March 19, 2015
…professor and chair of nanoengineering at UC San Diego, captivated the audience with the prospect of a real-life “Fantastic Voyage,” wherein various methods of propulsion can pilot “microrockets,” or nanoengineered vessels. These could be used inside the body to attack cancer cells, or set upon open waters to clean up…
July 20, 2016
Professor Emeritus Stanford S. “Sol” Penner, one of the founders and creators of the engineering program at the University of California San Diego, passed away on July 15, 2016 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 95 years old.
September 6, 2013
The Southern California Clean Energy Technology Acceleration Program (SoCal TAP) selected four revolutionary research teams from the University of California, San Diego and University of Southern California to receive $180,000 each in commercialization awards as part of a program overseen by the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego…
June 14, 2018
…On July 2, third-year nanoengineering student Josh Gong will climb inside a 10-foot submarine built by undergraduate students at UC San Diego, hook up to an oxygen tank, and use a bicycle pedal to power the flooded sub through an underwater slalom course at the European International Submarine Races in…
June 16, 2023
Six students who have made significant contributions to their departments and surrounding communities at the Jacobs School of Engineering and the University of California San Diego will receive Awards of Excellence as part of Ring Ceremony 2023 on Saturday, June 17.
November 1, 2018
…Vlado Lubarda (Distinguished Professor, Nanoengineering), Carol Padden (Dean, Division of Social Sciences), Amy Pasquinelli (Molecular Biology) and Charles Perrin (Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) dined with former students, while political science chair, Thad Kousser, gave a rousing mini-lecture on how Twitter is changing the landscape of political discourse. Alumni shared…
January 11, 2024
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UC San Diego developed a thin, transparent, flexible neural implant that can capture high-resolution information about activity deep inside the brain without damaging its delicate tissue.
April 25, 2024
UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering PhD student Andrew Bourhis won the top prize at the 42nd annual Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo for his work to integrate thin film transistors into easier-to-use flexible electrode arrays, which could enable much more precise mapping of human brain activity.
March 1, 2023
Four UC San Diego faculty have been selected as 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows, a prestigious award for early-career scientists of outstanding promise. The fellowships are awarded in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions.
March 26, 2020
…Chen, a professor of nanoengineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. “It’s not good for, say, entire N95 masks, but it can be used for producing testing swabs or even face shields for healthcare workers.” Meanwhile, Petersen’s team is awaiting a few more parts to build a more sophisticated ventilator…
