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3D-Printed Space Rocket Startup Funded by New VC Fund Contrary Capital
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering students are the founders of one of the first two university startups to receive funding by a new VC fund called Contrary Capital. Contrary Capital has a novel...
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A new model for electrochemical kinetics in nanoscale systems
Understanding the speed at which electrochemical reactions occur can provide scientific insight for various processes ranging from biochemical reactions to charge storage in capacitors and batteries....
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Blue LINC hosts Medical Innovators Hall of Fame Series
The Blue LINC Healthcare Incubator, UC San Diego's first biomedical incubator, will kick off its new Medical Innovators Hall of Fame Series with a presentation by Michael Ackermann, former CEO of...
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UC San Diego Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Miroslav Krstic...
Photo: Krstic (r) with Peter Meckl, Chair of ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division. UC San Diego mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Miroslav Krstic received the ASME Rufus Oldenburger...
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Need a last-minute Halloween costume idea? This neural network has got you...
Need a last-minute costume idea for Halloween? How about a cyborg bat? Or a vampire shark? Or a magic sexy hamburger?These are all costumes generated by a neural network trained by Jacobs School alumna...
View ArticleVideo: Jacobs School computer scientist talks about the future of health care...
UC San Diego computer scientist Laurel Riek wants to put a robot in someone's home for six months."We want to build robots that can adapt to learn from and change with a person, not only throughout...
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Alan Adame: computer scientist, Army captain
Alan Adame points to a picture of himself jumping out of a plane during his time as a paratrooper.Alan Adame is a master’s student in the computer science and engineering department at UC San Diego,...
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Matthew Wnuk: electrical engineer, Navy veteran
Matthew Wnuk at UC San Diego, where's he's working towards a master's degree in electrical engineering.Matthew Wnuk joined the Navy in 2004 and was trained as a sonar technician at the Anti-Submarine...
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Engineering Art Contest Winner: Let It Snow Crystalline Dendrites
Image of snowflake-like crystalline dendrite wins first annual Jacobs School of Engineering Art ContestCrystalline dendrite imaged by transmission-mode Scanning Electron Microscopy. Image credit: Kevin...
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This computer program really wants you to try strawberry ham pie this...
Still looking for a recipe idea for your Thanksgiving pie? Janelle Shane, who got her PhD in electrical engineering at the Jacobs School, is here to help--well, soft of.Shane has trained a neural...
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Joseph Wang named Honorary Doctor in Europe
Joseph Wang, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Nanoengineering at UC San Diego, was awarded a "Doctor Honoris Causa" (honorary doctorate) by two universities in Europe last week.On Monday, Nov. 20,...
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Solid State LIDAR Startup from Jacobs School Wins Biz Competition
A startup that emerged from the UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering department took first place this week in the Triton Innovation Challenge, an annual UC San Diego business competition...
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Bioengineering undergraduate wins space scholarship
Kristine Khieu might be studying the spine, but she has her sights set on space.The fourth year bioengineering undergraduate at UC San Diego was one of six students nationwide selected to receive a...
View ArticleJacobs School Research in the News: Science Highlights from 2017
A new recipe for Martian bricks. Soft robots that walk on rough terrain. Combining squid ink and ultrasound to make a pain-free gum disease probe. These are among the science stories from the UC San...
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"U Hack" and "Bog Love;" What happens when you train a neural network to...
What happens when you train neural networks to write messages for candy hearts on Valentine's Day: Here is Shane's original post: http://aiweirdness.com/ And here are links to the news...
View ArticleIt's about empowering people; it's not about replacing people: The future of...
"It's about empowering people. It's not about replacing people."That's the message that Henrik Christensen, director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego, has been trying to spread...
View ArticleHackXX aims to increase diversity at hackathons
HackXX, a women-centric hackathon run by UC San Diego students, held its inaugural project creation and development sprint in 2017. The second edition of the hackathon didn't disappoint: more than 100...
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Tritons-to-be get a taste of life at the Jacobs School
Admitted students pose for a photo during Triton Day. Photo by Erik JepsenBy Kritin KarkareUC San Diego was all blue and gold on Saturday, April 14thfor the campus’s annual Triton Day— a day devoted to...
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Meet Mark Liu: EnVision Maker Studio lab manager
By Kritin KarkareMark Liu in the EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker StudioFirst the EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio doubled in size, and now it’s expanding its full time staff to better...
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Maternal Depression Awareness Month: a day of advocacy
Tomorrow: Saturday May 19, 2018 UC San Diego bioengineering major Julie Yip is co-hosting a Day of Advocacy in recognition of May as Maternal Depression Awareness Month. The free event is here at UC...
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