Triton Innovation Challenge Awards $20,000 to Environmental Business Ideas
Since applying to the Triton Innovation Challenge a little over a week ago, the newly picked contestants are now diligently preparing for the semi-finals on November 16 and the final event on November...
View ArticleTriton Racing unveils their 2017 car
Triton Racing's 2017 CarTriton Racing recently held an unveiling event for their 2017 car, which they will take to competition in Lincon, Nebraska June 21 – 24, 2017.“It’s an iteration of the 2015...
View ArticleCNS Grant Recipient Returns from Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
UC San Diego master's student Mansi Malik received a grant from the Center for Networked Systems to attend the premier conference for women in computing.Thanks to the Center for Networked Systems (CNS)...
View ArticleUC San Diego Student Motorizes Bike
Do you ever find yourself hitting the snooze button over and over, and then wishing you could fly or had roller skates for feet so you could make it to class on time? James Yao, a first year Visual...
View ArticleAlumni faculty profile: Olivia Graeve
It’s no secret that UC San Diego’s reputation as a top-ranked university is a major draw for prospective students—but it’s also pulling many graduates back to campus to serve as members of the faculty....
View ArticleEngineering World Health Hosts Gingerbread House Building Competition
Engineering World Health hosted its second annual Gingerbread House Building Competition on Sun. Dec. 4. Three teams were challenged to create the best house in under 25 minutes given the following...
View ArticlePokebots Go!
It's no surprise that the theme of this quarter's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3 (MAE3) robot competition was Pokemon Go - students were charged with building robots that could loft balls into...
View ArticleVon Liebig Partners with Biomimicry Business Accelerator
Winners Camila Hernandez (left) and Camila Gratacos (right) of Team Bionurse.The BioNurse team from the Ceres Regional Center for Fruit and Vegetable Innovation in Chile won the first ever Ray C....
View ArticleGrollTex Founder Puts Passion First
Dr. Alex Zaretski, UCSD alum and founder of GrollTex.On November 3, the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department hosted a Ph.D alternative career path...
View ArticleVOICE Seminar on Value of Provisional Patents to Inventors
The VOICE seminar, led by Dr. Victoria Cajipe and guest Greg Einhorn.On November 5, the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center and the Office of Innovation and Commercialization collaborated to present a...
View ArticleTeam Development Training Expands Leadership Outreach
In its eighth year of operation, the Gordon Center at the Jacobs School of Engineering has extended its reach and impact on students and working professionals through a series of interactive trainings...
View ArticleNew solar energy "chill" spot on campus
This Friday, January 13th, UC San Diego’s Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) will be showcasing their solar projects at the site of Solar Chill, a recently finished project that is open for all...
View ArticleReinventing the Wheel: Former Triton Racing members invent novel public...
What do race cars, aerospace engineering and HIV/AIDS have in common? They all played a part in the making of FluxErgy, a medical diagnostics company started by two UC San Diego aerospace engineering...
View ArticleApply to the Student Travel Fund
Do you need money to travel to your next conference, hackathon or networking event? Apply to the Student Travel Fund! Originally made possible by generous donations from the 2013 graduating senior...
View ArticleEggshells -- nature's ceramic material
UC San Diego engineers investigate why eggshells are so strongThink breaking an egg is easy? Try holding it sideways between your hands and pressing it, you'll find that it's almost impossible to...
View ArticleComputer science alum receives major award in software programming
A University of California San Diego alumnus in computer science, Ross Tate (Ph.D. ’12), is one of two professors selected to receive the Dahl-Nygaard Prizes for 2017. The prizes are awarded annually...
View ArticleMeet the EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio Coordinator
Meet Colin Zyskowski, a graduate student in computer music. Colin is Jesse’s right-hand man. We asked him, “What exactly do you do?”I oversee the undergraduate staff, help maintain the equipment,...
View ArticleBecoming an Entrepreneurial Leader
Gordon Center and Von Liebig Center comes together for Entrepreneur Magic Gaurav Agrawal, a member of both the Gordon Engineering Leadership Center and the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center, has become...
View ArticleOsaka University - 5 cohorts strong!
A fifth cohort of ten students and faculty from Osaka University attended the 2-week Global Innovation Training program at UC San Diego to learn how to bring their ideas from the lab to the market. The...
View ArticleContextual Robotics Director testifies in Washington DC
Henrik Christensen, the director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at the Jacobs School, testified March 16 in front of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a bipartisan group...
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