Humans of BSOE

"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."

"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."

"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."

“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.”

"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. "

"There’s so much more to becoming a well-rounded student and person than remaining on your major track alone, and UCSC recognizes that."

"Teaching here has given me confidence and motivation. When I read evaluations from satisfied students, it makes me think this is what I want to do."

"Calculating the trajectory of a rocket is cool, but can your computer carry on a conversation without someone noticing it's a computer (to pass the Turing Test)?"

"The universal thing that students need to know going into industry is how companies really operate."

"In the gaming industry, users in fact expect that you will surprise them with what you create. But if you’re using Windows, you don’t want to be surprised by something like a blue screen."

"If you had talked to me three years ago, I doubt I would’ve expected I’d end up where I am, but I’d wager most people would say the same about where their career takes them."