December 19, 2024

UC San Diego Electrical Engineering Professor Honored by Schmidt Sciences for AI Research

University of California San Diego electrical and computer engineering professor Yuanyuan Shi has been named a 2024 AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences. This honor recognizes Shi’s pioneering work in developing AI and control models for sustainable energy systems–particularly, AI-driven building control systems designed to optimize indoor air quality while reducing energy consumption. Full Story

December 16, 2024

Researchers tap robots for the dirty, dull and dangerous

Jacobs School of Engineering researchers are nearly halfway through a three-year project to explore ways to integrate robotics into the construction industry and improve 3D reconstruction and mapping. Supported by KIAT (the Korea Institute for Advanced Technology), KETI (the Korea Electronics Technology Institute) and smart construction technology company ITOne, the grant funding adds up to $786,500 and runs through August 31, 2027. Full Story

December 10, 2024

UC San Diego Electrical Engineering Professor Inducted Into National Academy of Inventors

UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Farinaz Koushanfar has been elected to the 2024 Class of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Koushanfar is Co-Director of the Center for Machine-Intelligence, Computing & Security at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.  Full Story

December 3, 2024

UC San Diego and Scripps Research Join National Team to Make Vision-restoring Whole Eye Transplants a Reality

A San Diego team is part of a major undertaking that will bring together more than 40 scientists, doctors, and industry experts hand-picked from around the country to make vision-restoring whole eye transplants a reality. At UC San Diego, a research team led by Professor Shadi Dayeh, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will develop a wireless, multi-modal electrode system to wire the optic nerve to the brain with high-end precision after an eye transplant to restore vision.    Full Story

December 2, 2024

New Collaborations on Renewable Energy Emerge from Bi-national Symposium

From better technologies for fusion reactors to new algorithms to control the grid, a meeting between Japanese and U.S. engineers at the University of California San Diego resulted in new collaborations on renewable energy research and in renewed strengths for collaborative fusion research.    Full Story

November 26, 2024

Three Engineers Receive Prestigious DURIP Awards

Three Jacobs School faculty are among the 10 UC San Diego recipients of Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) awards from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). No other university received this many DURIP awards this year.  Full Story

November 20, 2024

UC San Diego Researcher Receives NIH Trailblazer Award

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Edward Wang, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Design Lab, and his co-investigators, Byron Fergerson and Rodney Gabriel, with a Trailblazer award for using technology to transform healthcare.  Full Story

November 14, 2024

Curiosity Ignited: Showcasing How AI is Accelerating Discoveries

The inaugural Curiosity Ignited, a signature Homecoming academic symposium, explored topics of AI and its connection to interdisciplinary research at UC San Diego. Students, alumni, and thought leaders gathered on Saturday, November 9, for engaging presentations and discussions on how UC San Diego is advancing the world’s use of AI while creating an equitable future. Full Story

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