Our mission

We educate tomorrow's technology leaders.
We conduct leading edge research and drive innovation.
We transfer discoveries for the benefit of society.

GOALS

  • To advance engineering and computer science research and education for the public good.
  • To pursue interdisciplinary research that solves challenges no lab, discipline or industry can solve alone.
  • To provide world-class theoretical and hands-on education and leadership training at scale.
  • To be relevant to our industry partners now, and also 10 years from now.
  • To cultivate learning, researching and working environments where everyone can thrive.

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Recent News

Researchers Use a Physical Device to Take Over Electronics in a Boeing 737
August 13, 2026

Physical access to an aircraft has not typically been considered a cybersecurity risk – but it...

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Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.
August 7, 2026

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the thr...

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Puppy Bots and Bot Tour Guides: Inside a Human-Robot Interaction Class at UC San Diego
August 6, 2026

A robot that dances on command. A robot that behaves like a puppy – sometimes happy, sometimes...

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With ARPA-H Award, UC San Diego Engineers will Develop a Soft, Autonomous Robot for Stroke Care
August 6, 2026

A research team led by engineers at UC San Diego was awarded up to $22.9M from ARPA-H to develo...

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UC San Diego Engineers Use Campus Supercomputing Infrastructure to Better Understand Bone-Like Minerals
July 31, 2026

UC San Diego materials scientists and engineers have found a better way to understand and ...

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