October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026 —
The Jacobs School of Engineering welcomed three new faculty this fall, driving advances in emerging industries including fusion energy and artificial intelligence.
October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026 —
This summer, Penghui Cao — an expert in the development of the long lasting materials needed for fusion power plants to become a reality — joined the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering faculty.
September 28, 2026
September 28, 2026 —
Eleven undergraduate engineering students at UC San Diego received scholarships to conduct research in labs on campus this summer as part of the IDEA Engineering Research Scholarship program at the Jacobs School of Engineering.
September 24, 2026
September 24, 2026 —
Four undergraduate programs at the Jacobs School of Engineering ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges ranking. The Jacobs School has 11 programs that ranked in the Top 10 among public schools.
September 18, 2026
September 18, 2026 —
Three engineering graduate students at the Jacobs School of Engineering have been named 2027 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science.
August 6, 2026
August 6, 2026 —
A research team led by engineers at UC San Diego was awarded up to $26.1M from ARPA-H to develop a soft, flexible robot that can safely and autonomously navigate through the tiny blood vessels of the brain and remove clots, expanding access to a life-saving stroke treatment.
July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026 —
After three years of intense learning and work, the Triton Racing student team at UC San Diego was able to bring a functioning formula race car running on its own battery power to the Formula SAE Electric competition for the first time this June.
July 27, 2026
July 27, 2026 —
Bioengineers at UC San Diego integrated the olfactory receptor of an insect called a jumping bristletail into semiconductor chips made of graphene, creating an electronic nose capable of sniffing out a wide variety of small organic compounds.
July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026 —
Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing these decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to San Diego, as founding managing partner of recently launched ReefHaven Ventures. The San Diego-focused venture capital fund is dedicated to early-stage medical technology startups.
June 23, 2026
June 23, 2026 —
Researchers in obstetrics and engineering at UC San Diego were awarded up to $10.4 million from ARPA-H to enable more accurate identification of fetuses who are at risk of low oxygen during labor and delivery, as part of a larger effort to make birth safer in the U.S.
