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Clean-tech Czar

April 27, 2017

…and bolstering biotech, cybersecurity, robotics and startup ecosystems, among other small projects—like in February when he and Mayor Kevin Faulconer unveiled the city is doubling down on its electronic vehicle infrastructure. What remains consistent about Chirazi’s role, however, is that it is the perfect pairing of his business and consulting…

Giving Students a Place to Prep for Tomorrow’s Virtual (Reality) Economy

May 11, 2017

…haptic glove using soft robotics concepts now in development at UC San Diego. In 2015, Schulze applied for a grant from the campus-wide Integrated Digital Infrastructure (IDI) program, which earmarked funds for technologies to support the university’s teaching mission. IDI provided $20,000 to purchase computers and other hardware, including 360-degree…

UC San Diego Alumnus Gives $30 Million to UC San Diego

November 30, 2017

…in medicine, energy, security, robotics and more,” said Pisano. “I won’t be surprised when I see our industry partners starting to collaborate with one another in the new building.” The Jacobs School faculty will be invited to submit proposals for collaboratories. In addition to the eleven collaboratories, the building design…

Teaching the Joy of Coding

December 7, 2017

…as part of Preuss’ robotics team this year, but plans to study medicine when she gets to college. By contrast, Josue, a Preuss junior, wants to major in computer science and become a software engineer. He too enjoyed the class. “It’s very targeted, with lots of one-on-one,” he said. “It…

The Doctrine of Doctors

February 15, 2018

…procedural skills, including laparoscopy, robotics and endoscopy. “In medicine today, there is an increasing use of ultrasound beyond radiology,” said Mandel. “It is a critical tool used in many standard-of-care procedures. Ultrasound serves the dual role of teaching anatomy, but also as a point-of-care device for placing central lines, draining…

San Diego 2049 Challenges Graduate Students to Solve Tomorrow’s Problems Today

November 29, 2018

…labor, work and industry, robotics, bioengineering and synthetic life. For the policy implication component of the program, each student team is paired with a GPS faculty mentor for guidance. The interdisciplinary program is open to students across divisions and was launched this fall as part of the School of Global…

Graduate Student’s Steerable Brain Catheter Wins Big at Inventors Competition

December 6, 2018

…systems (MEMS) and soft robotics, to make a medical device with much wider applications than cerebral endovascular surgery alone. Neurotendo could also be used to navigate a catheter through the urinary tract, heart or any other tight, twisty spot that doctors need images of or to operate on. By extension,…

The Promise of Preuss

April 25, 2019

…Monday.” Students shared their robotics work with event attendees. Following her time as a student at Preuss, Hood-Esparza attended UC San Diego as a Chancellor’s Associates Scholar majoring in political science and education studies. She then went on to earn her master’s degree at UC San Diego in 2015. After…

UC San Diego New Guggenheim Fellows Shine Excellence

May 2, 2019

…more reliable communications, remote-sensing, robotics and safety-critical systems. “My point of view is that information is a physical quantity and there are different mathematical models through which it can be described,” said Franceschetti. “The traditional one is probabilistic and can be used to study average—or in other words—expected behaviors. An…

UC San Diego at Epicenter of Earthquake Research

October 17, 2019

…many years. Jacobs School robotics engineer Eric Lo conducted a drone flight following a pre-programmed pattern taking thousands of high-resolution images. A ground-based LIDAR (light detection and ranging) survey examined the exterior geometry of the building, and GPS sensors on top and off of the library were referenced to measure…

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