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September 19, 2023
Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of EngineeringThe 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
August 24, 2023
UC San Diego Engineering Undergrads Get Hands-On Lab Experience in the SummertimeThe 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
June 15, 2023
Building Bridges (Literally) is the Goal of Friendly Nationwide Engineering CompetitionStudent cheers mixed with the noise of power tools on a Saturday morning at Liontree Arena as more than 40 student teams, including one from UC San Diego, competed in the finals of a national steel bridge competition. Full Story
June 13, 2023
Inside the Largest Outdoor Earthquake Simulator in the WorldWe’re taking you underground and inside the largest outdoor earthquake simulator in the world. You’re about to learn how this high-performance shake table is powered and equipped with smart-control technology that can simulate the most devastating earthquakes in modern history. Full Story
May 11, 2023
Engineers Shake Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Constructed on UC San Diego Earthquake SimulatorWhat happens when a 10-story tall building is put to the test on the only outdoor shake table in the world? That is what a group of engineers came together to find out on May 9, 2023 as part of the Tallwood project conducted on UC San Diego's National Science Foundation-funded earthquake simulator. Full Story
May 8, 2023
Tallwood tests UC San Diego Shake Table media day May 9 2023Links for Tallwood Project media day. Full Story
May 1, 2023
Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023Ross Greer, an electrical and computer engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, won the grand prize at Research Expo 2023 for his work on a technology that could enable vehicles to drive more autonomously and decide when the driver is prepared to take back control of the wheel. Full Story
April 18, 2023
This student organization builds neurotechnology devicesUC San Diego students will present three projects at an event that will bring together teams for five University of California campuses April 29 at UCLA. The neuro-tech conference is organized by student organizations at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis. Full Story
April 5, 2023
Tallest full-scale building ever built on an earthquake simulator put to the test at UC San Diego this springA 10-story building made of cross-laminated timber will be tested on one of the world’s two largest earthquake simulators at the University of California San Diego this spring. Known as the Tallwood project, it is the tallest full-scale building ever to be constructed and tested on an earthquake simulator, or shake table. The tests are scheduled to start in late April. Full Story
February 15, 2023
University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quakeTeams of researchers from California are heading to Turkey and Syria to survey the damage from last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Much of the data collected will be shared with scientists and engineers at some of University of California campuses. UC San Diego will use the data in its "shake table" project. Full Story