June 10, 2021
…the California Institute of Technology’s Center for Autonomous Systems and Technology (CAST) and finally a job as a data scientist and project leader at NASA’s JPL. Alimo views his experiences as a lesson in having a goal and sticking to it. “It shows the value and importance of having a…
October 15, 2020
…saw it in the health system, which quickly marshalled resources to treat a previously unknown illness and in the research faculty, who quickly made clinical research trials available—providing the first potential treatments for COVID-19 to our hospitalized patients. People may forget UC San Diego Health treated the 13th and 14th…
May 11, 2017
…help veterans launch second career after military service When Ryan Ruehl left the Marine Corps after five years of service as an artillery officer with two deployments, he knew he wanted to work in the medical device industry—something he’d been passionate about since high school. He already had a degree…
May 13, 2021
…students to pursue research careers in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. The Goldwater Scholarship, which provides students up to $7,500 toward tuition, books and fees, is the preeminent undergraduate award of its type in these fields. The scholarship is named in honor of Senator Barry Goldwater,…
October 25, 2012
…An upright wooden post carved into a face like a totem with a sweet, sleepy expression guards the entrance, offering no hint of what goes on within. An inscrutable totem guards the entrance. Inside, the arching, silvery fabric walls puff between baffles like a down coat. The building is inflatable,…
March 26, 2020
…that if we’re not careful, we might end up in the same situation.” Ventilators are medical devices that push air in and out of a patient’s lungs when they are unable to breathe on their own. One of the primary symptoms of COVID-19 is difficulty in breathing; approximately 1 percent…
April 20, 2023
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea.
November 15, 2012
…of minimally obtrusive sensing technology, the tattoo electronics. I’ve now been here at UC San Diego in the department of bioengineering for a little over a year. What’s something people don’t know about you? I love to exercise and play sports, and I enjoy music — for example, jazz, R…
April 15, 2021
…areas such as medical technology, human health and materials to benefit life on Earth, before returning in the fall of 2021. The crew for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission are pictured during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California earlier this year. From left are, Mission Specialist…
November 1, 2018
…The faculty here really care about important issues. They are motivated by big crucial questions, and there are no boundaries as to how they find the answers.” GPS has the highest concentration of experts on China than any other university in the United States. Scholars include Susan Shirk (left), former…
