UC San Diego Researchers Receive ARPA-H Award to Make Birth Safer

June 23, 2026

Researchers in obstetrics and engineering at UC San Diego were awarded up to $10.4 million from ARPA-H to enable more accurate identification of fetuses who are at risk of low oxygen during labor, as part of a larger effort to make birth safer in the U.S. Full Story

A Small Optical Component Could Change How Telescopes View the Sun

June 10, 2026

A new telescope technology — measuring just six millimeters in diameter — could improve how future space missions study and monitor the Sun while simplifying onboard hardware and reducing costs. The technology is built from a metasurface, which is a device engineered with nanoscale structures that manipulate light in unusual ways. In tests at the Dunn Solar Telescope in New Mexico, the metasurface captured scientifically meaningful data of the Sun's magnetic fields and sunspots. Full Story

Outstanding engineering, computer science undergraduates honored with Awards of Excellence

June 9, 2026

These six students were selected from the more than 1,300 graduating undergraduates in the Jacobs School of Engineering class of 2026 to receive Awards of Excellence from their academic department.  Full Story

Optical Device Uses Humidity to Unlock Hidden Information, Offers New Option for Data Storage

May 27, 2026

Engineers have developed an optical device that reveals hidden images and changes colors in response to different levels of humidity. The technology could lead to the development of new anti-counterfeiting labels, secure data storage, interactive displays and environmental sensors. Full Story

UC San Diego’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Celebrates Six Decades of Impact

May 14, 2026

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering celebrated a significant milestone on April 10, 2026, marking six decades of educational excellence, transformative research and technological innovation. Full Story

UC San Diego Researchers Shine a Light on Peripheral Artery Disease

May 14, 2026

UC San Diego researchers find that a simple technology that measures blood volume changes coupled with machine learning can be used to screen for peripheral artery disease with a high degree of accuracy. Full Story

UC San Diego Engineers Launch Free Digital Twin for End-to-End Testing of Applications over Wireless

May 13, 2026

Electrical engineers at UC San Diego developed an open-source digital twin of a wireless network: giving graduate students, startups and other innovators a free, easy-to-use way to test new technologies and get fast, realistic feedback.  Full Story

A Faster, Smarter Ground Station for Crowded Skies

May 13, 2026

UC San Diego engineers have designed a new kind of satellite ground station that replaces bulky dishes with coordinated small antenna panels.  Full Story

UC San Diego Researcher Awarded LANL-UC Fellowship

May 7, 2026

UC San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Yuanyuan Shi has been awarded the Michael R. Anastasio LANL-UC Early Career Faculty Fellowship from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Shi will work on developing an AI-driven framework to control and model complex physical systems. Full Story

New Conversational AI Tool Uses Trusted Medical Protocols to Help People Decide When to Seek Care

April 23, 2026

A new chatbot could reliably help people decide what to do about their symptoms — and do so based on guidance that is both medically sound and easy to understand. Designed to improve self-triage, it could help reduce unnecessary hospital visits and ensure that those who need care seek it sooner. Full Story