News Releases
UC San Diego Establishes Department of NanoEngineering
July 3, 2007
Seeking to capitalize on the potential of a new generation of multi-functional nanoscale devices and...
Professor Frank Talke Wins Prestigious Humboldt Award
June 27, 2007
Frank Talke, professor of mechanical engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego...
One Student, One Professor - a Pivotal Moment
June 22, 2007
The recent announcement by the National Academy of Engineering that Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung would rec...
Computer Science Seniors Complete Networked 3D Multiplayer Computer Games
June 18, 2007
The CSE 125 course gave students hands-on experience with software system design and implementation,...
The University of California Sweeps RFIC Student Paper Awards at IMS 2007
June 15, 2007
Engineering graduate students from three University of California campuses -- Berkeley, Davis ...
The Jacobs School of Rock...Rocked!
June 15, 2007
The Jacobs School of Rock did, in fact, rock. More than 100 people gathered at Porter’s ...
Air Force Says Basic Research at UC San Diego Helps U.S. 'Anticipate Threats'
June 14, 2007
Pentagon official tells Congress that 5-year-old, $7 million UC San Diego nanostructured supersensor...
Wood Chips in - Biofuel out
June 12, 2007
California researchers plan to make biofuels without using any food crops or microbial fermentation ...
Butterfly Beats Kitchen: UCSD Graphics Competition
June 8, 2007
A pink and black butterfly and its reflections within drops of water has edged out an int...
Stem Cell Research Facilities Expanding at UCSD
June 5, 2007
A new stem cell grant will support the creation of a new 2,775 square-foot satellite core facility t...
$75,000 Pay Out at Student-Run UCSD Business Plan Competition June 9
June 5, 2007
What started as a series of happy hours has morphed into a UC San Diego student-run event in which $...
Signaling Molecules Videotaped Delivering Messages in Cells
June 1, 2007
Scientists have captured on video the intracellular version of a postal delivery service. Reporting ...
Engineers Will Rock Porter's Pub at UCSD
June 1, 2007
At rock shows, the engineers are often backstage operating the sound equipment and running the compu...
Engineering Professor Elected to Royal Society
May 24, 2007
Paul Linden, a professor in UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, has been elected as a...
Nanoscale Pasta: Toward Nanoscale Electronics
May 17, 2007
Pasta tastes like pasta – with or without a spiral. But when you jump to the nanoscale, ...