November 5, 2024

UC San Diego Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Scalable Passive Sensors

New research from UC San Diego proves that wireless, battery-free sensing is possible at low costs without any specialized equipment. Full Story

October 23, 2024

How Sustainable Are Typical Electric Vehicle Batteries?

A fully electric vehicle fleet is globally hailed as a transformative solution to slow climate change. But how green are EV batteries? Will they help save us from a warming planet or add to an ever-increasing problem?  Full Story

October 23, 2024

UC San Diego Researchers at the Forefront of the EV Battery Revolution

The transition to electric vehicles is coming, and researchers at UC San Diego are focused on how to best help the region, the state and the world make that transition in a sustainable, affordable way.  Full Story

October 17, 2024

Open-source Semiconductor Chip Design Tool Celebrates Success

An open-source semiconductor chip design tool created by a team led by UC San Diego is thriving even after Federal funding has ended. The open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool is called OpenROAD. DARPA funded this project, which is led by Jacobs School computer science and electrical engineering professor Andrew Kahng.   Full Story

October 14, 2024

Contributing to the Expansion of Robotics Research at IROS 2024

From better algorithms for self-driving vehicles, to better solutions for robotics surgery, and better ways for robots to manipulate objects, researchers at the University of California San Diego are presenting their work at the IROS 2024conference Oct. 14 to 18 in Abu Dhabi. Full Story

October 3, 2024

Expanding early access to engineering courses

Students at a Chula Vista high school now have the opportunity to take an award-winning, hands-on UC San Diego electrical engineering course right at their own school, during their school day. It's part of our effort to expand earlier access to engineering concepts and skills. Full Story

September 30, 2024

What Is Embodied Intelligence and What Can It Do

Artificial intelligence might be the focus of many conversations today, but it cannot touch or manipulate the physical world without a body. A group of robotics experts got together at the University of California San Diego to talk about the many ways intelligence could be embodied to interact with the real world.    Full Story

September 25, 2024

The Enablers of Discovery

If not for electrical engineering Professor Yuhwa Lo, traffic lights and automobile rear lights would not have transitioned from incandescents to LEDs until a decade later, NASA’s deep space communication efforts might take a different tack, Illumina’s gene-sequencing technology might not have gotten off the ground and flow cytometers and cell sorters, the workhorse for the biotechnology industry, wouldn’t have made it out onto lab benches.  Full Story

September 20, 2024

Engineering Graduate Students Awarded Siebel Scholarship

Five University of California San Diego graduate students applying engineering principles to solve medical challenges have been selected as 2025 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science. The students are selected based on outstanding academic performance and leadership, and each receive a $35,000 award toward their final year of study. Full Story

September 16, 2024

Eleven new faculty join the Jacobs School faculty in fall 2024

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming 11 incredible new faculty to its ranks in fall 2024. They join a group of nearly 300 faculty, 175 of whom have been hired in the last 11 years, dedicated to tackling humanity’s toughest challenges. Full Story