Jack Baskin School of Engineering

Professors Elkaim, Rosen, and Dunbar lead research on autonomous systems at all scales. Ed Green is interested in the evolutionary history of humans and their extinct relatives. The Bionics Lab, led by Jacob Rosen, develops wearable robots, exoskeletons and surgical robots. Professors Pascale Garaud and Raquel Prado are part of the growing Applied Mathematics & Statistics Department. Brad Smith (center) works with students and Cisco engineers on new projects in the NMO Lab. Professor Michael Mateas leads North America's largest games research group, the Center for Games and Playable Media. Katia Obraczka leads the Inter-Networking Research Group, which integrates sensors and networks to understand the environment. Holger Schmidt directs the Applied Optics Group and the W.M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics. Photos from Graduation 2011 are now available on the BSOE gallery web site. Ali Shakouri leads the ONR Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) Thermionic Energy Conversion Center. Stephen Petersen works with students on the Greenwharf project, a low-impact marine microgrid energy system. Art Ramirez, Dean of Baskin Engineering, researches experimental materials physics. Jose Renau directs the first-ever OpenSPARC Center of Excellence. JJ Garcia-Luna-Aceves leads a team of researchers at UCSC and six other universities in developing ad-hoc wireless networking. Sri Kurniawan designs and evaluates interactive systems that help people with special needs.

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Holger Schmidt
Holger Schmidt
Professor, Electrical Engineering