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 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

September 6, 2024

Neurodiverse Interns Showcase Their Talent in Tech

Enthusiasm, hard work and talent were on display at the end-of-summer Neurodiversity in Tech internship showcase at UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s (QI) Atkinson Hall. The 18 interns presented their summer’s work creating educational video games to an enthusiastic crowd. The program director is electrical engineering professor and department chair Pamela Cosman. Full Story

August 22, 2024

New Center Receives $18M from NSF to Develop Tools to Investigate the Pre-emergence Phase of Pandemics

A team led by UC Davis and including UC San Diego has launched a new center focused on detecting emerging pandemic threats. They will develop tools, such as advanced wireless sensors, to monitor infectious disease activity in natural hotspots to intercept these threats early. The center is supported with $18 million over seven years through the NSF. Full Story

August 6, 2024

18 New Endowed Chairs Created at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has created 18 new endowed chairs, empowering a world-class cohort of faculty to explore new and innovative research directions. These endowed chairs have been made possible through the generous and visionary philanthropy of Irwin and Joan Jacobs. Full Story

August 6, 2024

Using AI to Enable Better Vision - for Both Humans and Machines

Through a unique and long-standing collaboration, electrical engineers at UC San Diego are embedded in Jacobs Retina Center to partner with ophthalmologists to develop better computer vision, AI and image processing tools. Their work helps physicians diagnose patients more accurately, predict which drugs will be most successful and more. Full Story

August 6, 2024

AI Software EdgeRIC Could Make Your Internet Experience Smoother, Faster

A team from the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI) and Jacobs School of Engineering, and Texas A&M University has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based software platform that could one day give internet users a more efficient and enjoyable experience over the cellular network. Full Story

July 18, 2024

How will AI Shape Next Generation Wireless?

With 5G network connectivity now a reality, wireless industry and academic research leaders met at the San Diego Wireless Summit to assess the state of 5G, and focus on how artificial intelligence could impact the capabilities of next-generation wireless systems in areas from digital health to digital twins. Full Story

July 18, 2024

AI Tool Spots Breastfeeding Complications from Phone Photos for Streamlined Lactation Care

In a step toward using artificial intelligence to provide faster and more accurate lactation care to breastfeeding mothers, engineers at UC San Diego developed a tool to identify breastfeeding-related conditions from simple phone images.  Full Story

July 11, 2024

Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans

Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait on diverse terrains. This work marks a step towards building robots that perform more complex and human-like motions. Full Story

June 18, 2024

UC San Diego Jacobs School Of Engineering Rises In Latest U.S. News And World Report Rankings Of Best Engineering Schools

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked the #11 best in the nation in the influential U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This #11 ranking is up from #12 last year. Full Story

June 17, 2024

Breakthrough UC San Diego Brain Recording Device Receives FDA Approval for a Clinical Trial

The Federal Drug Administration approved a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an electronic grid that records brain activity during surgery, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The device with nanoscale sensors records electrical signals directly from the surface of the human brain in record-breaking detail. The grid’s breakthrough resolution could provide better guidance for planning and performing surgeries to remove brain tumors and treat drug-resistant epilepsy.    Full Story

June 14, 2024

Jacobs School of Engineering 2024 Award of Excellence Recipients

Six undergraduate students were selected from among their peers to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department in recognition of their outstanding academic, leadership and community contributions. Full Story