June 14, 2023
UC San Diego launched the first phase of a new pilot program, funded by a gift from Intel Corporation, to increase diversity in its electrical engineering graduate programs. As part of the pilot, UC San Diego is collaborating with Florida A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso.
April 13, 2017
…Fuel as Part of Engineering Design Class How many undergraduates can say they published a paper on a new rocket fuel? Students in a mechanical and aerospace engineering senior design class at UC San Diego can. The Jacobs School of Engineering students and their instructor designed, tested and published a…
June 9, 2016
NASA Competition Win Puts Engineering Undergrads Closer to Launching Satellite into Lunar Orbit The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Cubesat Team at the University of California San Diego. A team of engineering undergraduates at UC San Diego is one step closer to sending a satellite into…
January 26, 2017
…©Disney Photo: Gary Krueger Engineering Students Named Finalists in Walt Disney Design Competition Imagine a place at UC San Diego where slides twist and turn around Torrey Pine trees, and suspension bridges tower over waterfalls. That is the design created by a team of UC San Diego engineering students competing…
June 15, 2017
Structural engineering students designed, built, and tested an unmanned aerial vehicle wing as part of a new hands-on class. Structural Engineering Students Design, Build and Test Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Wings Structural engineering students got an opportunity to test their skills at creating unmanned aerial vehicle wings out of composite materials…
June 13, 2019
…used methods rooted in engineering to try to answer these types of questions and make art in the process. Robert Twomey, a postdoctoral researcher in the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, taught the class, which is offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Twomey teaches students…
September 12, 2014
Miroslav Krstic, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and associate vice chancellor for research at UC San Diego, has received the triennial Chestnut Textbook Prize awarded by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
February 14, 2023
Akshara Kuduvalli, a computer engineering undergraduate student at the University of California San Diego, has been selected as a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellow. The Fellowship is awarded to exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace.
August 13, 2024
…male-dominated fields like physics, engineering and mathematics. According to the American Association for University Women, women in STEM careers — and girls who study in STEM fields — are still hampered by gender stereotypes, a dearth of role models and a lack of confidence. UC San Diego graduate student Robin…
July 2, 2020
…Prepare Young Adults for Engineering and Technical Careers Longtime University of California San Diego supporter Buzz Woolley has pledged a gift to fund an innovative new initiative that will significantly expand the region’s engineering and technical workforce. Woolley’s support will help initiate a partnership between UC San Diego’s Jacobs School…
