Undergraduate News
2005 News Releases
Students Engineer a Digital Solution for Senior Care Provider
December 16, 2005
A team of UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering students has designed a system that is enabling nurses at St. Paul’s Senior Homes & Services to manage patient information via an easy-to-use computer interface. Full Story
Computer Science and Engineering Chair Brings Spirit of Aloha to UCSD Freshmen
December 15, 2005
Computer Science and Engineering chair Keith Marzullo recently finished teaching a unique interdisciplinary course -- how to play the ukulele. Full Story
3rd Annual Invention to Venture Workshop Now Streaming On-Demand
November 29, 2005
UCSD faculty and students participated in a national workshop aimed at grooming university entrepreneurs; most of the talks and panel discussions are now available for on-demand viewing over the Internet. Full Story
Intel Helps UCSD Teach Students About Wireless, Multimedia Embedded Systems
August 26, 2005
Intel has donated more than $193,000 worth of advanced developer kits to the Computer Science and Engineering department, to be used by graduate and undergraduate courses in embedded systems. Full Story
UCSD Named 'Hottest for Science' by Newsweek Guide
August 16, 2005
August 16, 2005--The University of California, San Diego, long regarded as one of the nation’s premier research universities, has been named the “hottest” institution in the country for students to study science by Newsweek and the 2006 Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide. Full Story
COSMOS Experience Ends on a High Note for High School Students at UCSD
August 9, 2005
The 83 students participating in the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program left the UCSD campus over the weekend, after showcasing their work for industry and family members at a Student Research Expo. In 2005 UCSD became the fourth UC campus after Irvine, Davis and Santa Cruz to host the COSMOS program. Full Story
Intense Math and Science Experience for High School Students Opens at UCSD
July 8, 2005
Eighty-six of California’s most talented and motivated high school students begin an intensive four-week math and science summer academic experience at UCSD. The students will study everything from earthquakes to molecular biology, and much more while participating in the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS). Full Story
Starting Salaries Offered to UCSD Engineering Graduates Rise to $51,000-to-$55,000 Range
June 21, 2005
UCSD engineering students graduating this spring with baccalaureate degrees are receiving significantly higher starting salaries than their peers garnered last year. An annual survey by the Jacobs School of Engineering of its seniors found that the median starting salary this year for those joining the workforce will be in the $51,000-to-$55,000 range. Full Story
UCSD Undergraduates Selected to Research Cyberinfrastructure at Pacific Rim Universities
June 17, 2005
Thirteen students from the Jacobs School will leave next week for research institutions in Japan, Taiwan, China and Australia as part of the PRIME program to give the undergraduates summer-long research experiences in global cyber infrastructure-related fields. Full Story
Outgoing Seniors Develop Multiplayer, Online Videogames for Software Design Course
June 9, 2005
Five teams of computer science seniors showcased their final projects on June 3, when the CSE 125 students of professor Geoff Voelker demonstrated their distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer online videogames. Full Story
Six Jacobs School Undergraduates Represent UCSD at Statewide Research Symposium
May 27, 2005
Six Jacobs School of Engineering students were among the nine UCSD undergraduates who presented their research at the annual California Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (CAMP) Symposium. Full Story
Entrepreurial Engineering Students Stage Sell-Out Biotechnology Conference
May 23, 2005
Engineering students played a leading role in a biotech conference staged on May 21 by the UCSD student organization VentureForth, which brought together top academic and industry speakers to talk about biotechnology entrepreneurship. Full Story
Engineering Students and Alumni Speed Through Second Annual Triton Junkyard Derby
May 17, 2005
Jacobs School teams, including one entirely composed of alumni, participated in the second annual Triton Junkyard Derby, with a structural engineering student leading the winning Team Expansion Phantom to victory in the finals. Full Story
Jacobs School Steel Bridge Team Wins Spot at National Competition
May 12, 2005
A team of UCSD students took third place in the Student Steel Bridge Competition at the Pacific Southwest Regional Conference March 31 through April 2 at Cal State Fullerton. The strong showing qualified the 25-member UCSD bridge team to enter a national competition to be held May 27 and 28 in Orlando, FL. Full Story
ECE Undergrads Showcase Research at EUREKA 2005
April 22, 2005
Undergraduate students from Electrical and Computer Engineering took time out on April 18 to deliver short presentations on 15 research projects as part of the annual showcase known as EUREKA -- ECE's Undergraduate Research Konference & Assembly. Full Story
UCSD Engineering Students Showcase Real-World Group Design Projects
March 31, 2005
Eighteen teams of students participating in ECE 191 capped the winter quarter with presentations about their start-to-finish engineering design projects funded and mentored by corporations and research institutions such as Calit2. Full Story
Jacobs School Ranks #11 in Annual U.S. News Survey
March 31, 2005
In the annual survey of graduate programs released April 1 by U.S. News, the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering ranks 11th among 179 engineering schools, 6th in the nation among public universities. The Jacobs School of Engineering and ranked second in the nation for research expenditures per faculty member, reflecting UCSD’s leadership as a research university. Full Story
Jacobs School Seniors Bring Engineering Talent to a Hands-on Physics Course
March 28, 2005
At the 26th annual Physics 121 Special Projects Showcase, four Jacobs School seniors showcased their final projects, including a system for tracking projectiles with ultrasonics and using an electro-magnetic cannon to intercept at target. Other engineering entries included a model car capable of following a line drawn on the floor, and a laser-based rangefinder. Full Story
MAE3 Robotics Contest and Outreach to Preuss School
February 24, 2005
The Robot Design Contest, which doubles as the final exam for a course that Nathan Delson teaches twice a year for undergraduates in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, received an infusion of new blood and new funding. The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) funded participation in the robotics competition for four teams of high-school students from the UCSD Preuss School. Full Story
New Course at UCSD Prepares Undergraduates for Success in Bioinformatics Research
February 22, 2005
CSE professor Eleazar Eskin's new course, "Research Training in Bioinformatics" is designed for students majoring in bioinformatics as part of the joint degree program offered by CSE, Biology, Chemistry and Bioengineering departments at UCSD. Full Story
Search Mode: Recruiters Google UCSD for Engineering Talent
February 19, 2005
The U.S. economy and job growth may be sluggish, and technology companies may be facing tough foreign competition and pressure to keep profits up and spending down, but companies such as Google, Northrup Grumman, and Qualcomm – the three corporate sponsors of this year’s DECaF event – and 17 other companies were eager to mingle with Jacobs School students and talk about entry-level positions and internships. Full Story
Jacobs School to Expand 'Teams in Engineering Service' Program
February 10, 2005
The Jacobs School is recruiting new students, community partners and corporate sponsors for its innovative Teams in Engineering Service (TIES) program, the first of its kind in San Diego, with plans to go from just over 40 students this quarter, to roughly 100 by next fall, and 200 eventually. Teams are currently working technologoy projects for two non-profit organizations in the San Diego area. Full Story
UC San Diego Expands Overseas Research Program for Undergrads to China, Thailand
January 24, 2005
Engineering and other UCSD undergraduates attended an orientation session for the NSF-funded Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) program in summer 2005, when they will get the chance to do cyber infrastructure research at leading institutions in Japan, Taiwan, Australia, China or Thailand. Up to 18 internships will be awarded, double the number in the inaugural program last summer. Full Story
Uncovering the Secrets of Abalone Body Armor
January 14, 2005
Engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego are using the shell of a seaweed-eating snail as a guide in the development of a new generation of bullet-stopping armor. The colorful oval shell of the red abalone is highly prized as a source of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, jewelry, but the UCSD researchers are most impressed by the shell’s ability to absorb heavy blows without breaking. Full Story
Engineering Students Present Career Fair on February 15
January 12, 2005
More than 1,200 engineering students and 20 companies are expected to connect during the Disciplines of Engineering Career Fair (DECaF) on February 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UCSD Price Center. Students will explore career options, while companies present permanent or summer employment opportunities and internships. Participating companies receive a Jacobs School student resume CD with student resumes categorized by discipline. Full Story
One Course, Many Classrooms: West Coast Universities Team with Microsoft to Test Peer-to-Peer Remote Learning Technology
January 6, 2005
Graduate students from UCSD's Jacobs School, University of Washington, Microsoft and UC Berkeley participated in a course on Information Technology & Public Policy in the fall. Same course, same instructors -- but not in the same classroom. Instead, they were scattered among the four separate locations, using Internet2 and technology developed with Microsoft Research and UW. Full Story
UCSD Students Benefit from Remote Learning Experiment
January 6, 2005
Jacobs School students summed up the Information Technology & Public Policy course they took jointly with students at the University of Washington, UC Berkeley and Microsoft Research. "The class was quite refreshing," said one. "It gave us a chance to look at computer science and technology as a whole from a political perspective, which is something that I had never seen before." Full Story