Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has been named an ambassador for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to promote academic innovation through speaking engagements at various venues across the country.

Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering faculty are at the forefront of AI research and education, with professors professors Amit Roy-Chowdhury and Vassilis Tsotras leading the interdisciplinary Riverside Artificial Intelligence Research (RAISE) Institute.

Ran Cheng, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has recently received a $250,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore the possibility of using an emerging class of materials known as magnetic topological insulators to build electronics with extremely low power consumption. 

Ran Cheng, an Assistant Professor of ECE, has recently received a $250,000 award from the W.M. Keck foundation, along with three renowned experimentalists. The project is led by Prof. Enrique Del Barco from the University of Central Florida. The W. M. Keck Foundation announces its Science and Engineering Grants twice each year, in June and December, respectively. In June 2024, only six teams were awarded this highly competitive grant: https://www.wmkeck.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Abstracts_J24_SE.pdf The team Ran Cheng has joined proposed a rather bold idea to explore the exciting