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UC San Diego Director of Social Impact and Innovation Is Based in Qualcomm Institute
June 20, 2016

The University of California San Diego has appointed Naila Chowdhury as its first Director of S...

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UC San Diego Hosts Maker Space Symposium
June 17, 2016

The Southern California InnovationMaker3 Symposium was held at the Jacobs School of Engineering at t...

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Cybersecurity Expert Named to Irwin and Joan Jacobs Chair
June 16, 2016

Just days after he accepted the prestigious ACM-Infosys Foundation Award, University of California S...

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Six-story steel frame building undergoes seismic and fire testing on world's largest outdoor shake table
June 13, 2016

A team of engineers is testing a six-story, lightweight steel-frame building on the world’s la...

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Engineering students compete for first place in Robolympics
June 13, 2016

The Olympics may be in Rio de Janeiro this summer, but students in mechanical and aerospace engineer...

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Engineers develop a new biosensor chip for detecting DNA mutations
June 13, 2016

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical graphene chip c...

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Gordon Center Presents Adventures of an Industrial Physicist
June 13, 2016

On May 20th, the Gordon Engineering Leadership Center hosted Dr. Jonathan Arenberg for their quarter...

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NSF-Funded Program Helps UC San Diego Startups
June 13, 2016

The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps program (I-Corps) at UC San Diego is helpin...

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Startups Take Advantage of Entrepreneurism and Leadership Resources at UC San Diego
June 9, 2016

From apps to medical devices and electronics, the University of California San Diego is helping stud...

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UC San Diego engineering undergraduates one step closer to lunar orbit
June 9, 2016

A team of engineering undergraduates at the University of California San Diego is one step closer to...

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Computer Graphics and Vision Expert Appointed to Endowed Faculty Chair
June 9, 2016

University of California San Diego professor Ravi Ramamoorthi is the inaugural holder of a new endow...

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Bioengineering professor Bernhard Palsson receives 2016 International Metabolic Engineering Award
June 8, 2016

Bernhard Palsson, Galletti Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Pediatrics at the University...

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From Engineer to Change Maker: Karcher Morris
June 8, 2016

Originally from Huntington Beach, California, Karcher Morris came to UC San Diego to complete an und...

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From Engineer to Change Maker: Somayeh Imani
June 8, 2016

Somayeh Imani found her niche in circuit design of wearable sensors – and it opened her eyes t...

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From Engineer to Change Maker: Nick Forsch
June 8, 2016

Drive innovation from concept to commercialization – that’s the goal of one of the first...

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