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Microelectronics Go from Lab to Fab at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute

March 17, 2025

Microelectronics Go from Lab to Fab at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute

Little more than a year after the Microelectronics Commons program kicked off, University of California San Diego researchers have already made significant strides in bringing novel semiconductor technologies from possibility to prototype and beyond. Full Story

Quantum Properties in Atom-thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells

March 3, 2025

Quantum Properties in Atom-thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells

For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, UC San Diego engineers have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the job—using only light. Full Story

UC San Diego Celebrates New Three National Academy of Engineering Members

February 28, 2025

UC San Diego Celebrates New Three National Academy of Engineering Members

Three members of our Jacobs School community have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Congratulations to Robert W. Heath Jr., Richard Sandstrom and Doug Cameron. Full Story

Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More

February 27, 2025

Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More

Better simulations to understand how viruses work. Better ways to model and predict climate change. Better robots that can navigate the real world. Researchers from all across the University of California San Diego and around the world converged on campus last week to explore the promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Full Story


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FLIR Research and Science Thermal Camera Seminar at UCSD

Jan 25, 2017 - 2:00 pm
584, EBU II, Jacobs School of Engineering, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, San Diego, California 92093
FLIR

Joel Wells of ApplyIR and Ross Overstreet of FLIR Systems will be on campus January 25th, 2017 demonstrating a variety of Science grade thermal imaging cameras for use in a variety of different applications.

Please join us and explore how infrared technology can be used to provide non-contact temperature measurement and thermal characterization relevant to a wide range of applications. Next-generation FLIR camera systems provide extraordinary capability from general purpose temperature measurement to infrared microscopy down to 3.5um/pixels or high speed thermal events at 1000 frames/sec.

We’ll discuss infrared techniques used to conquer common temperature measurement challenges. Plus we’ll give you a first-hand look at the new capabilities of calibrated IR cameras and show you how to get the most out of a thermal imaging solution.

DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • Review of theories behind infrared thermography and heat transfer basics
  • Compare Thermal and Photon-counting IR camera technologies and how they measure temperature
  • Discuss the effects of emission, reflection, and transmission on measurements

APPLICATIONS REVIEW:

  • Electrical Engineering: Micro-electronics / PCB Inspection, Characterization & Failure Analysis
  • Civil Engineering: Bridge De-lamination, NDT on composite materials
  • Bio-Medical Engineering: Medical Device characterization
  • Mechanical Engineering: Friction analysis, Materials testing, etc
  • Medical: Blow flow analysis, Brown fat studies, etc
  • General: Anything that could benefit from non-contact temperature measurement

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flir-research-and-science-thermal-camera-seminar-at-ucsd-tickets-31103728088

Entrepreneur Speaker Series with Google Cloud VP

Feb 23, 2017 - 1:00 pm
Mandeville Center Basement
UC San Diego Basement

 

Featuring Sam Ramji, '94, VP of Product Management at Google
Sam Ramji, '94, new VP of Product Management for Google Cloud and founding CEO of open-source platform for the Foundry Foundation speaks at The Basement. This 20+ year Silicon Valley tech. entrepreneur designed Microsoft's open source strategy, founded the Outercurve Foundation, and drove strategy for BEA WebLogic Integration.

Join us for a look at how the digital economy is changing, insights into trends and opportunities in business model APIs. REGISTER HERE

About the Speaker:
A 20+ year veteran of the Silicon Valley and Seattle technology scenes, Sam Ramji is the founding CEO of Cloud Foundry. He was Chief Strategy Officer for Apigee (APIC), designed and led Microsoft's open source strategy, founded the Outercurve Foundation, and drove product strategy for BEA WebLogic Integration. Previously he built distributed systems and client software at firms including Broderbund, Fair Isaac, and Ofoto. He is an advisor to multiple companies including Accenture, Apigee, Insight Engines, and the Linux Foundation, and served on the World Economic Forum's Industrial Internet Working Group. He received his B.S. in Cognitive Science from UCSD in 1994.

ECE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SEMINAR SERIES - An Accidental Engineer and the End of Underground Nuclear Testing

Seminar Speaker
Dan Chang, PhD

Dr. Chang will be sharing his experiences of his earlier years at UC San Diego and how he became interested in electromagnetic theory. At a national laboratory, he used this background to evaluate the safety of nuclear weapons and contributed to US/USSR verification on restrictions on nuclear tests. These efforts eventually stopped the underground nuclear testing and reduced nuclear stockpiles for the US and USSR. Dr. Chang would like to encourage audiences to broaden their perspective and use their knowledge to make a positive impact on society.

Seminar Contact
sbattaglia@ucsd.edu

ECE SPECIAL SEMINAR - Inverse Optical Design for Record-Breaking Photovoltaics and Biomedical Imaging

Seminar Speaker
VIDYA GANAPATI

Improvements to the efficiency of photovoltaics lowers the cost of solar electricity, as higher efficiency causes overhead costs to decrease. In this talk, I will discuss how optical design considerations, such as surface texturing and back mirror design, are crucial to achieving efficiencies that come close to thermodynamic limits. 

Seminar Contact
sbattaglia@eng.ucsd.edu

ECE Social - Triton Basketball

Jan 19, 2017 - 6:00 pm
RIMAC Skybox
UC San Diego Athletics

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to attend the Electrical & Computer Engineering Social hosted by UC San Diego Athletics on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:00 PM in the RIMAC Skybox. We have extended the RSVP date to tomorrow at 5:00pm. Please RSVP to

tritonrsvp@ucsd.edu! If you already RSVP’d, thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon. 

Come enjoy free food and beverages with your colleagues as our men’s and women’s basketball teams take on Cal State San Marcos. The women’s game starts at 5:30 PM and the men’s at 7:30 PM.

We thank you for your continued support of UC San Diego Athletics and hope you will be able to join us in cheering on our student-athletes on Thursday, January 19th!

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Go Tritons!

 Danielle Melman

Triton 5K

Apr 9, 2017 - 9:00 am
North Point Lane (in front of Spanos Athletic Training Facility)
UC San Diego

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Race with the Campus Champions of 2016! All registrants who participate in the Triton 5K as "Team EXCEL" will receive a special Under Armour team t-shirt on race day. Details TBA - stay tuned! Register here: 5k.ucsd.edu.

 

Quantum Photonics with Ordered Quantum Dot and Quantum Wire Systems

Seminar Speaker
Prof. Eli Kapon
Laboratory of Physics of Nanostructures
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
IEEE Chapter-UCSD; IEEE Photonics Society - Distinguished Lecturer

Quantum wire (QWR) and quantum dot (QD) systems offer means for tailoring the electronic structure of semiconductors thanks to multi-dimensional quantum conf

Seminar Contact
Claudia Hennessy
858-534-3294
chennessy@ucsd.edu

iGPS:Integrated Navigation & Communication

Seminar Speaker
David A. Whelan, Ph.D.

The benefits of adding a two way communications channel to the Global Positioning System (GPS) are examined using an experimental arrangement of a modified Iridium communications constellation and the US GPS constellation. The performance of the integrated navigation and communication system of systems is demonstrated showing improvements in anti-jam, indoor geolocation and faster time to first fix. 

Seminar Contact
Travis Spackman
tspackman@eng.ucsd.edu

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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$38M+

In Research
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17,000+

Alumni

2,200+

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Students

65

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