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Joan and Irwin Jacobs Honored with UC Presidential Medals
The UC Presidential Medal, the University of California’s highest honor, will be presented to San Diego-based philanthropist and business leader Irwin Jacobs, and in honor of his late wife and community leader, Joan, in recognition of their positive impact in education, health care, technology...
UC San Diego Computer Scientists Earn IMC Test-of-time Award for Pivotal Bitcoin Crime Fighting Research
A team led by Sarah Meiklejohn, then a PhD student in the Jacobs School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is still credited with shedding light on the structure of the Bitcoin economy and how it is used. Their 2013 paper, “
Materials Science and Engineering at UC San Diego Ranks #10 in the Nation
The University of California San Diego has ranked #10 in the nation for materials science and engineering, according to the 2024 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).
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....
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 Dep...
Nanoscale Bumps and Grooves Trigger Big Changes in Cell Behavior
The surfaces that cells come into contact with can influence how the cells grow, function, and communicate — shaping metabolism and even cellular health. Now, engineering researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a platform for studying the ways that nanoscale growin...
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Researchers tap robots for the dirty, dull and dangerous
December 16, 2024
Jacobs School of Engineering researchers are nearly halfway through a three-year project t...
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Honored with UC Presidential Medals
December 12, 2024
The UC Presidential Medal, the University of California’s highest honor, will be presented to ...
UC San Diego Computer Scientists Earn IMC Test-of-time Award for Pivotal Bitcoin Crime Fighting Research
December 12, 2024
A team led by Sarah Meiklejohn, then a PhD student in the Jacobs School of Engineering’s Depar...
Materials Science and Engineering at UC San Diego Ranks #10 in the Nation
December 10, 2024
The University of California San Diego has ranked #10 in the nation for materials science and engine...
UC San Diego Electrical Engineering Professor Inducted Into National Academy of Inventors
December 10, 2024
UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Farinaz Koushanfar has been elected to the 2024 Class ...
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