Technology for a Changing World
Humans of BSOE
Computer Science and Engineering
"We essentially work to mimic nature’s process of how humans function. I don’t think people fully understand how the brain works and how much it takes to accurately mimic it."
Humans of BSOE
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"You’re definitely going to struggle a lot while you’re trying to achieve something. At the beginning of a project, we consider the final result as our goal but after we finish, the things that happen during the process become your treasure."
Biomolecular Engineering
"The faculty here are really remarkable in the field and it’s kind of surprising when you can just walk by someone who worked on the Human Genome Project. That’s probably the coolest part about the school."
Computer Science and Engineering
"I like having the freedom to solve problems in multiple ways. There’s never just one way in computer science to solve a problem."
Computer Science and Engineering
"Getting involved with student orgs really helps you build community, whether it be a sorority, fraternity, an internship or becoming a BESA ambassador. It helps you find support wherever you go and it’s super helpful."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"It’s important to have diversity in engineering because it brings different experiences and ways of thinking to a project, allowing for new and different approaches to problems."
Computer Science and Engineering
“Students tend to work too hard. Take care of yourself and learn to give yourself time. Making sure your brain is in good shape means giving it a rest.”
Computer Science and Engineering
"One thing I’d like to tell students has to do with the genius myth. They often feel like, 'I’m not that genius and therefore, I cannot contribute.' It’s really important to bust that myth."
Computer Engineering
“If you really understand something, that’s better than a grade. Concentrate on learning the foundations.”
Biomolecular Engineering
"I’m on the iGEM team. We’re developing a cheap and maintainable contraceptive for women in third world countries."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“I like having an influence on the students I meet. Here, I can really help launch students’ careers in a direction they might not have thought about. I’m really proud of the students."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"I was drawn to robotics because it’s the intersection of different types of engineering all coming together so you get a splash of flavor from different worlds that prepare you to go into many different aspects of engineering."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"I get to work with UCSC astronomers who pursue knowledge about the stars purely for knowledge and I feel like that is so noble. It’s awesome that I get to have a project with a similar philosophical framework.”
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"I decided I wanted to work with optofluidics. My principal investigator, Holger Schmidt, wrote the handbook on optofluidics, so I thought, 'I should go work for him.”
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"People in the Baskin School of Engineering are willing to collaborate and talk about their projects and be open about the things they’re doing."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Within BSOE there are many outlets for getting yourself established and that’s a really great thing about UC Santa Cruz. You can always find a place you can consider your home.”
Computer Science and Engineering
"I’m working on this human trafficking project. The broad question was whether environmental events affect human traffickers. We found an increase in mentions of certain ethnicities after hurricanes in these ads, especially ethnicities from Caribbean countries."
Electrical Engineering
"The most important thing a student needs to learn in their education is not to memorize this or that formula, or do certain calculations at this speed, but really to develop an intuitive understanding and knowledge of what they are learning about."
Computer Science and Engineering
"When we got the opportunity to start Engineers Without Borders, it really touched my heart that we could help this community in Cameroon, and especially help with young people’s education. That’s something really important."
Computer Engineering
"If you look at the power consumption of the microprocessor or the CPU, a big chunk of power comes in by the clock network so I proposed a new paradigm of clocking that utilizes current rather than voltage."
Statistics
"I study functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI. They’re basically brain scans that are done while people are doing something. We’re trying to figure out what parts of the brains are being used for different things."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
"I want to work in integrating robotics into the emergency response system so if a hurricane hits, or something like that, the first responders would be helped out by a variety of robotic tools that they could use."
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“It’s important for a college to support engineering organizations and provide students the free time to be involved with them. There’s a good balance of academic and non-academic activities here.”
Computer Science and Engineering
"Maybe you need to vent about something that’s happening or need questions answered. When this happens, it’s nice to know someone’s there."
Computer Science and Engineering
"Throughout my time as a graduate student here, I was very fortunate to be able to research with faculty members who are globally known for their work. "
