Next Generation
September 26, 2022
UC San Diego alumna Deniz Burnham ‘07 reaches for the stars as a NASA astronaut candidate.
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UC San Diego Mechanical Engineer Awarded Packard Fellowship for Next-generation Imaging Technology
October 16, 2023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named Lisa Poulikakos, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UC San Diego, as a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering. Poulikakos develops novel nanomaterials to address key challenges in imaging science.
Qualcomm Institute’s Lin Named Desert Research Institute Nevada Medalist
July 25, 2013
…youngest research scientist and the first materials scientist and engineer to receive the DRI Nevada Medal.
Coding with Colorful Cards: Kids Learn Arduino-based Code with Tinker the Robot
May 13, 2015
Meet Tinker the Robot. UC San Diego mechanical engineering alumnus (2007) Kay Yang created him to teach and inspire young children to play with robots.
Recent Computer Science Alumna Makes Waves – Not Photo Filters – at Instagram
March 14, 2014
It isn’t often that a computer scientist is written up in an international fashion magazine, but an alumna of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at the University of California, San Diego is taking the publicity in stride.
This ‘Squidbot’ Jets Around and Takes Pics of Coral and Fish
October 6, 2020
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a squid-like robot that can swim untethered, propelling itself by generating jets of water. The robot carries its own power source inside its body.
Richard Seymour: 1929-2021
June 1, 2021
Richard Seymour, a renowned research engineer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, who envisioned a network to collect coastal data as a graduate student, died May 22, 2021. He was 91 years old.
Chemistry Professor Wins Top National Early-Career Honor
July 23, 2012
…at UC San Diego was among 96 scientists and engineers named by President Obama today as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
A Vision to Help
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…
New Insight into How Plant Cells Divide
July 6, 2023
Plant and animal stem cells both rely on the cytoskeleton to divide properly, but a new study finds that they use them in opposite ways—while animal cells pull on the cytoskeleton, plant cells push it away. Harnessing that action could help scientists engineer more resilient plants.
