News Archive
2023 News Releases
December 19, 20232023 Jacobs School Highlights
It was another busy year at the Jacobs School of Engineering, as our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners worked together to pursue engineering and computer science for the public good. From research breakthroughs in robotics, AI and healthcare, to launching new centers for microelectronics and computing, here are just a few highlights from 2023. Full Story
December 12, 2023
UC San Diego Engineering Professors Elected Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Eric Fullerton, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Prashant Mali, a professor in the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, have been named 2023 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Full Story
November 30, 2023
Pamela Cosman Bridges Disciplines to Build a More Efficient, Equitable Future
Electrical engineering professor Pamela Cosman is the recipient of multiple research and diversity awards, a published author, a tenured faculty member with the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, a mother of four and director of the NeuroDiversity in Tech internship program at the university’s Qualcomm Institute (QI). She has won multiple awards for her research in image and video compression, and for promoting mentorship and gender equity in her field. Full Story
November 28, 2023
Electrical Engineer Receives Eckman Award for Research in Control Theory
Jorge Poveda, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Donald P. Eckman Award in honor of his contributions to the field of automatic control. To mark this achievement, Poveda and his lab members explain in this video what control theory is and how it applies to our daily lives. Full Story
November 28, 2023
The AI Inspector: Parinaz Naghizadeh
Parinaz Naghizadeh recently joined UC San Diego, and the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, as part of the Designing Just Futures hiring initiative, which draws faculty who are dedicated to designing a more equitable society through human-centered design. Full Story
November 20, 2023
Exploring the Diverse Applications of Robotics Beyond the Lab at UC San Diego
From the operating room to our homes and streets, robots are becoming increasingly integral to our daily activities. The UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute hosted its eighth annual forum with the theme “Robots in the Wild,” showcasing varied applications of robots in real-world scenarios. Full Story
November 17, 2023Jacobs School researchers named most highly cited in the world
Yet again, 16 faculty and researchers at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were named among the world’s most influential in their fields in this year’s Clarivate listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World. Full Story
November 7, 2023
UC San Diego Researchers Awarded $1 Million to Build First-of-its-Kind Microscope
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1 million to an interdisciplinary UC San Diego research team to build a first-of-its-kind, super-resolution microscope that will set the stage for advances in the biomedical sciences. Using materials custom-built at the university, the machine has the potential to achieve 10 times the resolution and more than 100 times the measurement speed of similar microscopes at current state-of-the-art levels. Full Story
November 2, 2023
UC San Diego Joins USC-led Coalition to Boost Microelectronics Production for 5G/6G
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that it has awarded approximately $27 million for a USC-led Microelectronics Commons project. The University of California San Diego is a key member of this coalition of research and industry organizations with the power to accelerate the development and manufacturing of microelectronics in the United States. Full Story
October 26, 2023Novel Device from UC San Diego Researchers Promotes Efficient, Real-Time and Secure Wireless Access
A new device from UC San Diego offers a fresh tool for the challenge of increasing public access to the wireless network. The deveice was created in the lab of Dinesh Bharadia, a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. The engineers developed prototype technology to filter out interference from other radio signals while sweeping underutilized spectrum frequency bands for high-traffic periods. The technology could help regulators distribute wireless access at an affordable cost during low-traffic periods. Full Story
October 24, 2023
Smartphone Attachment Could Increase Racial Fairness in Neurological Screening
This smartphone attachment could enable people to screen for a variety of neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury, at low cost—and do so accurately regardless of their skin tone. The attachment fits over a smartphone's camera to capture clear video of pupil size changes, which can offer clues about an individual's neurological functions. The device helps the camera see the pupil easily in dark eye colors. Full Story
October 10, 2023
Wireless, Battery-free Electronic 'Stickers' Gauge Forces Between Touching Objects
Engineers developed electronic “stickers” that measure the force exerted by one object upon another. The force stickers are wireless, run without batteries and fit in tight spaces, making them versatile for a wide range of applications, from surgical robots to smart implants and inventory tracking. Full Story
October 9, 2023Intel-funded program provides electrical engineering students hands-on research opportunities
Students from Florida A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso spent seven weeks this summer conducting research in electrical engineering labs at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The six undergraduate electrical engineering students were participating in a program funded by a gift from Intel Corporation meant to increase diversity in electrical engineering graduate programs. Full Story
October 6, 2023
The next generation of robotics from UC San Diego in the spotlight at IROS 2023
From helping wounded soldiers in the field, to helping robots avoid obstacles in the field, and more, researchers from the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute made a strong showing at IROS 2023. Full Story
October 5, 2023
New Energy-storing Material Could Also Be Used To Build Electronic Gadgets
Gadgets and vehicles powered by the very materials they’re built from may soon be possible, thanks to a new structural supercapacitor developed by UC San Diego engineers. The device doubles as structural support and energy storage, potentially adding more energy capacity without adding weight. Full Story