January 9, 2014
…K-20 education in science, technology, engineering and math The CREATE team is working hard to network, leverage and multiply existing resources to improve STEM education throughout San Diego. “It’s basic physics: You can only lift a small rock above your own head, but if you press a lever you can…
May 17, 2018
…designs, implements and evaluates technologies for poverty alleviation and agricultural adaption, and studies the links between “energy poverty”—the lack of access to modern energy services—and food or nutrition security. Much of her current research focuses on the developing world, with a special interest in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and the…
March 10, 2022
…advanced education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Undergraduate research opportunities are prized among UC San Diego students—and for good reason. Time spent working in labs or research centers can provide students with a valuable leg up when applying for graduate programs. The University of California Leadership Excellence through…
February 21, 2013
…engage with hands-on, high-impact, technically and theoretically challenging problems.” Contact the group. KA Lite is programmed in the open-source computer language Python, so it can be supported on Windows, Linux or OSX platforms, and it works on the cheapest hardware, like the $35 pocket-sized Raspberry Pi server (that can plug…
December 4, 2014
…weapons and other defense technologies. He was the group’s first chairman and served in that capacity for six years. He returned to Princeton, New Jersey in 1987 to assume the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and in 1991 returned to California to become a professor of…
June 19, 2012
…Jacobs Fellow, presented the technology at last year’s Research Expo. The high-power metal-contact switches Patel worked on are hundreds to thousands of times smaller than the electromagnetic switches currently in use. As a result, they get higher frequency performance, improved reliability and are much lighter, which could lead to significant…
December 6, 2018
…designed to change the world for the better—through new medicines, innovative technologies and more that will help address disease, global security, public policy, climate change and more.
December 5, 2013
…anecdotes, or plaudits and media attention more generally, Niehaus says, are the results of recently released research. Beyond Anecdote: The Data Early in 2013, GiveDirectly publicly announced that a third-party assessment of its Kenya efforts was in the works. The study is a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard in…
February 21, 2019
…economics and how innovation, technology and globalization are changing how firms manage and how employees work. A snapshot of her research findings have revealed how telecommuting can be more effectively managed, how volunteer organizations can increase productivity by more targeted recruiting and how start-ups with defined leadership roles have a…
May 13, 2021
…at the School of Medicine, Wertheim School of Public Health and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ensure that we continue to attract and retain a vibrant student community—both undergraduate and graduate. UC San Diego enrolls more than 8,000 graduate and professional students, who generate leading-edge ideas and technologies…
