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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


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


Building Bridges (Literally) is the Goal of Friendly Nationwide Engineering Competition
June 15, 2023
Building Bridges (Literally) is the Goal of Friendly Nationwide Engineering Competition

Student 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


Inside the Largest Outdoor Earthquake Simulator in the World
June 13, 2023
Inside the Largest Outdoor Earthquake Simulator in the World

We’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


Engineers Shake Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Constructed on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator
May 11, 2023
Engineers Shake Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Constructed on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator

What 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


Tallwood tests UC San Diego Shake Table media day May 9 2023
May 8, 2023
Tallwood tests UC San Diego Shake Table media day May 9 2023

Links for Tallwood Project media day.  Full Story


Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023
May 1, 2023
Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023

Ross 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


This student organization builds neurotechnology devices
April 18, 2023
This student organization builds neurotechnology devices

UC 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


Tallest  full-scale building ever built on an earthquake simulator put to the test at UC San Diego this spring
April 5, 2023
Tallest full-scale building ever built on an earthquake simulator put to the test at UC San Diego this spring

A 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


University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quake
February 15, 2023
University of California researchers work to learn from Turkey quake

Teams 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



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