Engineering Her Own Future

Engineering Her Own Future

Maria Hernandez creates her own path to a future in aerospace, with Base 11’s help By Christine Byrd, Base 11 Maria Hernandez is beaming as she stands next to her project: a door decorated with colorful flowers, rigged with facial recognition technology that sends an...
Base 11 Celebrates STEM Student Achievements

Base 11 Celebrates STEM Student Achievements

There were no caps and gowns in sight, but Base 11 and UCI held a graduation of sorts, honoring students who completed either the academic year internship or STEM Entrepreneur program at UCI — and one who completed both! Surrounded by proud parents, college...
‘Engineering is the Right Choice for Me’

‘Engineering is the Right Choice for Me’

By Will O’Connell, Base 11 Fellow Over the summer, I successfully completed a fellowship through Base 11 at the University of California, Irvine. The program that I was selected for was the Autonomous Systems Engineering Academy at The Henry Samueli School of...