October 10, 2019
…how to build safer batteries, and 57 equally challenging topics. But that wasn’t the hard part—or even the main goal. These students hailed from both the United States and Mexico, and were here to use science as a means of developing friendships that will last a lifetime, and maybe even…
April 26, 2018
…today, where a full battery production lab is down the hall from a quantum materials lab in the same building as a nanotechnology atomic force microscope. The groundbreaking ceremony for the CMRR. Pictured: Frieder Seible, professor of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering Sciences (AMES) at UC San Diego; Al Blaylock, president…
April 25, 2016
…key component in rechargeable batteries for laptops and cell phones, lithium is actively mined in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. This activity is changing the landscape and the lives of people living in the region. As a fellow, Martin-Cabrera will receive $40,000 to fund six consecutive months of leave to work…
October 23, 2024
As part of an ongoing study of human behavior, approximately 900 UC San Diego drivers volunteered to participate in randomized experiments with control groups to see how different kinds of information and incentives convince people to charge their electric vehicles at different times of day.
June 30, 2017
…a watt. This “near-zero-power” temperature sensor could extend the battery life of wearable or implantable devices that monitor body temperature, smart home monitoring systems, Internet of Things devices and environmental monitoring systems.
April 19, 2024
Two recent papers from the lab of QI affiliate and Jacobs School of Engineering faculty member Dinesh Bharadia present new technologies for more energy-efficient wireless connectivity.
May 17, 2019
UC San Diego engineers have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go. The soft, stretchy patch cools or warms a user’s skin to a comfortable temperature and keeps it there as the ambient temperature changes.
July 7, 2016
The University of California San Diego was honored as an Energy Champion of Higher Education at SDG&E’s 11th annual Energy Showcase and commended for its “remarkable commitment to sustainability, energy efficiency and conservation.”
October 16, 2014
…the robotics community is battery technology, which, he noted, has only improved by 6 to 7 percent a year, on average. “I like to think, especially in this field, what would happen if we had 10 times better batteries,” he said. “We’d really have some capability for doing some mobile…
March 31, 2022
…to install new lithium-ion batteries that store and distribute power collected from solar arrays on the station’s Port-6 truss structure. Photo by NASA, Jan. 2020. When Meir’s first-grade teacher asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, she recalls drawing a picture of an astronaut standing on…
