January 23, 2025

New Tool Enables Phylogenomic Analyses of Entire Genomes

Researchers led by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a better way to perform the comparative analysis of entire genomes. This approach can be used to study relationships between different species across geological time scales.  Full Story

January 17, 2025

Five UC San Diego Researchers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including five faculty members from the University of California San Diego. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.   Full Story

January 16, 2025

Six UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Faculty Named 2025 IEEE Fellows

Six faculty from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been named 2025 Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity. Full Story

January 14, 2025

Blood Pressure Readings at Your Fingertips

Soon, you will be able to take your blood pressure at home using only your smartphone, thanks to research conducted by electrical engineers at UC San Diego. They developed a technique that uses a phone's native camera, vibration motor and motion sensor to take blood pressure readings. Full Story

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