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Bioengineering Undergraduate Awarded Public Service Scholarship

October 5, 2023

Bioengineering Undergraduate Awarded Public Service Scholarship

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


Innovative Researchers earn NIH New Innovator Awards

October 3, 2023

Innovative Researchers earn NIH New Innovator Awards

Two early career researchers at UC San Diego have been named recipients of the 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Brian Aguado, assistant professor in the Shu Chien- Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, received an award to use biomaterials to understand sex differences in how scar tissue develops in the heart muscle after injury. Full Story


These screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels

September 28, 2023

These screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels

A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface.   Full Story


Fifteen researchers join the Jacobs School faculty in fall 2023

September 26, 2023

Fifteen researchers join the Jacobs School faculty in fall 2023

Fifteen researchers are joining the faculty of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in fall 2023. They join the more than 160 faculty members the school has hired in the past 10 years–effectively more than doubling the size of the faculty from 2013 to 2023.      Full Story


Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars

September 19, 2023

Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars

Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science.  Full Story


Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of Engineering

September 19, 2023

Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of Engineering

The University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering at UC San Diego on a trajectory to become the perennial top-10 powerhouse of engineering and computer science education, research, and technology transfer that it is today. Full Story


Bioengineering, computer science undergraduate programs earn top-10 rank

September 18, 2023

Bioengineering, computer science undergraduate programs earn top-10 rank

Several undergraduate academic programs at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were ranked among the top in the country– including three in the top 10– in the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Colleges ranking, released Sept. 18, 2023. Full Story


Bioengineering undergraduates win NIH awards

August 29, 2023

Bioengineering undergraduates win NIH awards

Two teams of UC San Diego undergraduate bioengineering students were named Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge winners by the National Institutes of Health.  Full Story


UC San Diego Engineering Undergrads Get Hands-On Lab Experience in the Summertime

August 24, 2023

UC San Diego Engineering Undergrads Get Hands-On Lab Experience in the Summertime

The Guided Engineering Apprenticeship in Research program and sponsoring organizations are providing funding for hard-working engineering students to engage in further research this summer. The summer program, known as GEAR to Career, gives students extra time in the lab to deepen their skills. Full Story


Topography of the genome influences where cancer mutations thrive, study shows

August 24, 2023

Topography of the genome influences where cancer mutations thrive, study shows

Researchers have uncovered a connection between the topography of the human genome and the presence of mutations in human cancer. Certain regions of the genome, which exhibit unique features, act as hotspots for the accumulation of mutations. Full Story