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Improving Human-Centered Design Skills? There's a Class for That
June 27, 2014

More than 24,000 people have signed up to take a course on “Human-Computer Interaction&rdqu...

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UC San Diego to Launch New Master's Program in Data Science and Engineering
June 25, 2014

The University of California, San Diego has announced a new master’s degreeprogram in Data ...

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Engineering students develop clock-inspired, electronics-free device to transport stem cells on planes
June 24, 2014

A group of mechanical engineering students are developing a device to transport stem cells on air...

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Students design and program bioreactor to make biofuel from algae, autonomous quadcopter-and more-in embedded systems class
June 23, 2014

A bioreactor that costs just $500. A robot that solves a Rubik’s cube in under 30 seconds. ...

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Electrical Engineering Alumnus from UC San Diego Shares in DARPA Spectrum Challenge Grand Prize
June 23, 2014

Adam Anderson (Ph.D. '08, electrical engineering) recently won the Defense Advanced Research ...

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New Star on Tijuana Walk of Fame Encourages Girls to Pursue Engineering
June 19, 2014

One of the first initiatives Olivia Graeve put in place when she arrived on the UC San Diego campus ...

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Outstanding Graduates from Class of 2014 Share Their Stories
June 18, 2014

Engineering swept the outstanding student awards at this year's All Campus Graduation Celebra...

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CISA3 Researchers to Document Underwater Cave, Paleoamerican Remains
June 18, 2014

Scientists were able to analyze mitochondrial DNA taken from one of Naia’s wisdom teeth to ...

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Nanoshell Shields Foreign Enzymes Used to Starve Cancer Cells from Immune System
June 16, 2014

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a nanoshell to protect fo...

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Researcher receives lifetime achievement award for contributions to control theory
June 10, 2014

Robert Bitmead, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UC San Diego, fell in love...

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Get Involved: Q&A with JUMP Mentoring Program Co-founder
June 4, 2014

Margie Mathewson, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering, is the co-founder of the Jacobs Undergraduat...

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Health Data Exploration Network to Spur Research Using Personal Health Data
June 4, 2014

The Health Data Exploration project, from the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) and...

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Computer scientists develop tool to make the Internet of Things safer
June 2, 2014

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a tool that allows...

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App paired with sensor measures stress and delivers advice to cope in real time
June 2, 2014

Computer scientists at Microsoft Research and the University of California, San Diego have develo...

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Faculty Mentors Inspire Howard University Students to Pursue Doctorates at UC San Diego
May 29, 2014

Last summer, Daril Brown and Nailah Seale arrived on UC San Diego’s campus for the first ti...

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