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May 13, 2024
Franklin Antonio Hall Sparks Research Collaborations
From improving tools for robot-assisted surgery to studying how humans prefer to interact with robots, collaborations across different departments at the Jacobs School of Engineering are in the spotlight in this year’s accepted papers for the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Full Story
May 13, 2024Alumna-led Giving Day challenge encourages support for Jacobs School of Engineering students
Sally Schoberg earned a degree in Applied Physics and Information Science (APIS) – what today would be electrical and computer engineering – from UC San Diego in 1972. More than five decades later, she continues to recognize the value of her degree, and is motivated to ensure the next generation of engineering students has the same opportunities she was afforded. Full Story
May 2, 2024
Hands-on Electrical Engineering Curriculum at UC San Diego Earns Innovative Program Award
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego was recognized for its pioneering hands-on lab curriculum by the leading association for electrical and computer engineering educators in North America. Full Story
April 24, 2024
A Flexible Microdisplay Can Monitor and Visualize Brain Activity in Real-time During Brain Surgery
A thin film that combines an electrode grid and LEDs can both track and produce a visual representation of the brain’s activity in real-time during surgery–a huge improvement over the current state of the art. The device is designed to provide neurosurgeons visual information about a patient’s brain to monitor brain states during surgical interventions to remove brain lesions including tumors and epileptic tissue. Full Story
April 19, 2024
Creating a "Greener," More Connected Society
As the planet grapples with the climate crisis, researchers at UC San Diego have developed new technologies for more energy-efficient wireless connectivity with a reduced carbon footprint. Described in two recent papers, a new base station deployment strategy and antenna design offer ways to reduce wireless energy demand and build more sustainable solutions in industry and research. Full Story
April 1, 2024
Computational Tools Fuel Reconstruction of New and Improved Bird Family Tree
Using cutting-edge computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure at UC San Diego, researchers have built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date—an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families. The updated tree reveals sharp increases in effective population size, substitution rates and relative brain size in early birds in the aftermath of the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. And by closely examining one of the branches of this tree, researchers found that flamingos and doves are more distantly related than previous genome-wide analyses had shown. Full Story
March 21, 2024
Electrical Engineering Professor Mohan Trivedi Endows Forum Focused on South Asia
UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Mohan Trivedi and his wife Nayana and family have established an endowment fund that makes a new South Asia-focused forum at UC San Diego possible. The inaugural lecture is at 5 p.m. April 17, 2024 at Great Hall at UC San Diego. The Trivedi family’s Gulistan (meaning land of flowers) South Asia Endowment Fund will support the forum in perpetuity. Full Story
March 19, 2024
UC San Diego Professor Awarded Signal Processing Society’s Highest Honor
University of California San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Bhaskar Rao has received the prestigious IEEE Signal Processing Society’s (SPS) Norbert Wiener Society Award. The prize is the society’s highest honor, recognizing Rao’s “sustained and pioneering contributions to research and education in sparsity, array processing and wireless communications.” Full Story
February 29, 2024
Electrical Engineering Transfer Student Awarded Fellowship for Women in Aerospace
UC San Diego electrical engineering student Grecia Paola Siono Gutierrez has been named a 2024 Brooke Owens Fellow, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace. Siono Gutierrez is the sixth recipient from the Jacobs School of Engineering in the eight-year history of the fellowship. Full Story
February 22, 2024
Three Early Career Faculty Members Selected to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
Electrical engineering Professor Abdoulaye Ndao is one of three UC San Diego early career faculty to receive a Sloan Research Fellowship. Full Story