November 14, 2019
…Accel Robotics, cofounded by bioengineering alumnus Marius Buibas, builds check-out free convenience stores and employs many alumni. This year’s event included talks and panels on empowering people; drones for security and defense; autonomy in transportation; and artificial intelligence at the edge. Graduate students from many robotics labs demoed various technologies…
September 28, 2021
As scientific data sets become progressively larger, algorithms to process the data become more complex. Artificial Intelligence has emerged as a solution to efficiently analyze these massive data sets, and new computer processor types help speed up the work of AI algorithms.
December 30, 2019
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have “objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties” (Obj-SCD) than among persons considered to be “cognitively normal,” offering a potential new early biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease.
February 1, 2016
Twenty-two University of California, San Diego scientists and physicians are among the 2015 listing of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” an annual compendium of “Highly Cited Researchers” by Thomson Reuters, a multinational mass media and information company.
May 5, 2022
…engineer Edward Banuelos, a bioengineering student at UC San Diego and biomechanical engineering research assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; and lead chemical engineer Bailey Schantz, a Jacobs School of Engineering student. “Growing up in Hawaii, the ocean was my lifeline,” said McKee. “I’ve seen it in every way imaginable,…
June 13, 2019
…and Julie Yip MAJOR: Bioengineering: Bioengineering; Bioengineering: Biotechnology COLLEGE: Eleanor Roosevelt College; Earl Warren College Niranjanaa Jeeva and Julie Yip, along with Ella Stimson, ’20, met at UC San Diego’s HealthHack in 2016, an annual interdisciplinary hackathon hosted by UC San Diego Health and UC San Diego’s Engineering World Health,…
May 2, 2013
Within days of each other, Robert W. Conn recently made two trips to Washington, D.C. to meet President Barack Obama at the White House. The Dean Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Dr. Conn is President of The Kavli Foundation.
November 28, 2023
The University of California San Diego announced the recipients of the 2023 Chancellor’s Medal and the Lifetime Legacy Award, who have all helped advance health care and medicine in unique, impactful ways.
February 14, 2013
…Education Studies, Biological Sciences, Bioengineering and other areas available to talk to conference attendees. Since its inception, empowerment has been a central focus of the ABC Conference, encouraging students to educate themselves to better empower themselves and their communities. This year, the incorporation of the Industry Networking Night and collaboration…
May 17, 2018
…Raj Krishnan during his bioengineering doctoral research in Heller’s lab on identifying cancer biomarkers from blood using alternating electric currents. Krishnan co-founded and is CEO of San Diego-based company Biological Dynamics, a spinout from Heller’s lab that licensed the technology in 2010. Biological Dynamics has since been developing novel diagnostic…
