March 11, 2014
Supported by a $953,958 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), researchers at the University of California San Diego will develop a sophisticated new biosensor that can protect the nation’s water supplies from a wide range of toxins, including heavy metals and other poisons.
April 2, 2015
…ignite interest in science, engineering careers among girls at four Encinitas elementary schools Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Outreach program aims to ignite interest in science, engineering careers among girls at four Encinitas elementary schools How do you build the perfect water filter: with cotton balls or coffee…
October 11, 2022
Blood oxygen monitoring is one of the main methods to determine if COVID-19 patients need immediate medical attention, but the devices used for these measurements can be less accurate on darker skin tones. UC San Diego nanoengineers are engineering a solution to improve accuracy on all skin tones.
July 16, 2020
Scientists have unraveled key mechanisms behind the mysteries of aging. They isolated two paths that cells travel during aging and engineered a new way to genetically program these aging routes. The researchers also identified a master circuit that guides the aging processes.
June 29, 2018
…scientists are hoping to change that, using supercomputers to engineer an enzyme that breaks down PET. They say it’s a step on a long road toward recycling PET and other plastics into commercially valuable materials at industrial scale.
May 8, 2012
…highly regarded College of Engineering. The appointment will be voted on at the May 16 meeting of the UC Board of Regents. Meanwhile, campus and community members are reacting to the announcement. Here is what they’re saying. From Chancellor-Designate Pradeep Khosla “In slightly more than 50 years, UC San Diego,…
September 28, 2023
Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been selected to receive one of the oldest and most prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) awards, the Simon Ramo Founders Award for 2023.
December 8, 2016
The leading computing society in the world, ACM, named UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Rajesh K. Gupta to be an ACM Fellow. He’s the only University of California professor honored by ACM in the class of 2016.
September 19, 2023
Materials science researchers at UC San Diego, University of Alabama, and Colorado State University are working together to solve a vexing materials-for-extreme-environments challenge.
February 19, 2021
The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California San Diego has appointed the composer, music professor and sound designer Shahrokh Yadegari to be an Associate Director of the interdisciplinary institute.
