September 9, 2015
The University of California, San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Colleges guidebook, which was released today. In addition, UC San Diego is named the 39th best university in the U.S. among more than 200 public,…
September 30, 2024
Artificial intelligence might be the focus of many conversations today, but it cannot touch or manipulate the physical world without a body. A group of robotics experts got together at the University of California San Diego to talk about the many ways intelligence could be embodied to interact with the…
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.
December 4, 2014
…a senior and mechanical engineering major, oversees the project. He has wanted to build a rocket to go to space since his freshman year, he said. “As engineers, we like to solve the next big problem,” he explained. He also hopes that the Triton Rocket Club will be a launching…
October 3, 2024
An award-winning UC San Diego electrical engineering class is now offered to Chula Vista high school students right at their own school, during their school day, in an effort to expand earlier access to engineering concepts and skills.
November 5, 2015
…Ronquillo (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Robyn Ridley (Materials Science and Engineering), Franklin Orndorff-Plunket (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Adriana Corrales (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Assistant Dean April Bjornsen Eleven incoming students in the Jacobs School of Engineering and Division of Physical Sciences have been awarded fellowships as part of the new University…
June 13, 2013
Engineering Students Gear Up to Compete in National UAV Challenge Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Their mission: make an unmanned autonomous vehicle, better known as a UAV, take off, fly over specific markers, find five to 11 targets and then land—all in half an hour. That is the…
March 13, 2012
…this year’s Disciplines of Engineering Career Fair, also known as DECaF, reads like a Who’s Who of the hottest tech companies. The event also featured many local powerhouses, including ViaSat and Solar Turbines. In all, more than 80 companies and 1,600 students turned out for the event, packing the Price…
December 22, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris sent a personal note of congratulations to Naba Rizvi, a PhD student in UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering department, for her recent recognition by CSEdWeek as a Computer Science Hero.
October 30, 2012
The San Diego chapter of ARCS® Foundation, Inc., awarded $232,500 in fellowships to support 31 graduate students at the University of California, San Diego, for the 2012-13 academic year. The ARCS Foundation, a national volunteer women’s organization, provides awards to top students studying science, medicine and engineering.
