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November 10, 2025
Sweat-powered Sticker Turns Your Drinking Cup into a Health Sensor
Engineers have developed a battery-free electronic sticker that attaches to everyday objects like a drinking cup and monitors vitamin C levels from a person’s fingertip sweat. The technology could make personal nutrition monitoring as effortless as holding a cup of coffee. Full Story
November 6, 2025The 2026 San Diego Wireless Summit
We are pleased to announce the dates for the premier annual event hosted by the UC San Diego Center for Wireless Communications (CWC) and Qualcomm: Thursday, January 22nd & Friday, January 23rd, 2026. The 2026 Summit will focus on the cutting-edge theme of: Wireless Intelligence: Bridging Physical Systems & Human-Centric AI. Full Story
October 30, 2025
Could Mobile Batteries Enable Electric Construction Vehicles and Enhance Grid Resilience?
In a first-of-its-kind test, engineers at UC San Diego are experimenting with large, mobile batteries to both charge electric construction vehicles, and also support a more resilient electric grid. Full Story
October 21, 2025
AI Models Can Now Be Customized with Far Less Data and Computing Power
Engineers have created a new method to make large language models (LLMs) — such as the ones that power chatbots and protein sequencing tools — learn new tasks using significantly less data and computing power. Full Story
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at ECE
At the heart of our Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is a commitment to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion. (The University of California defines diversity in this way.)
We firmly believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds are essential for driving innovation and solving the complex challenges of our modern world.
Abdoulaye Ndao
2019 ECE Awards
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Rajeev Sahay
Jun-Kun Wang
2020 ECE Awards
In the spirit of Dr. Henry booker’s educational philosophy, the department recognized the following students for their hard work, dedication and commitment to academics. Additionally, recipients maintained a GPA of 3.7 above in all ECE courses.
2021 ECE Awards
In the spirit of Dr. Henry booker’s educational philosophy, the department recognized the following students for their hard work, dedication and commitment to academics. Additionally, recipients maintained a GPA of 3.7 above in all ECE courses
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Maximilian Apodaca |
Nicholas Johnson |
2022 ECE Awards
In the spirit of Dr. Henry booker’s educational philosophy, the department recognized the following students for their hard work, dedication and commitment to academics. Additionally, recipients maintained a GPA of 3.7 above in all ECE courses.
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Aditi Anand |
Ya Gao |
Zhe Mo |
Johnathan Tran |
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Jonathan Barnes |
Maxime Ghesquiere |
2023 ECE Awards
In the spirit of Dr. Henry booker’s educational philosophy, the department recognized the following students for their hard work, dedication and commitment to academics. Additionally, recipients maintained a GPA of 3.7 above in all ECE courses.
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Akshit Agarwal |
Yilang He |
Siyue Liu |
Ke-Chieh Sun |
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Arturo Amaya |
Brandon Ho |