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UC San Diego Will Lead a New California Effort to Make Fusion Energy a Practical Reality

November 12, 2025

UC San Diego has been selected to lead a new multi-institution research effort aimed at solving materials, fuel, diagnostic and workforce challenges required to make clean, affordable fusion energy a commercial reality.

Could Mobile Batteries Enable Electric Construction Vehicles and Enhance Grid Resilience?

October 30, 2025

In a first-of-its-kind test, engineers at UC San Diego are experimenting with large, mobile batteries to both charge electric construction vehicles, and also support a more resilient electric grid.

2026 Siebel Scholars: Advancing Human Health Through Engineering

September 19, 2025

Five engineering graduate students at UC San Diego have been selected as 2026 Siebel Scholars in recognition of their outstanding academic performance and leadership.

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

September 5, 2025

Researchers from UC San Diego received three Western Digital Petabyte Innovation Quest (Peak) awards for pursuing innovative data storage projects.

UC San Diego Engineers Lead $5M DOE Center to Design Impact-Resistant Metamaterials

September 5, 2025

These materials will be designed with unique internal geometries that give them nonlinear properties not possible with existing materials.

UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives NSF Honor

July 9, 2025

Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award from the National Science Foundation’s National Science Board.

A fully automated tool for species tree inference

May 5, 2025

A team of engineers at UC San Diego is making it easier for researchers from a broad range of backgrounds to understand how different species are evolutionarily related, and support the transformative biological and medical applications that rely on these species trees.

Better Vision Through AI

February 8, 2025

Electrical engineers and ophthalmologists team up to advance computer vision, AI, and image processing tools, helping doctors diagnose faster, predict effective treatments, and improve patient outcomes.
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