniques for preparing for climate change events.💡Read the story: bit.ly/3TrCkG8

A new study led by #BaskinEngineering researchers shows that people's social media habits can lead to more offline activity—exploring how often tiktok users make healthy recipes they see on the app. Via @KIONnews: bit.ly/44vsMyP

🔥The labs of #BaskinEngineering Professors of Computational Media @kcisbister, @magiseif, and Sri Kurniawan, along with Visiting Professor Edward Melcer, are using game design to help communities build resilience to wildfire.🤯 bit.ly/44ugpTN

"It changed medicine, it changed science — it changed the world." 🧬🌎 Listen to @whyy 's exciting retelling of the race to complete the human genome before it was patented, and how @ucsc "computer geeks" saved the day! whyy.org/segments/25-ye…

Undergraduate Project Showcase! 🛠️✨ #BaskinEngineering students brought bold ideas to life—from wildfire risk systems and muscle-activated prosthetics, to ROVs for kelp restoration, SARS-CoV-2 mutation validation, smart power monitors, and drones for VTOL search and rescue.

🐋 The UCSC Seymour Center is working to restore the iconic Ms. Blue whale skeleton—with the help of Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Marco Rolandi and his students, who created a sustainable bone-repair putty made from shrimp shells! bit.ly/43wzRjr

🎉 Congrats to our #BaskinEngineering students who participated in the Santa Cruz Launchpad event! Read the full story: bit.ly/4mLNUZV