Upcoming wearable technology presented at the 2nd Center for Wearable Sensors Summit

The Center for Wearable Sensors (CWS) hosted its second biannual Summit on Thursday, Nov. 12. The event featured faculty talks, a student poster pitch competition, a poster session and networking. Partners from industry, along with UC San Diego faculty and students, attended the event to hear about some of the latest, exciting research projects in the Center ranging from “skin-like” electronics to smartphone-based biosensors for portable and personalized healthcare.

One of the speakers at the event was Professor Sheng Xu, who joined the faculty in the Department of NanoEngineering this past summer. Xu spoke about his research on developing new “soft” inorganic materials for advanced electronic sensors that can be comfortably worn on the skin. Faculty talks also featured presentations from computer science and engineering professor Tajana Rosing, nanoengineering professor Darren Lipomi, and electrical engineering professor Drew Hall.

Student researchers also showed off their latest work at the CWS Summit. During the poster pitch competition, 12 students were each given 90 seconds to pitch their research to the audience and were evaluated by judges. The first and second place awards went to Timothy O’Connor and Kirtana Rajan, respectively. 

Kirtana Rajan (nanoengineering), second place winner of the CWS Summit student poster pitch competition

O’Connor pitched his research on
ultra lightweight wearable solar cells, and Rajan pitched her research on electronic hand sensors that wirelessly translate American Sign Language gestures to text on a computer. Both students are members of Professor Lipomi’s research group. Attendees had a chance to learn more about these projects and others at the afternoon student poster session.

Learn more about the Center for Wearable Sensors here.