News Releases
ViaSat-Sponsored ECE 191 Project Takes Engineering Design Course Honor
June 18, 2008
A team of electrical engineering students in ECE 191, sponsored by ViaSat, was singled out as t...
Physics of Surfing Class Introduces Students to Research
June 16, 2008
A class titled “The Physics of Surfing” is co-taught by Professor David Sandwell at...
UCSD Computer Science Undergraduates Showcase Multiplayer Online Games at Calit2
June 10, 2008
An SRO crowd of more than 250 students packed into the Calit2 Auditorium at UCSD to watch and play n...
Helping Navy Transport Critical Cargo to U.S. Troops
June 4, 2008
Researchers at UC San Diego are helping the U.S. Navy improve ship-to-ship cargo transfer even durin...
University of California San Diego Students Take First, Second and Fourth Place at Prestigious Business Plan Competition
June 4, 2008
Jacobs School students took first and second place in a prestigious business plan com...
UC San Diego Entrepreneurship, May Madness and the Final Five
May 30, 2008
On Saturday May 31, 2008, five UC San Diego teams – including two from the Jacobs School of En...
UC San Diego Unveils Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics
May 29, 2008
Cymer Inc. has provided major sponsorship of a novel educational and research program at UC San Dieg...
Mad Dash for Trash, Then Junkyard Derby Bash
May 20, 2008
It's Junkyard Derby week at UC San Diego. The junkyard opens on Wednesday night, May 21 at 7:3...
Thinking Inside the Box: UC San Diego Opts for Eco-Friendly Datacenters
May 16, 2008
UCSD installed two large shipping containers May 15 that are modular datacenters for Calit2 an...
Nanowires May Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
May 13, 2008
Experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires show promise for efficient thin-film solar ...
Three-Story Structure Slammed in Magnitude 8 Earthquake on Shake Table
May 7, 2008
Engineering researchers are subjecting a three-story structure resembling a parking garage to a sequ...
Space Is the Current Frontier for First Recipient of Ericsson Endowed Chair in Wireless Access Networks
May 6, 2008
For his leadership in cutting edge areas of digital signal processing, Bhaskar Rao has bee...
Hypersaline Hyperviscous Fluids Better Treatment for Severe Blood Loss
April 29, 2008
UC San Diego bioengineering researchers report in the journal Resuscitation that treatment of severe...
Creating Faster Integrated Circuits by Slowing Light
April 22, 2008
Two UCSD research groups have merged two previously unrelated areas of cutting-edge research in...
Computer Science Fog Machine Improves Computer Graphics
April 14, 2008
UC San Diego computer scientists have cut the computational cost required to make 3-D images of fog ...