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…
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…
February 14, 2013
Engineering Students Develop App to Help Protect Marine Conservation Areas David Drabik co-led a team of students that helped develop a web app for San Diego Coastkeeper. The app will monitor the health of marine protected areas off the Southern California Coast. A team of engineering students at UC San…
August 10, 2023
Creating new technologically advanced sensors, scientists from UC San Diego and Australia have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, cancers and other diseases.
February 21, 2024
Innovations in the form of multi-scale sensors and devices, creation of humanoid avatars and the development of exceptionally realistic predictive models driven by AI can radically change our lifestyles and response to pathologies.
September 27, 2023
Rick Wagner will play a key role in the development of SDSC’s high-performance computing and data technology vision and roadmap, bringing together expertise across the center to drive technology innovation and its application to a wide range of research challenges.
October 7, 2016
…Society (ECS). The award recognizes a young scientist or engineer who has contributed outstanding theoretical or experimental work in the fields of electrochemistry, electrochemical engineering, or solid-state science and technology.
March 7, 2013
…Festival of Science & Engineering to Offer Students Walk on Wild Side of Science, Engineering Top UC San Diego faculty members to highlight fun side of careers in STEM fields Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Perfectly qualified to teach herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Steve…
December 13, 2011
…of computer science & engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering, have been named Fellows of The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). These faculty members are among 46 researchers from the world’s leading universities, corporations and research labs that are being recognized for their contributions to computing. The 2011 ACM…
