Nanoengineers win $1 million grant to develop wearables that decontaminate...
Nanoengineering professor Joseph Wang, lead PINanoengineering professor Liangfang Zhang, co-PIThe Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded a $1 million grant to researchers at the Jacobs School to...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Akanksha Kevalramani
Here is the next profile of our campaign! Akanksha is an international student at UC San Diego, with a focus on coding and a passion for equal representation STEM. Name: Akanksha KevalramaniMajor:...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Elsie Varela
Meet our next student Elsie, who refers to herself as a "social-justice oriented, tree-hugging, feminist engineer."Name: Elsie Varela Major: Environmental EngineeringEstimated graduation date: June...
View ArticleProduct that Jacobs School seniors helped design set to hit store shelves
San Diego entrepreneur Karen Kart, in the facility where her tantrum-proof plate is being manufactured. A tantrum-proof plate for toddlers that Jacobs School students helped design and develop is now...
View ArticleStill connected after all these years
When he doesn't bodysurf, S. Gill Williamson focuses on providing free educational materials for CSE 20 and CSE 21. The former chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, now in his...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Paul Epperson
Meet the next student with our campaign who hopes the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer will inspire peace of mind and positive change. Name: Paul EppersonMajor: Computer ScienceGraduation Date: June...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Jessica Lam
As president of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) (and barista!, our next featured student is making an impact at UC San Diego. Name: Jessica LamMajor: Bioengineering: Biotechnology Estimated...
View ArticleSpreading the Love: IEEE Workshop
In honor of Valentine's Day, UC San Diego's IEEE branch recently held a soldering workshop in which students constructed small circuits of LEDs in the form of a heart. Check out the designs below!...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Alex Buitimea
As president of UCSD's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Alex wants to empower the Hispanic community. He loves soccer and problem-solving, and he also cares deeply for...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Adrienna Yan
Meet Adrienna, the next student of our #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign! Name: Adrienna YanMajor: Aerospace EngineeringGraduation Date: June 2017Why did you choose engineering at UC San Diego? I want to...
View ArticleSmart clothing on display at ARPA-E Technology Showcase
Prof. Joseph Wang (left) and graduate student Jaewook Shin (right) representing the UC San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors at the 2016 ARPA-E Technology Showcase.What if your clothing could help you...
View ArticleECE Student, Professor Win Best Paper Award at NIPS Conference
by Tiffany FoxTogether with his advisor, Professor Alon Orlitsky, Ananda Theertha Suresh, a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, won the Best...
View ArticleEngineering World Health Hosts HealthHack 2016
Engineering World Health held its second annual HealthHack last weekend, garnering over 110 students of varied engineering and health science majors to produce a prototype or design to solve a serious...
View ArticleNext generation of battery tech at ARPA-E Technology Showcase
Sustainable Power and Energy Center booth at the ARPA-E Technology Showcase.A new UC San Diego technology that enables lithium-ion batteries to run at record low temperatures could be useful for the...
View ArticleFreshman bioengineering students 3D print bones in hands-on class
UC San Diego bioengineering undergraduates are close to wrapping up the winter quarter of a new hands-on bioengineering course designed to expose freshmen to central topics and tools of bioengineering...
View ArticleStructural Engineering and Visual Arts Students To Exhibit Final Projects...
Students from a structural engineering and a visual arts class are working together, shoulder to shoulder, on a collaborative final project. They will showcase the results of this collaboration at the...
View Article#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Christopher Yin
Meet Chris, the next student of our campaign and VP Project Team for Engineering World Health. With a passion for improved global health, he hopes to impact entire populations through engineering - all...
View ArticleCelebrating Pi Day
Undergraduate Daniel Gonzalez came in first in this year's Pi Mile RunThey braved finals week and a light drizzle to celebrate Pi Day by running 3.14 miles and enjoying a well-deserved slice of apple...
View ArticleAstronaut Scott Kelly configures UC San Diego-led experiment aboard the...
Wayne Wright, Tracy Neff, Scott Kelly, Jennifer Storck, astronaut Mike Fossum and Sharon Reinke met at the Johnson Space Flight Center in December 2014 to train Kelly to use the fluids and combustion...
View ArticleCivil/Structural Engineer to Present Poster on Seismic Protection at Research...
Born and raised in Italy, UC San Diego structural engineering graduate student Elide Pantoli knew she wanted to help people, but also knew didn’t want to be a doctor.“I don’t like blood, so I knew I...
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