President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including five faculty members from the University of California San Diego. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. Full Story
Six faculty from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been named 2025 Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity. Full Story
Soon, you will be able to take your blood pressure at home using only your smartphone, thanks to research conducted by electrical engineers at UC San Diego. They developed a technique that uses a phone's native camera, vibration motor and motion sensor to take blood pressure readings. Full Story
University of California San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Yuanyuan Shi has been named a 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences. This honor recognizes Shi’s pioneering work in developing AI and control models for sustainable energy systems–particularly, AI-driven building control systems designed to optimize indoor air quality while reducing energy consumption. Full Story
ECE undergraduate students are prioritized for ECE undergraduate courses. ECE graduate students are prioritized for ECE graduate courses. Unfortunately, ECE grads cannot waitlist in undergraduate courses- they need to be cleared to enroll via the EASy system.
Any student who is deviating from courses that are listed in the degree planner will need to petition for a course substitution request. This course substitution request will allow you to ask your Curriculum Advisor for permission to deviate from the degree planner. Your primary M.S. advisor will contact you with the outcome of your request(s) and let you know when the degree audit has been updated, if applicable.
The Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) online requests take about 2-3 weeks to be completely processed by all parties that require approval. Please be mindful of the deadlines when submitting these applications.
Applications such as the half-time, LOA and withdrawal forms need to be submitted in order for tuition/fee charges and courses to be modified.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department traces its roots back to the establishment of the Applied Electrophysics department in 1965, under its founding chair Henry Booker. Through a succession of department realignments emerged today’s ECE in 1987, when the then-combined Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department was split into two departments. Since then, ECE has earned a world-class reputation for producing top-notch engineers for industry and academia.
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