Author: Baskin Engineering Communications
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UCSC Rocket Team soars to new heights at the 2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC)
President of UCSC Rocket Team Teodor Langan (B.S., Robotics Engineering) shares about the team’s 2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) experience. What is UCSC Rocket Team? The UC Santa Cruz Rocket Team participates in the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), designing and building a rocket and its subsystems from the ground up. The team includes…
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Baskin’s gaming club shoots for the high score in every category
Club leaders and competitive gamers share how they’ve created a space for all who love gaming and hope to shatter stereotypes about our favorite way to procrastinate. How and when did Slug Gaming begin and how has it evolved since its founding? Slug Gaming started in 2014 as a grassroots effort to bring together games…
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Computer science undergrad Sarone Kelete lands internship at LinkedIn
Baskin Engineering undergraduate Sarone Kelete is a third-year computer science major and deeply involved at UC Santa Cruz. Using skills learned in Baskin Engineering courses, Kelete secured an internship with LinkedIn in summer 2025.
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Meet the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at UCSC
A brief interview with Anthony Carmona – current Vice President of SHPE at BE – on his club experiences, mission, recent accomplishments, and hope for the future of the club.
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How Kamran Hussain is using AI to study the electrical activity of neurons
Kamran Hussain is a second year electrical engineering student. He is part of the Braingeneers Group, where he leads an innovative project studying the electrical activity of neurons, using AI to predict the activity of neural circuits.
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Finding community and mentoring the next generation of engineers with Salma Qadiri
Salma Qadiri is a third year UC Santa Cruz computer science student, minoring in applied mathematics. She gained support and resources at Baskin Engineering through the MESA Engineering Program and found community with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).
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Launching success: Qingyuan Cao secures dream internship with SpaceX
Qingyuan Cao is a fourth year robotics engineering student who is passionate about aerospace engineering. After joining the UC Santa Cruz Rocket Team in 2021, Cao has played a crucial role in the club’s success.
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How Katia Avila Pinedo is inspiring underrepresented students in STEM
Katia Avila Pinedo is in her final year pursuing a bachelors in networks and digital technology at UC Santa Cruz. As a dedicated member of the Baskin Engineering community, Pinedo has actively engaged in initiatives supporting underrepresented students in engineering.
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Coen Adler shares on Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Club leader Coen Adler shares his story and experiences as a part of ACM. UCSC’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hosts a variety of events from technical workshops to Hackathons. In all of these events, my role is to assist the club officers and ensure that the events are planned out and run smoothly. My…
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Tanisha Katoch shares on Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W)
UCSC ACM-W club president Tanisha Katoch shares her experiences. Our club’s mission is to empower students in technology as we provide information regarding advice and opportunities while creating a community. We hope to move forward with meetings that provide information that students at UCSC need, to inspire new ideas as they graduate. I’m Tanisha, the…
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Alexander Colloredo-Mansfeld shares on Google Developer Student Club (GDSC)
Club lead Alexander Colloredo-Mansfeld shares his experiences with GDSC. My best personal experience with GDSC has definitely been growing with the club throughout my entire university experience. I joined the club as a member my freshman year, when the whole school was remote and finding a sense of community was incredibly difficult, and so having…
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Akshat Sharma’s TesPhase project provides an innovative sustainable energy option for charging electric vehicles
Akshat Sharma is a rising second-year computer science student at the Baskin School of Engineering. This summer, he built a system that balances and redirects excess solar energy power to charge electric vehicles, called TesPhase. His short term goals while studying at Baskin Engineering include improving upon TesPhase’s technology, conducting AI research on campus, and…