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Two UC San Diego Bioengineers Named AIMBE Fellows

April 13, 2026

Kiana Aran, associate professor of bioengineering and medicine, and Alyssa Taylor, a teaching professor of bioengineering, are among the 175 distinguished medical and biological engineers inducted as Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

On the Rise: Jacobs School Ranks #9 Best Engineering School in the Nation

April 7, 2026

The University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is ranked the #9 engineering school in the nation in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This is up from #10 last year.

KatoMed, a UC San Diego MedTech Accelerator Company, Shines

March 31, 2026

KatoMed, a San Diego-based startup that developed a navigation tool for spine surgery that could result in safer, less costly procedures and improved workflow for surgeons, has deep ties to UC San Diego.

New Creative Robotics Course Merges Engineering and Art

March 19, 2026

Engineering and visual arts students channeled and evoked emotions through robots they created as part of an experimental Creative Robotics course at UC San Diego.

Automated Grading System Earns Inaugural Outstanding Teaching Innovation Award

March 11, 2026

A scalable, automated grading system designed to provide students with intelligent feedback on their work while freeing up instructor time for in-person student support was recognized with the inaugural Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation from the Jacobs School of Engineering.

Safer Railroads Through Ultrasound

February 17, 2026

Advances in ultrasound — the same imaging technology that uses sound waves to allow doctors to monitor babies in utero — are being applied by engineers at UC San Diego to make railroad track inspection more effective.

Compressed Data Technique Enables Pangenomics at Scale

January 12, 2026

Engineers at UC San Diego have developed a new data structure and compression technique that enables the field of pangenomics to handle unprecedented scales of genetic information.

Jacobs School of Engineering Undergraduates Soared to New Heights in 2025

December 16, 2025

Eleven UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering undergraduate programs ranked in the Top 10 among U.S. public engineering schools in 2025. This excellence extends across the School, and our students soar each and every day. From building electric aircraft to autonomous underwater vehicles, scoring high-performance computing wins and landing prestigious internships and jobs, Jacobs School of Engineering undergraduates had another incredible year.

For Fusion Energy, the Time is Now. The Place is California

November 24, 2025

More than 200 leaders from government, industry, national labs and academia gathered at UC San Diego on Nov. 13, 2025 for the first statewide convening to accelerate California’s fusion energy economy.
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