Bourns College of Engineering

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Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
TypePublic
Established1989[1]
DeanChristopher S. Lynch
Academic staff
135 [2]
Undergraduates2,864 [2]
Postgraduates948 [2]
Location
Riverside, CA
,
California
,
USA
Websitewww.engr.ucr.edu/ bournsdifference.ucr.edu/

The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or commonly known as Bourns Engineering or BCOE, is an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology-accredited College of Engineering located in Riverside, California on the campus of the University of California, Riverside. The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering was established in 1989, and named in honor of Marlan Bourns, a B.S. physics graduate of the University of Michigan and Rosemary Bourns, founders of Bourns, Inc.[3][4]

Bourns Hall
Winston Chung Hall
Winston Chung Hall, part of the Engineering complex

BCOE is home to the world's largest indoor atmospheric chamber, an 8,000 square foot class 100/1,000 cleanroom, a 4,300 square foot mechanical engineering machine shop and a 13-ton 3 Tesla Siemens Prisma MRI machine and more. The college has more than 300,000 square feet of lab and research space.

Notable research centers include the Center for Environmental Research & Technology, Winston Chung Global Energy Center, Center for Research and Education in Cyber Security and Privacy, and the Center for Research in Intelligent Systems.[5]

Departments and programs[]

The Bourns College of Engineering has five departments two interdepartmental program, and an online master's program all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the nationally recognized accrediting body for engineering programs.

  • Bioengineering (BIEN)
  • Chemical & Environmental Engineering (CEE)
  • Computer Science & Engineering (CS&E)
  • Computer Engineering (CEN)
  • Electrical Engineering (EE)
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  • Material Science & Engineering (MSE Program)
  • Masters of Engineering Online

Degrees[]

The college offers the following degrees:

Research centers[]

  • Center for Industrial Biotechnology
  • Center for Advanced Neuroimaging
  • The Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT)
  • Center for Research and Education in Cyber Security and Privacy
  • Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CRIS)
  • Phonon Optimized Engineering Materials
  • Ubiquitous Communication by Light Center (UC-Light)
  • Winston Chung Global Energy Center

Professional student organizations[]

Diversity Organizations[]

Professional Engineering Societies[]

Honor Societies[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Short History of BCOE", College of Engineering, 2010, University of California, Riverside, engr.ucr.edu webpage: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-03-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c [1] Archived April 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "UC Riverside College of Engineering Hires Thirteen New Faculty Members" (Press release). University of California, Riverside. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  4. ^ "Erickson Oral History" (PDF). University of California, Riverside. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  5. ^ "UCR Research". University of California, Riverside, Office of Research. Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-08-10.

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Coordinates: 33°58′30″N 117°19′37″W / 33.97500°N 117.32694°W / 33.97500; -117.32694

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