August 2, 2012
…the Jacobs School of Engineering Summer Pre-Engineering Program (PrEP). The seasoned engineer met with incoming engineering students who were competing in the program’s annual “tomato drop.” The overarching goal of Summer PrEP is to foster a sense of community and support among students who have been historically underrepresented in engineering.…
May 29, 2014
…Diego alumna first woman engineer at Instagram When she first applied for computer science internships, Brina Lee, who had a bachelor’s degree in communications from UC San Diego and a background in marketing, felt like she’d hit a wall of rejection. Now fast forward just two years, and with a…
April 3, 2020
UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute is drawing on its unique range of expertise and technology to help in the rapid prototyping and development of medical supplies desperately needed in the fight against COVID-19.
September 29, 2016
It’s billed as “The Greatest Show (&Tell;) on Earth,” and researchers from the University of California San Diego will once again be part of the spectacle as Maker Faire San Diego takes over Balboa Park.
June 5, 2012
A Vision to Help Engineering students design bare-bones microscope for clinics in developing world Photo by Treyscope Media Students at the Jacobs School of Engineering are working to develop a cheaper, lighter, multi-function microscope that could be used in clinics in developing countries. Their prototype will be flown to Mozambique…
November 15, 2011
…at Jacobs School of Engineering Connects Graduate and Undergraduate Students When two UC San Diego graduate students set out to create a new mentoring program at the Jacobs School of Engineering that pairs graduate students and undergraduates, they didn’t expect to be flooded with applications. They also didn’t expect the…
June 6, 2019
Hannah Munguia, an environmental engineering student, poses in front of spare parts from NASA’s Curiosity Rover during her time as an intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Putting Earth Science Skills to Use…..on Mars Hannah Munguia, a UC San Diego environmental engineering student with an earth science minor, had a…
October 2, 2013
…led by an electrical engineer at the University of California, San Diego is aimed at improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode architectures with precise nano-scale designs. The researchers created nanowires that block diffusion of lithium (Li) across their silicon surface and promote layer-by-layer axial lithiation of the nanowire’s germanium…
July 25, 2013
…youngest research scientist and the first materials scientist and engineer to receive the DRI Nevada Medal.
January 23, 2020
Engineer Transforms Personal Experiences into ‘Bridges to Education’ for Underrepresented Students When he was 10 years old, Oscar Vazquez-Mena learned that his ancestors, the ancient Mayans, had once been a technologically advanced culture that excelled in mathematics, astronomy, art and architecture. Yet all around him in Chiapas, his home state…
