Undergraduate News
2006 News Releases
Group Engineering Projects, Learning and Fun -- ECE 191
December 12, 2006
Have you ever been to a final exam scheduled for a Friday night that is open to the public and includes dinner and sometimes a movie? If not, you haven’t been to the final exam for ECE 191 – Engineering Group Design Project – an upper level electrical and computer engineering (ECE) undergraduate class at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering. Full Story
Joint Cartilage Gets Slippery during Flex Time
December 5, 2006
Bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego have shown that sliding forces applied to cartilage surfaces prompt cells in cartilage to produce molecules that lubricate and protect joints. Full Story
Two Jacobs School Engineering Students Honored for Leadership
November 28, 2006
Sourobh Raychaudhuri and Barath Raghavan, both Ph.D. candidates at UC San Diego’s Jacob’s School of Engineering, have received the R.B. Woolley Graduate Leadership Award for the 2006-2007 academic year. The $5,000 award recognizes continuing graduate students who have a record of notable academic achievements and demonstrate leadership in professional and Jacobs School activities. Full Story
UCSD Computer Scientist Wins Young Investigator Award, Research on Snake Venom Proteins Highlighted
November 9, 2006
Nuno Bandeira, a computer science and engineering Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering has won the 2006 Human Proteome Organization’s Young Investigator Award for work on snake venom proteins. Full Story
Netflix Takes Cues from UCSD Competition
October 25, 2006
Charles Elkan, a UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor who runs data mining competitions for students, helped set up the Netflix Prize competition. Full Story
NSF Renews Pacific Rim Grid Engineering Project
October 11, 2006
The NSF has renewed PRAGMA, a UCSD-based effort to promote cyberinfrastructure research interactions among U.S. and Pacific Rim engineers and scientists, including many from the Jacobs School. The program is a collaborative effort of SDSC, Calit2 and Center for Research in Biological Systems. Full Story
Four UCSD Students Win Prestigious Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense
October 10, 2006
Four UC San Diego students are among the 32 nationwide recipients of the 2006 Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program run by the U.S. Department of Defense. Full Story
Science of Learning Center Comes to UC San Diego
September 28, 2006
A better understanding of how humans learn could lead to improved teaching techniques and, along the way, alter the trajectories of countless human lives. Full Story
Shu Chien named to Y.C. Fung Endowed Chair in Bioengineering
September 15, 2006
UCSD today announced that Shu Chien has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Y.C. Fung Endowed Chair in Bioengineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. Chien, director of the UCSD Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering and former chair of the Jacobs School of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering, is a world leader in understanding how blood flow and pressure affect blood vessels. Full Story
Calit2 Staff Researchers Bring Their Expertise into Jacobs School Classrooms
July 24, 2006
Staff researchers from Calit2 teach and mentor courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, giving students a taste of real-world engineering. Full Story
New Graduates Take Oath of Honor
June 20, 2006
Jacobs School of Engineering students began their commencement celebration on a serious note with the UCSD’s inaugural Order of the Engineer ring ceremony. About 115 graduating engineers took an oath to practice engineering with integrity and high standards. Full Story
Final Exam Frenzy: It Was the Battle of the Robots for Engineering Students
June 19, 2006
At UCSD, stacking plastic rings is more than just child’s play. Last Thursday, more than 200 engineering students gathered in the main gymnasium, as they battled it out to see whose robot could lift, move and restack rings the fastest. Full Story
Short Course on Fundamentals of Wireless Communications Now Available in Streaming Video
June 16, 2006
The Information Theory and Applications (ITA) Center at Calit2 hosted a short course -- seven sessions during nine hours over two days -- taught by one of the leading experts on wireless communication and information theory: UC Berkeley professor David Tse, co-author of "Fundamentals of Wireless Communications." The course is now available in streaming video over the Internet. Full Story
UCSD Joins MentorNet, Connecting Students with Scientists and Engineers Employed in Industry and Academia
April 18, 2006
UCSD has become a partner in MentorNet, a program that uses email to facilitate one-on-one mentoring relationships between successful engineers, scientists and mathematicians, and college students who aspire to careers in those fields. Full Story
UCSD Structural Engineering Students Rock at Regional Design Competition
April 5, 2006
From designing a dorm model that would withstand a Northridge-sized earthquake to creating a chemical-free water filtration system, UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering structural engineering students proved the innovation leaders at the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) pacific southwest regional collegiate conference held at UCLA March 30 to April 1. Full Story
Getting Down to Business: Student-Run Career Fair is a Record-Breaking Success
March 1, 2006
By any measure, the 2006 Disciplines of Engineering Career Fair (DECaF) was a success for both recruiters and student job seekers. The student-organized event raised $36,000 in corporate sponsorship fees, making it the largest single fundraiser to benefit engineering student organizations. In all, 50 companies sent over 150 recruiters to DECaF, more than doubling last year’s participation of 20 companies. Those employers saw nearly 1,500 engineering students eager for internship or full-time employment opportunities. Full Story
New Scholarship Fund to Help Aspiring Engineers in Region
February 23, 2006
Jacobs School undergraduates of limited means have a new avenue to fund their education, thanks to a QUALCOMM Inc. commitment of $250,000 for a new scholarship fund to help students pursuing engineering degrees at UCSD, SDSU or Cal State San Marcos. Full Story
Lights, Cameras, Engineering: Jacobs School Students Dive into Reality TV
February 1, 2006
Rita Finones and six other UCSD engineering students and one alumnus are appearing in a 13-part reality series on the Animal Planet Network called Chasing Nature. Full Story
Cymer Pledges $175,000 in Scholarships for Jacobs School
January 10, 2006
Cymer, Inc., awards $175,000 to the Jacobs School of Engineering Scholars Program. Full Story