News Release

New Research Centers and 200+ Graduate Student Posters to be Highlighted at Research Expo 2016

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Research Expo is April 14, 2016

 

San Diego, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016 – Advances coming out of new industry-focused research centers at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering will be highlighted in faculty talks and in some of the more than 200+ graduate student posters that will be presented on April 14, 2016 at Research Expo.

In fast-paced faculty talks, UC San Diego professors will highlight recent advances and future directions in microbiome science, biologics, development of resilient materials for a wide range of industries, as well as neuromimetic algorithm research.

Research Expo is an annual research, recruiting and networking event at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. It includes 20-minute faculty talks, a networking reception and a poster session in which 200+ engineering and computer science graduate students discuss their latest research with attendees.

Research Expo 2016 is Thursday April 14 at the UC San Diego. Register today.

Research Expo 2016 Schedule

2:00 p.m.   

GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SESSION

200+ graduate students display their research results

 

The poster session is an opportunity for attendees to get a pulse on the research enterprise at the Jacobs School (ranked #10 in the nation), recruit and network with graduate students.

2:30 p.m.

FACULTY TALKS

2:30 p.m.

Nathaniel Lewis
CHO Systems Biology Center

A Systems Approach to Engineering Mammalian Cells for Better Therapeutics

3:00 p.m.


Gabriel Silva
Bioengineering / Mathematical Neuroscience

Reverse Engineering the Brain: From Neuroscience to Engineering and Back Again

3:30 p.m.


Pieter Dorrestein
Center for Microbiome Innovation
The Chemical Role of 4 Pounds of Bacteria that Live in and on Each of Us

4:00 p.m.


Olivia Graeve
CaliBaja Center for Resilient Materials & Systems
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Student Mobility

 

4:30 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION

Network with faculty, students, alumni, industry sponsors and attendees from across the region.

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Visit the Research Expo website to learn more.

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering thanks its Research Expo 2016 corporate sponsors ViaSat, Cubic, Cymer and Leidos. 

 

Media Contacts

Daniel Kane
Jacobs School of Engineering
858-534-3262
dbkane@ucsd.edu

Erin Bateman
Center for Microbiome Innovation
858-408-6610
ebateman@eng.ucsd.edu