News Archive

News Releases

From Theory to Microgrid: New Ideas from the Sustainable Power and Energy Center Research Summit
July 31, 2017

Software that can design new materials for energy storage. X-ray visualization techniques to “...

Read More

With Help from UC San Diego Grad Student, Google Estimates $25 Million in Ransomware Payouts
July 28, 2017

$25,253,505. That is the best estimate to date of how much money was paid by victims of ransomware a...

Read More

UC San Diego takes part in RoboCup competition for the first time
July 27, 2017

A team of computer scientists from the University of California San Diego are taking part for the fi...

Read More

Mechanical Engineering at UC San Diego Ranks First in USA, according to New Ranking from ARWU
July 26, 2017

University of California San Diego ranks first in the nation and second in the world for Mechanical ...

Read More

Engineers talk VR, AI and nanotechnology at San Diego Comic-Con
July 20, 2017

It’s not every day that engineers get to speak side by side with the people behind hit movies ...

Read More

Earthquake Shake Tests at UC San Diego Toward 20-story Earthquake-safe Buildings Made from Wood
July 18, 2017

Engineering researchers are putting a two-story wooden structure through a series of powerful earthq...

Read More

High School Students Get a Taste of Studying Computer Science at UC San Diego
July 14, 2017

Many of the students studying and living on campus this month look decidedly younger than usual for ...

Read More

Nanoengineer receives award from Energy Department to advance solar power technologies
July 13, 2017

University of California San Diego nanoengineering professor David Fenning has received an award fro...

Read More

Low-cost smart glove converts signs of American Manual Alphabet to text
July 12, 2017

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smart glove that wirelessly con...

Read More

UC San Diego part of international team to develop wireless implantable microdevices for the brain
July 11, 2017

Engineers at the University of California San Diego are part of an international collaboration led b...

Read More

Scientists at the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation invent new tool for the Synthetic Biologist's toolbox
July 10, 2017

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have invented a new method for controlling gen...

Read More

UC San Diego Engineering Professor Olivia Graeve Named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Mexico
July 6, 2017

University of California San Diego, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Olivia Graeve has...

Read More

'Near-zero-power' temperature sensor could make wearables, smart home devices less power-hungry
June 30, 2017

Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a temperature sensor t...

Read More

High-Tech Baby Monitor Company Co-Founded by UC San Diego Computer Science Alumnus Raises $4 Million
June 29, 2017

Cocoon Cam, a computer-vision-based baby monitor company co-founded by University of California San ...

Read More

Graduating seniors say hands-on experience defined their time at the Jacobs School
June 29, 2017

At Ring Ceremony 2017 at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Ryan Hill, the outgoing...

Read More