NanoEngineering Professor Joseph Wang Appointed to SAIC Endowed Chair in Engineering at UC San Diego
November 25, 2014
…of NanoEngineering and director of the Center for Wearable Sensors at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
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Private Support Leads to Transformative Advances in Ocean Ingenuity at Scripps
September 12, 2014
Gismos, gadgets, widgets ... Ingenuity in developing precise and efficient tools is an important key to unlocking the mysteries of the ocean. Observing the oceans in real time is crucial to understanding and protecting the planet. Private support can make a significant difference in the speed with which new oceanographic…
Electrical Engineering Undergrads Build and Race Robots
April 1, 2016
The EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio at UC San Diego teemed with excitement on the day of the final in an electrical engineering class called Making, Breaking and Hacking Stuff. Instead of a typical test, the class culminated in a cumulative final project – teams of two or three…
Biologists Develop Nanosensors to Visualize Movements and Distribution of Plant Stress Hormone
April 15, 2014
Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in visualizing the movement within plants of a key hormone responsible for growth and resistance to drought. The achievement will allow researchers to conduct further studies to determine how the hormone helps plants respond to drought and other environmental stresses driven by the…
Researchers Develop New Thin Transparent and Lightweight Touchscreen Pressure Sensor Arrays
January 23, 2018
Researchers from UC San Diego and UT Austin have demonstrated zinc-oxide thin-film transistor sensors for new functionality in touch screen displays on mobile devices.
These Screen-printed, Flexible Sensors Allow Earbuds to Record Brain Activity and Exercise Levels
September 28, 2023
A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface.
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.
$1 Million Grant from Alliance Healthcare Foundation Awarded to UC San Diego
January 30, 2014
…an ingestible and wearable sensor platform. The ingestible sensor records time of medication ingestion and transmits the data to the wearable sensor in the form of a patch worn on the patient’s torso. The patch also collects activity and rest patterns and sends the information to a secure mobile application.…
Can Current Smartphone Technology Tell You When a Pandemic Might Come Calling?
February 9, 2021
UC San Diego researchers find that an optical tool already embedded in many smartphones can accurately diagnose blood-oxygen levels and help monitor respiratory disease in patients, particularly when they are quarantined at home.
Electric Grid Monitoring Laboratory Opens at UC San Diego
March 24, 2016
Engineers from academia and industry will harness the power of control theory to help improve the way electric power grids are operated in San Diego and beyond in a new research laboratory that opened this month on the University of California, San Diego campus.
