Company Co-founded by Professor Acquired
Pattern Insight announced Aug. 8 that it has come to an agreement with VMware Inc. to sell its Log Insight product, together with its team and technology. Yuanyuan(YY) Zhou, a computer scientist at...
View ArticleChallenging the fundamental notion of enzyme specificity
Open an undergraduate biochemistry textbook and you will learn that enzymes are highly efficient and specific in catalyzing chemical reactions in living organisms, and that they evolved to this state...
View ArticleA Better Heart Pump for Sick Children
Structural and mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are working together to create blood flow simulations that could lead to improvements in the design of a cardiac pump...
View ArticleJacobs School Shines at Fluid Dynamics Conference
Simulations that help doctors perform life-saving surgeries; a better way to model climate in urban areas; and optimized blood flow patterns for heart patients with pacemakers. Fluid dynamics...
View ArticleEngineer Named FAA Outstanding Student of the Year
A Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego, has been named one of two outstanding students of the year by the Federal Aviation Administration. Gabriela DeFrancisci works in the...
View ArticlePeer Mentoring Program, Dean Emeritus Receive Diversity Awards
The Jacobs School of Engineering was in the spotlight at this year’s Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action awards ceremony Feb. 13 here on campus. A pair of graduate students from the UC San Diego...
View ArticleResearch Shows How Earthquake Damage Can Impact Building Fire Safety Performance
Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire and hamper the ability...
View ArticleEngineers Develop Nanofoams for Better Body Armor, Layers of Protection for...
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nanofoams that could be used to make better body armor; prevent traumatic brain injury and blast-related lung injuries in soldiers;...
View ArticleThree Jacobs School Scholars Among 10 Distinguished Campus Teachers
Hyonny Kim from structural engineering and Richard Ord and Kevin Webb from computer science and engineering are among the 10 UC San Diego scholars recognized with teaching awards.
View ArticleTechnology-Enhanced Learning: From Campus to the World
The academic landscape is changing rapidly, due in no small part to recent advances in technologies to enable, enhance and deliver teaching and learning to a worldwide audience. At the University of...
View ArticleTeam Investigates Earthquake Retrofits for 'Soft' First-floor Buildings on...
A team of researchers, led by Colorado State University engineering professor John van de Lindt, has spent the last month shaking a four-story building on the world’s largest outdoor shake table at...
View ArticleiPad App Teaches Students Key Skill for Success in Math, Science, Engineering
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an iPad app that helps students learn spatial visualization, an essential skill for doing well in science, math and engineering....
View ArticleUC San Diego Shake Table, Robot Win Best of What's New Awards from Popular...
The biggest outdoor shake table in the world and a robot designed to move along utility lines have received Best of What’s New awards from Popular Science, the world’s largest science and technology...
View ArticleLearning by Shaking
Over the past seven years, more than 7,000 sixth-graders from 26 schools in San Diego County built their own structures and got to test them on small shake tables at the Jacobs School of Engineering....
View Article2013: The Year in Review
From the largest alumni gift in the campus’ history, which went to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, to the arrival of Dean Al Pisano, it’s been a busy year here at the Jacobs School...
View ArticleUC San Diego Highlighted in Governor's State of the State Address
As Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. delivered his annual State of the State address to the Legislature yesterday, he highlighted the University of California, San Diego as a leader in developing medical...
View ArticleResearch Expo 2014
Research Expo will be held on Thursday, April 17, from 1:30 p.m. to 6p.m. Register today. The annual event features research posters by more than 200 engineering graduate students from UC San Diego,...
View ArticleCymer Co-Founder Richard Sandstrom and Wife, Sandra Timmons, Give $1.2...
University of California, San Diego alumni Sandra Timmons and Richard Sandstrom, co-founder of Cymer, Inc., are passionate about their alma mater and helping future students achieve the same...
View ArticleClosing the Loop on Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing
It seems a bit like a choose-your-own adventure story: You use computer-aided design to create a wind turbine. For 10 years you operate your turbine successfully but then disaster strikes in the form...
View ArticleSilica Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment Take Top Prize at Research Expo 2014
Ya-San Yeh, a University of California, San Diego graduate student working in the laboratory of electrical engineering and nanoengineering professor Sadik Esener, won the grand prize at Research Expo...
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