Engineering for the public good: inclusive education; research advances; tech transfer. We make bold possible.
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A new tool for monitoring #COVID19 may one day be right under your nose: color-changing test strips that can be stuck on masks and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a person’s breath or saliva. New project led by @UCSanDiego nanoengineer Jesse Jokerst: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/ma…
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This squidbot jets around and takes pics of coral and fish: bit.ly/squidbot This squid-inspired bot was built by @BioinspiredUCSD @miketolley @ClbChrstnsn & team It carries it own power; swims untethered; and can carry sensors, such as a camera.
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Stellar news: @UCSanDiego chemical engineering alumna Deniz Burnham has been selected by @NASA as one of their 10 new astronaut candidates! She's a Lt. in the @USNavy and a leader in the energy industry. Way to go, Deniz! #TritonPride🔱 sandiegouniontribune.com/new…
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We know who we're rooting for in the @Jeopardy College Championship! Alistair Gray is a @UCSanDiego undergraduate studying computer science and linguistics, and one of 15 students competing for $100,000. His episode airs tonight; tune in and cheer him on! nbcsandiego.com/news/local/u…
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Computer science professor Ndapa Nakashole develops algorithms that enable computers to understand and generate human language, like Siri and Alexa. She is working towards natural language processing models that are able to generalize under data distribution changes.
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This tool protects your privacy while you browse: work by @UCSanDiego researchers @deiandelmars & @_spinda with @brave is being presented @acm_ccs: bit.ly/UCSDSugarCoat
#browsers #security #cybersecurity
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Our women faculty push the boundaries of science, educate the next generation of engineers and computer scientists, and drive innovation for the public good. On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate all of their contributions to our @UCSanDiego Jacobs School community #IWD
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Engineers and physicians at @UCSanDiego developed a wearable ultrasound device that can assess both the structure and function of the human heart. The sensor, roughly the size of a postage stamp, can be worn for 24 hours and works during exercise: today.ucsd.edu/story/cardiac… @Nature
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It's an honor to celebrate the fantastic women engineering and computer science faculty at @UCSanDiego, today and everyday. Through their research, teaching and mentorship, they're shaping the future of science and engineering. Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
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Today, we have the distinct pleasure of celebrating the lifetime of achievements of @UCSanDiego Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien, as he moves into retirement. Chien was the founding dean of @ucsdbe at UC San Diego, and a pioneering titan in the field of bioengineering.
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Join us in wishing pioneering bioengineer and @UCSanDiego Professor Shu Chien a happy 90th birthday!🎉 In addition to his groundbreaking scientific discoveries (he's in all 3 @theNASEM), he was a galvanizing force in creating our top-ranked Department of Bioengineering @ucsdbe.
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"@UCSanDiego has more engineering undergraduates than Stanford and Berkeley combined.... UCSD produced 349 entrepreneurs who founded 330 companies and raised $5.73 billion from the start of 2006 through to the end of June 2018." 💪Story from @VentureBeat venturebeat.com/2018/10/14/s…
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Congrats to identical triplets Tiara, Taylor & Tiger, who graduate from @UCSanDiego Saturday! Tiara earned a degree in computer science; Tiger in computer engineering; and Tiara cognitive science with ML specialization #UCSD2021 10news.com/positivelysandieg…
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Congrats to the @UCSanDiego computer science students selected as the inaugural cohort of @DeepMind Fellows! The two-year fellowship supports machine learning grad students with a commitment to diversity in ML and AI: cse.ucsd.edu/about/news/meet…
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Shout out to our @UCSanDiego Seismic Design team students whose model high-rise building survived a shake table earthquake at the @EERI_tweets Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition 🙌 Watch to the very end for the final jolt! They did indeed survive 🎶 scse.ucsd.edu/seismic-design…
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Engineers at @UCSanDiego developed nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell and immune cell membranes that can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce: bit.ly/nanosponges2020
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We had some visitors this weekend ✈️ Thanks for the show, @USNavy @BlueAngels! Thanks for the photos, @erikjep!
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego computer science Professor Kamalika Chaudhuri (@kamalikac), who is part of a multi-university team that won a prestigious @DeptofDefense MURI Award to develop methods to defend human-robot cybersecurity teams against adversaries jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/r…
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.@UCSanDiego has been selected to join the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a $148M @SchmidtFutures program to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying AI to research in STEM. It will be led by Prof. @tarajavidi: today.ucsd.edu/story/schmidt…
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Congratulations to @JWangnano on receiving the 2024 @AmerChemSociety Award in Analytical Chemistry! Wang is recognized for developing new biosensors for health care, defense and environmental monitoring. cen.acs.org/people/awards/20…
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Congratulations to the @UCSanDiego engineering professors named in the 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers! These luminaries are building next gen #batteries, fighting disease with "nanosponges," genome engineering w/ #CRISPR and more: bit.ly/HighlyCited2020JSOE #highlycited2020
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego bioengineering Prof. @AdamEnglerUCSD, who was named a @BMESociety Fellow for his significant contributions to biomedical engineering! Engler researches the mechanobiology of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and aging bmes.org/blog_home.asp?displ…
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Hanna Munguia studies environmental engineering and earth sciences at @UCSanDiego, and as of today is a Brooke Owens Fellow! She's interned at @NASAJPL for the last 3 summers working on the Mars 2020 Rover, and will work on spacecraft dev for @planetlabs as an Owens Fellow 💪🙌
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Three @UCSanDiego faculty have been selected to receive Young Investigator Research Program awards from the @AFOSR. Congrats to @NANO_UCSD's Zeinab Jahed, @ucsd_mae's Lisa Poulikakos, and @UCSDChemBiochem's Nathan Romero on this well-deserved recognition: today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-…
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The @UCSanDiego Jacobs School of Engineering has been ranked the #9 engineering school in the country by @usnews. THANK YOU to our students, faculty, staff & partners. Your work to leverage engineering for the public good is reflected in this recognition: bit.ly/2021Rankings
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego biological sciences Prof. Sonya Neal and bioengineering Prof. @BrianAguado, who were selected as 2 of the 25 recipients of the new @cziscience Science Diversity Leadership program! More about their research and outreach efforts: today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-…
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Farinaz Koushanfar, a professor in the @UCSanDiego Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of @TheOfficialACM! Koushanfar is recognized for her contributions to secure computing and privacy-preserving machine learning. More: acm.org/media-center/2023/ja…
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego bioengineering Prof. @BrianAguado, who received a Science Diversity Leadership Award from @cziscience! This recognizes the leadership of 25 excellent biomedical researchers with a record of promoting DEI in their scientific fields: chanzuckerberg.com/science/p…
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Heart diseases progress differently in men and women, yet treatments remain strikingly similar. @UCSanDiego bioengineering professor @BrianAguado aims to change that by studying sex-specific differences in disease, and developing new biomaterial treatments ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/de…
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego bioengineering Professor Lingyan Shi, who won 3rd prize in the @nature @LightSciAppl Rising Stars of Light competition! She develops optical imaging platforms that allow us to visualize complex metabolic and molecular events nature.com/documents/2021_Ri…
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Happy International Women in Engineering Day! It just so happens that we know a few of the best ⬇️ Grateful for their contributions to science, our students, and our @UCSanDiego community. #INWED21
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We’re breaking ground on our new engineering building today! 🎉🎊Franklin Antonio Hall is designed for collaborative research, active learning, and transfer of innovation to society. This new space will enable our @UCSanDiego students, faculty, & staff to make bold possible.
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New RNA sequencing method developed by @ucsdbe professors Sheng Zhong & Shu Chien, and Dr. Irene Su @UCSDMedSchool detects exRNAs correlated with various physiologic & diseases states such as breast cancer. The method uses less than a drop of blood. @PNASNews
All this in a drop of blood (serum)!
pnas.org/content/early/2019/… @PNASNews by @UCSDJacobs @UCSDMedSchool #exRNA
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The @UCSanDiego bioinformatics program is ranked #1 in the country in the latest @usnews ranking. Congratulations to the students, faculty and staff whose hard work is reflected in this recognition! #TritonPride🔱
More from the 2022 Best Colleges ranking: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelea…
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WOW! @UCSanDiego chemical engineering PhD student @AndrewKleinsch4 recovered from a traumatic brain injury just in time to compete on @Jeopardy with @levarburton. Congrats on your recovery and Jeopardy! performance, Andrew! 🔱
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On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate these amazing researchers, mentors and teachers!
#IDW2023
@ucsd_cse @ucsdbe @NANO_UCSD @ucsd_mae
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Congrats again to the 10 Jacobs School professors who are recognized in the 2021 listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World! We are honored to have these brilliant researchers and mentors as part of our engineering community. #highlycited2021 bit.ly/JSOEHighlyCited2021
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego @ucsdbe PhD student @rowell_maya who is joining the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society! Her research in the @FraleyLab focuses on cancer behavior and metastasis.
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Three entrepreneurial @UCSanDiego engineering faculty have been named @AcadofInventors Fellows, the highest distinction awarded to academic inventors! Congrats to Yu-Hwa Lo, @NF_Steinmetz and @JWangnano. UC San Diego is the only UC with an NAI chapter🔱 today.ucsd.edu/story/three-e…
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In homage to 2021 Nobel Prize laureates David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, we highlight @UCSanDiego nanoengineer @darren_lipomi's work using materials science to study the sense of touch. 1/3
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We are the #12 engineering school in the nation, & #7 among public universities. That #12 spot is up from #17 two years ago. Thanks to our students, faculty, staff & partners who enabled this surge forward & help us leverage engineering for the global good bit.ly/2019GradRankings
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A team of researchers led by nanoengineers at @UCSanDiego has discovered a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. @nature paper detailing the disordered rocksalt anode out today: bit.ly/DRSanode
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You're looking at future faculty⬇️In October, 40+ grad students from around the nation spent 2 days at @UCSanDiego learning what it takes to make it as engineering profs. We partnered with @UMengineering on @NextProf_Engin to diversify future faculty: today.ucsd.edu/story/diversi…
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Engineers at @UCSanDiego developed a wearable sensor to track Vitamin C levels in sweat. This is the first demonstration of an enzyme-based approach to track changes in the level of a necessary vitamin, and could lead to personalized nutritional tracking: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/n…
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Congrats Deepak Atyam and Darren Charrier who landed on @TheMarsGen #24Under24 list of Leaders and Innovators in STEAM and Space. They stepped up as student leaders on space projects @UCSanDiego and both co-founded space-related cos. bit.ly/2nDjUmj @SEDS_UCSD @sedsusa
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego bioengineering Prof. @BrianAguado and neurobiology Prof. Matthew Lovett-Barron, who were awarded @NIHDirector's New Innovator Awards for their high-impact, innovative research! #NIHHighRisk today.ucsd.edu/story/innovat…
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We're looking forward to having @BrianAguado here on campus next year, as a new faculty for @ucsdbe! colorado.edu/chbe/2020/10/13…
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Hats off to Surya Vohra (@_survoh), a @UCSanDiego mechanical engineering student, who was selected as a Brooke Owens Fellow @owensfellowship for outstanding women in aerospace! She'll be interning @RocketLab this summer. Congrats, Surya! #TritonPride 🚀 bit.ly/SuryaVohraBOF
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The 2020 Information Theory and Applications Workshop kicks off on Sunday here in San Diego! Researchers from around the country are gathering to apply theory (ie deep learning, ML) to diverse areas of science and engineering. Schedule and more info: ita.ucsd.edu/ws/
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Congratulations to @deiandelmars @RanjitJhala & Sorin Lerner from @ucsd_cse, who are part of a $3M @NSF grant to make web browsers safer! Deian Stefan will lead the effort @UCSanDiego with colleagues @UTAustin: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/r…
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego nanoengineer Sheng Xu on receiving the 2021 ETH Materials Research Prize for Young Investigators! The award honors Xu's contributions to the field of flexible electronics: wearable ultrasound tech & new materials fabrication methods mat.ethz.ch/materials-resear…
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Proud that @UCSanDiego was named a top 25 undergrad university for female-founded startups by @PitchBook. We had 45 founders raise $580M in first-round funding, including bioengineering alumna @RadRachelLove and her company NeuraMedica, featured here: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/wo…
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Thrilled to congratulate these 5 @UCSanDiego engineering graduate students who have been selected as @SiebelScholars. They're pioneering tools to treat rare genetic disorders, studying microbes in cancer, developing noninvasive wearable biosensors, & more: bit.ly/SiebelScholars21
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A smart ring shows you can to detect fever before you feel it--a first step toward a COVID-19 early warning system: bit.ly/Ouraring2020
Led by @UCSanDiego Prof. Ben Smarr & @UCSF Prof. Ashley Mason. The goal is to develop an algorithm to predict #COVID19 onset.
@HDSIUCSD
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Engineers at @UCSanDiego and oceanographers at @Scripps_Ocean have unpacked the physics that keep pelicans aloft as they glide along the waves.
Their model could be used to develop better algorithms for drones that need to fly over water. Sound on 🔊! bit.ly/ucsdpelicanflight
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.@UCSanDiego is one of 6 universities participating in the @WuTsaiAlliance, a scientific collaboration to advance human well-being through the study of peak performance. The Alliance was created through a $220M commitment from @thejctf. ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelea…
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Favorite quote: "The danger of AI is not that it's going to rebel against us. It's that it's going to do exactly what we ask it to do."
bit.ly/JanelleShaneTEDtalk
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.@UCSanDiego pulled in a record $1.45 billion for research last year, making it one of the 10 largest research universities in the country. These funds support development of a COVID19 vaccine patch, a better earthquake shake table, and so much more: sandiegouniontribune.com/new…
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego engineering faculty Karen Christman and Michael J. Heller, who were both elected senior members of @AcadofInventors for their efforts to improve human health through engineering!
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@ChristmanLab @ucsdbe @NANO_UCSD
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Congrats to Shirley Meng @YingShirleyMen1 on the Faraday Medal.
Shirley reports that COVID-19 physical distancing has left her a bit more time to think about the next wave of energy storage technologies.
@RSCElectrochem @NANO_UCSD @UCSanDiego @QI_UCSD
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Award announcement: Faraday Medal
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Shirley Meng (@YingShirleyMen1) from @UCSanDiego is the winner of this years Faraday Medal. Prof. Meng will deliver the Faraday Medal lecture at Electrochem 2020 in Nottingham. We are looking forward to it!
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.@UCSanDiego computer science and data science Professor Jingbo Shang has been named an inaugural @GoogleAI Research Scholar! He will focus on structuring massive collections of text with extremely weak supervision. Congrats, @shangjingbo! ai.googleblog.com/2021/04/an…
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Congrats to Fatemehsadat (@galaxygarden23), a @ucsd_cse PhD student in @hadianeh's research group, who is 1 of 6 recipients of a collegiate award from the Nat'l Center for Women & Info Tech (@NCWITAIC).
She was recognized for work protecting data privacy: aspirations.org/blog/nationa…
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Nearly 1 in 4 women are affected by pelvic floor disorders, often caused by birth injuries. @UCSanDiego bioengineering PhD student and Siebel Scholar Pamela Duran is working to understand and prevent these conditions with @ChristmanLab and @mariannaalperin jacobsschoolofengineering.bl…
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.@UCSanDiego engineering & data science students are hard at work developing their autonomous electric go-karts for the @evGrandPrix at @IMS! And they got a peek at the real deal race car they'll turn into an autonomous car, in partnership with @AIRacingTech for @IndyAChallenge🏎️
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego nanoengineering professor Sheng Xu, who received a 2022 FLEXI Award for his contributions to flexible electronics. Xu develops wearable ultrasound patches to continuously monitor blood pressure. bit.ly/3Pvc9dB
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WOW! @UCSanDiego alum and @Qualcomm co-founder Franklin Antonio is donating $30 million to support a new building for #engineering #research & #education at the Jacobs School. Franklin Antonio Hall is scheduled to open by fall of 2021. Thank you, Franklin! bit.ly/FranklinAntonioHall
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Huge congratulations to all @UCSanDiego alums working on the NASA Perseverance rover, who helped make this happen!
@UCSDalumni
You wouldn’t believe what I just saw.
More images and video to come...
#MarsHelicopter
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When math-computer science student Jaida Day arrived on campus, she didn't have easy access to the hair and skin products she needed. So she founded Black Beauty Near You to make these beauty products more accessible for @UCSanDiego students ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/co…
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Wow! Not only is Jack Turner a @USAWP standout, he's an aerospace engineering student as well! 🚀 @UCSDtritons
Congrats to our men's water polo standouts Jack Turner and Kacper Langiewicz who led the United States Men's National Team to a silver medal at the 2019 World University Games. 👏🏻🥈🤽🏻♂️ bit.ly/2XQJp3M
@UCSDtritons #GoTritons
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Five @ucsandiego Jacobs School of Engineering faculty and alumni were recognized in the 2023 @Forbes 30 Under 30 list for their contributions to the fields of science, energy and healthcare. Meet these young stars creating a brighter future: jacobsschoolofengineering.bl…
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Thanks to a $25M gift from biotech innovator and entrepreneur Gene Lay through the Laygend Foundation, we are proud to introduce the Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at @UCSanDiego! The new name honors Lay’s mentor, beloved Prof. Shu Chien: today.ucsd.edu/story/with-25…
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Bioengineers @UCSanDiego are part of a team from 16 top engineering programs that established a roadmap for hiring diverse faculty members into biomedical engineering departments. The roadmap was recently published in @Nature Biomedical Engineering. today.ucsd.edu/story/a-6-ste….
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.@UCSanDiego researchers take an early step toward building vocal prostheses for humans who have lost the ability to speak. In a study published in @CurrentBiology, they show they can re-create a bird's song by reading its brain activity. jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/r…
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.@UCSanDiego researchers have been awarded an $18 Million grant from the @NSF to fund a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center to build new materials that will improve human lives: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/18…
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For the 3rd year in a row, the @UCSanDiego Jacobs School of Engineering is ranked a Top 10 engineering school by @usnews! Congrats students, faculty, staff and @UCSDalumni! Together, we pursue engineering and computer science for the public good 🔱 bit.ly/2023Rankings
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Congrats to @UCSanDiego startup Melio, which was named a Spinoff to Watch by @Nature. Melio, co-founded by @FraleyLab, is developing a blood test that identifies many common bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens in newborn babies in less than 3 hours. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego @ucsd_mae faculty @SylviaLHerbert who received a young investigator award from @USNavyResearch: jacobsschoolofengineering.bl…
#WomenInSTEM #WomeninScience #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
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Congratulations to @UCSanDiego electrical engineer Duygu Kuzum for receiving the @NIHDirector's New Innovator Award! The award will help Kuzum create electronic brain organoids ("e-Organoids") to restore damaged brain regions in humans. #NIHHighRisk bit.ly/2020NIHHighRisk
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.@UCSanDiego structural engineering alumnus Adam Markowitz is the co-founder and CEO of security and compliance automation company @DrataHQ, the latest San Diego unicorn valued at more than $1 billion. Congrats, Adam! @UCSDalumni sandiegouniontribune.com/bus…
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Yet again, 16 faculty and researchers at the @UCSanDiego Jacobs School of Engineering are named among the world’s most influential in their fields🔱 They rank in the top 1% by citations in @Clarivate's listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/r…
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It's Engineers Week🎉We're celebrating #EWeek2021 by highlighting the impact of engineers like #UCEngineer Jesse Jokerst, who is developing a color-changing test strip that can be stuck on a mask and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a person's breath or saliva jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/r…
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Thanks to a new $10M @NSF institute led by computer and data scientists at @UCSanDiego, @EnCOREInstitut aims to transform the core fundamentals of the rapidly emerging field of Data Science. The team also includes @Penn, @UTAustin, & @UCLA researchers: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelea…
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Nanoengineering student Bolarin Lawrence spent his summer developing his Project Fruition venture--an interactive career education program focused on helping future first-gen students specialize in careers through STEM-centered pathways: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/co…
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BIG NEWS: The Jacobs School of Engineering at @UCSanDiego jumped to #11 in the nation in the new @usnews Best Graduate Schools rankings 🎉Thank you to our students, faculty, staff, and community and industry partners who are fueling our rise. Full story: bit.ly/JacobsSchool2020Ranki…
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Getting your blood flow checked may not be part of your regular checkup. But it can tell you if you're at risk for stroke, heart attack & other cardiovascular conditions. This new #wearable could make blood flow monitoring as easy as putting on a Band-Aid. bit.ly/BloodFlowPatch
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CRASH! SPLAT! POP! @UCSanDiego COSMOS students had to drop a water balloon onto a bed of nails without it popping. At their disposal: 500 straws, a roll of tape, 15 rubber bands, 2 pieces of paper, 25 wood coffee stirrers, and 4 additional balloons. The slo-mo results are epic
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Kudos to @UCSanDiego electrical engineering PhD alumnus Sadegh Riazi, whose startup @CipherModeLabs launched today with $6.7M in seed funding! The company aims to democratize secure computation technology. Learn more in @TechCrunch: techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/ci… #TritonPride🔱
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This injectable biomaterial heals tissues from the inside out: work by @UCSanDiego bioengineers and physicians in @natBME led by @ChristmanLab, with applications in heart attacks, #TBI and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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What makes the 🦷teeth🦷 of the deep-sea dragonfish transparent? Materials scientists and marine biologists at @UCSanDiego @Scripps_Ocean teamed up to find out. bit.ly/DragonfishTeeth
@UCSDnews @ResearchUCSD @Matter_CP. Research funded by @AFOSR.
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Exciting news from @UCSanDiego's Institute for Materials Discovery & Design! A team led by Jon Pokorski & Adam Feist received $2M in DOE funding to develop a new kind of biodegradable plastic--one filled with polymer-degrading bacterial spores. More here: bit.ly/BioPlasticsUCSD
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.@UCSanDiego nanoengineering Prof. Liangfang Zhang describes the nanosponges developed in his lab that have been shown to cause the SARS-CoV-2 virus to lose nearly 90% of its viral infectivity in cell culture. The @nytimes highlighted this new approach: nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/…
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