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New Electron Beam Writer Enables Next-Gen Biomedical and Information Technologies

August 12, 2013

The new electron beam writer housed in the Nano3 cleanroom facility at the Qualcomm Institute is important for electrical engineering professor Shadi Dayeh’s two major areas of research.

National Science Foundation Selects von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center as Innovation Corps Site

July 31, 2013

The University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has been selected as an Innovation Corps site by the National Science Foundation, including $300,000 in funding over the next three years to support the efforts of budding young entrepreneurs. The program will be led by the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

Conference for African-American Researchers in Mathematics Connects Students to Mentors

July 30, 2013

For Lauren Crudup, a third-year bioengineering student at the University of California, San Diego, the Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS) presented a unique opportunity to learn just how applicable mathematics is in the real-world—especially compared to the pure mathematics she learned in high school and earlier undergraduate courses.

Faculty Invited to Exclusive Symposium for ‘Creative Young Engineers’

June 27, 2013

Jacobs School of Engineering professors Karen Christman and Gert Lanckriet are among 81 of the nation’s most “creative young engineers” selected to attend this year’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium by the National Academy of Engineering.

First Class of Nanoengineering Graduates Ready to Solve Technology’s Most Challenging Problems

June 19, 2013

What is a nanoengineer? It’s a question nearly 20 seniors, who, this June, earned the first bachelor’s degree in nanoengineering offered at the University of California, San Diego, have learned to answer as they tackle the questions and expectations of their parents and potential employers.

Bioengineer Christian Metallo Selected as 2013 Searle Scholar and Hellman Faculty Fellow

May 31, 2013

University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Christian Metallo has been named a 2013 Searle Scholar. He will receive $300,000 over the next three years to pursue his research on the role of oxygen availability in dictating how fat is produced and metabolized in the body.

Zahn Prize Competition Gives Undergraduates Opportunity, Mentoring to Launch Startups

May 24, 2013

It was standing room only at the grand opening of the Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship as 10 undergraduate student teams waited to see who among them would win one of three Zahn prizes, for a total of $10,000 in cash to help them bring their products to market.

Entrepreneurial Undergrads Competing for Moxie Center’s Zahn Prize

May 17, 2013

The Moxie Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship will host its grand opening May 20 at the University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering.

Alexander Vardy Named First Jack Keil Wolf Chair in Electrical Engineering

May 14, 2013

Electrical engineering Professor Alexander Vardy, a renowned researcher in information and coding theory, has been appointed as the first Jack Keil Wolf Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.

Nanosponges Soak Up Toxins Released by Bacterial Infections and Venom

April 14, 2013

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a “nanosponge” capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream – including toxins produced by MRSA, E. coli, poisonous snakes and bees.
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