February 23, 2023
Oral Exams Improve Engineering Student Performance, Motivation
The use of oral exams in engineering courses increased students’ motivation to learn, particularly in first-generation college students, according to preliminary findings from a study of undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego. The oral exams also improved students' understanding of the content, evidenced by outcomes on subsequent written tests. Full Story
February 14, 2023
Computer Engineering Student Awarded Fellowship for Women in Aerospace
Akshara Kuduvalli, a computer engineering undergraduate student at the University of California San Diego, has been selected as a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellow. The Fellowship is awarded to exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace. Kuduvalli is one of 47 fellows selected from more than 1,000 applicants from around the world. She is the fifth recipient from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in the seven-year history of the fellowship. Full Story
February 7, 2023
Engineering Students Aim to Take 3D-Printed AUV to the Arctic
Undergraduate engineering students in the Yonder Deep student organization have found a way to sharpen their marine robotics skills while working toward solutions to the climate crisis. Full Story
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January 31, 2023
Expert in matter under extreme conditions named inaugural Lin Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Engineering Science
Farhat Beg, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego and a renowned high energy density science expert, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Shao-Chi and Lily Lin Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Engineering Science. Full Story
December 23, 2022
Stresses and Hydrodynamics - Scientists Uncover New Organizing Principles of the Genome
A team of scientists including mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego has uncovered the physical principles—a series of forces and hydrodynamic flows—that help ensure the proper functioning of life’s blueprint. Full Story
December 21, 2022
UC San Diego Researchers Earn Air Force Young Investigator Awards
Three researchers at UC San Diego, including two engineering faculty, have been selected to receive Young Investigator Research Program awards from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the basic research arm of the Air Force Research Lab. Full Story
December 20, 2022
2022 Research Highlights
From tools to track the origin and spread of COVID-19, to making homes safer in earthquakes, to using smartphones as diagnostic tools, researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering pioneered important work in 2022. A few highlights of our outstanding research this year are here. Full Story