Undergraduate News
Paving a Road on the Moon
July 3, 2024
A team of aerospace engineering students from UC San Diego was one of 12 student teams selected from around the country as finalists in NASA’s Human Lander Challenge. The goal? To come up with the best solution to manage the lunar dust a spacecraft kicks up when landing on the Moon. Full Story
UC San Diego Jacobs School Of Engineering Rises In Latest U.S. News And World Report Rankings Of Best Engineering Schools
June 18, 2024
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked the #11 best in the nation in the influential U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This #11 ranking is up from #12 last year. Full Story
Mentorship Programs are Key to Student Involvement, Success in STEM
May 7, 2024
Engineering and computer science undergraduate students who take part in mentorship programs are more involved in campus communities than those who don’t, according to a study at the IDEA Engineering Student Center at the Jacobs School of Engineering. Full Story
Hands-on Electrical Engineering Curriculum at UC San Diego Earns Innovative Program Award
May 2, 2024
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego was recognized for its pioneering hands-on lab curriculum by the leading association for electrical and computer engineering educators in North America. Full Story
Acting Student and Bioengineering Alumna Awarded Soros Fellowship for New Americans
April 17, 2024
Riyam Al Msari, an undergraduate bioengineering alumna from Iraq, is one of 30 recipients of the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The merit-based program for immigrants and children of immigrants awards up to $90,000 to support each fellow’s graduate studies. Full Story
Electrical Engineering Transfer Student Awarded Fellowship for Women in Aerospace
February 29, 2024
UC San Diego electrical engineering student Grecia Paola Siono Gutierrez has been named a 2024 Brooke Owens Fellow, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace. Siono Gutierrez is the sixth recipient from the Jacobs School of Engineering in the eight-year history of the fellowship. Full Story
Instead of Just Telling Students to Solve Problems, Teach Them How
October 10, 2023
Problem solving is a critical skill for technical education and technical careers of all types. But what are best practices for teaching problem solving to high school and college students? The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is on the forefront of efforts to improve how problem solving is taught. Full Story
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Bioengineering Undergraduate Awarded Public Service Scholarship
October 5, 2023
Daniel John, a bioengineering undergraduate student at UC San Diego, was one of 11 students from across the state awarded the $15,000 Strauss Scholarship for outstanding students developing social change or public service projects. Full Story
Mars Rover Team Shines in Utah Desert
September 12, 2023
The Mars rover built by undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego rocketed to 5th place at the University Rover Challenge this summer in the Utah desert. Full Story
Historic Red Tide Event of 2020 Fueled by Plankton Super Swimmers
August 28, 2023
For the first time, a study led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering has pinpointed how this plankton species — a dinoflagellate — was able to create such an exceptionally dense bloom that led to an exceptional red tide event. Full Story