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Teaching Sixth-graders what engineering is all about
Kudos to the UC San Diego chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, which is currently featured on the website of Logan Elementary School in San Diego. The students regularly visit the...
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Jacobs School engineers now only one degree of separation from LL Cool J
MiP, a robot created by Jacobs School engineers and toymaker WowWee, got to rub shoulders with quite a few celebrities at the 56th GRAMMY awards, where the toy was featured at the event's gift lounge....
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Fun with Science
Students at the Preuss School experiment with liquid nitrogen. A tip of the hat to members of the UC San Diego chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers association. SHPEsters, as they...
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Research Expo is Thursday April 17
On Friday, as I was describing Research Expo to someone here in San Diego, the person told me that Research Expo falls on the day BEFORE tax day this year...but that's not correct. Tax Day is Tuesday...
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Faculty Speakers at Research Expo
Six professors from the Jacobs School of Engineering will speak at Research Expo on April 17. (One professor from each of the six departments.)2:30 pm: Hyonny Kim (Structural Engineering)2:50 pm:...
View ArticleWatch Jacobs School student pitch toy with UC San Diego tech at New York Toy...
Ph.D. student Saam Ostovari can add a new skill to his resume: pitching toys to bloggers and reporters. Ostovari is getting pretty good at it too, judging by the Yahoo Tech video above, which was shot...
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Two (not so irrational reasons) to sign up for the Pi-Mile Run and Walk
We just love this year's T-shirt for the Pi-Mile Run and Walk, an event that takes place every March 14, also known as Pi Day, here at the Jacobs School.This year's shirt was created by ECE graduate...
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Engineering Cupids make unique Valentines
Engineering students recently made a one-of-a-kind gift for their Valentines: a light-up LED circuit in a glass jar. They also learned how to solder in the process. A few pictures of the fun below....
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SWE hosts fun Girls' Night In at Jacobs Hall
Members of the Society of Women Engineers here at UC San Diego got to kick back and relax during a Girls' Night In February 21. Dancing, games, desserts and mocktails were all part of the program. The...
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Learning design and helping victims of Hurricane Haiyan
Students in ENG 100A got to try their hand at building prototypes and then testing them on other users--in this case their fellow students. The prototypes represented solutions that could be deployed...
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Legos, lunch and career advice with WIC @ UCSD
Legos, lunch and conversation were on the menu at a recent Ladies Lego Lunch organized by the Women in Computing group here at UC San Diego and at Google. Undergraduate and graduate students got a...
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Engineer, toy company president explore the frontiers of science and...
MiP, a robotic toy that was developed as a collaboration between the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab and toymaker WowWee.A big thanks to CONNECT, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship in the San...
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Awards Season
You don't have to talk to a Jacobs School of Engineering professor for very long before they start raving about the amazing creativity, intelligence and work ethic of their students. Those voices are...
View ArticleWhy Minecraft is good for teaching computer science
Minecraft enthusiasts in San Diego will be able to take a unique inside look into their favorite game during a class taught by Jacobs School computer science Ph.D. student Stephen Foster at UC San...
View ArticleQualcomm Program Management / INFO SESSION
UC San Diego students and alumni:Qualcomm Program Management: INFO SESSIONThursday March 6, 20145:30pm – 6:30pmUCSD Rady School of Management (room 3W113)Qualcomm’s Program Management team is...
View ArticleThis Jacobs School alumna is featured in Elle
Brina Lee was Instagrams's first female engineer but in this Elle interview, she confesses that she likes her pictures without a filter. The Jacobs School alum talks about why she likes coding, what...
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More than 100 turn out for beginners' programming competition
A total of 118 students turned out for the 2014 winter quarter beginner's programming competition, sponsored by Google and organized by the UC San Diego chapter of Women in Computing. The contest...
View ArticleVideo: Research Expo is April 17 / Are you in?
Research Expo is a great chance to get to talk to 200+ engineering graduate students and find out about their research projects all in one afternoon at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering....
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Boy Scouts coming to campus for electronics, programming workshops with IEEE
Boy Scouts from all over San Diego County will be on campus tomorrow, March 8, for the STEM Merit Badge Fair sponsored by the UCSD Student Branch of IEEE. Organizer and computer engineering student,...
View ArticleWatch a Jacobs School alum explain how you can join the search for Malaysian...
Watch Jacobs school alum Luke Barrington explain Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Kan how the company he co-founded, Tomnod, is helping look for Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370.The company, which...
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