Through this award, the Atmospheric Processes Research Group’s faculty and alumni recognize and celebrate the mentorship, dedication, and hard work that helped to launch many successful careers for Bourns College of Engineering alumni in the engineering field. The goal of this award is to provide inspiration and an example of perseverance to graduate students, along with showing commitment to their future success.

In 1994, Ford Motor Company pledged $10 million to the University of California, Riverside, creating an endowment for the benefit of the Bourns College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). Part of the gift of this endowment is used to fund undergraduate students in pursuit of careers in engineering. The award is given annually in the amount of $5,000 to offset University of California, Riverside academic expenses.

Colin E. Hackett Endowed Engineering Research Award was established by an endowment to the University of California, Riverside, from the Hackett Family to encourage and aid graduate students in pursuit of careers in engineering and doing research at CE-CERT. This fund shall be used to provide research support to full-time graduate students in mechanical and/or chemical sciences who are engaged in experimental engineering research, to develop their laboratory skills. The fellowship is given annually to a full-time graduate student to offset University of California, Riverside, academic and/or research expenses.

The Esther F. Hays Graduate Fellowship was established by an endowment to the University of California, Riverside, from the Hays Family to encourage and aid graduate students in pursuit of careers in engineering and doing research at CE-CERT. The fellowship is given annually to a full-time graduate student to offset University of California, Riverside, academic and/or research expenses.

Life-long energy innovation leader Neal Richter’s legacy will live on through the G. Neal Richter Energy Innovation Scholarship. The scholarship established at the College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) at UC Riverside will provide financial assistance to undergraduate or graduate students studying alternative energies at CE-CERT.

The J. Wayne Miller and Thomas Durbin Graduate Research Award is dedicated to the UCR CE-CERT Emissions and Fuels Research (EFR) group faculty advisors: J. Wayne Miller, Thomas D. Durbin, Kent C. Johnson, Georgios Karavalakis, David R. Cocker, Heejung Jung, and Joseph Norbeck who have mentored many chemical and environmental engineers over the years. This award is named after the two elder advisors from the EFR group. Through this award, the EFR alumni recognize and celebrate the faculty mentorship, dedication, and hard work that helped to launch many successful careers for Bourns College of Engineering alumni in the engineering field. The goal of this scholarship is to provide inspiration and an example of perseverance, hard work, and commitment to future graduate students, just as our advisors did for us during our university research experiences.

The purpose of the Guthrie Research Award Endowment is to encourage academic excellence and critical thinking in an area that is important to Jim and Debbi Guthrie; in December 1995 they created the Jim Guthrie Research Awards. Given annually, students are selected based on a review of written research papers on projects conducted at the College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT).

In April 1995, the Foundation funded an endowed post-doctoral fellowship: the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Engineering. It is used by the Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) for research leading to a better understanding of air pollution issues.

This fellowship is intended to offset University of California, Riverside, academic and/or research expenses in the following academic year for students with an academic standing of 3.0 GPA or higher.

Through this award, the Transportations Systems Research Group’s faculty and alumni recognize and celebrate the mentorship, dedication, and hard work which helped to launch many successful careers for Bourns College of Engineering alumni in the engineering field. The goal of this award is to provide inspiration and an example of perseverance and commitment to the success of future graduate students.

In 1994, Ford Motor Company pledged $10 million to the University of California, Riverside, creating an endowment for the benefit of the Bourns College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT). The William R. Pierson/Ford Graduate Fellowship was established by an endowment to the University of California, Riverside, from Ford Motor Company to encourage and aid graduate students in pursuit of careers in engineering and doing research at CE-CERT. The fellowship is given annually to a full-time graduate student in the amount of $5,000 to offset University of California, Riverside, academic and/or research expenses.