Top Storieshttps://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.eduen-usCopyright 2026 Regents of the University of California.soecomm@soe.ucsd.edu (Editor)soeweb@soe.ucsd.edu (Webmaster)Mon, 11 May 2026 20:27:28Mon, 11 May 2026 20:27:28Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4066https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4066The San Diego Robotics Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary Nov. 5, 2025 with talks from startup founders who are also alumni, entrepreneur guest speakers, and engineering faculty whose work probes the limits of what is possible in robotics and artificial intelligence.This year’s event, organized by the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute, centered on the theme of bridging embodied AI and applications. Throughout the day, speakers detailed how AI, generative and otherwise, could be applied to healthcare, disaster monitoring, and more.    Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4036https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4036The fusion energy industry in California has the potential to support more than 40,000 jobs and bring $125 billion to the state economy in the next decade - with the right support. This is the finding of a report quantifying the economic impact of California’s fusion energy industry released by the San Diego Economic Development Corporation Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4027https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4027Four undergraduate programs at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering have been ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges ranking Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4024https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4024Researchers at UC San Diego are part of a multi-institution team that received a $17 million award from the National Nuclear Security Administration Predictive Science Alliance Program to create a new research center focused on making electronics more resilient to radiation. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4011https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4011From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs School researchers took the stage at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.    Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4004https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4004A team of undergraduate mechanical engineering students at UC San Diego developed a prototype of a fusion target autoloader system for their capstone design project. The project was sponsored by San Diego-based General Atomics, an international leader in fusion energy research and development.   Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3990https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3990Phuong Truong has done it all at UC San Diego: from an undergraduate student in structural engineering, to master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering and now an adjunct lecturer and education specialist, Truong has been a strong presence at the Jacobs School of Engineering for more than a decade. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3983https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3983The Jacobs School of Engineering will celebrate the undergraduate students in the class of 2025 at its annual Ring Ceremony on Friday, June 13. Six students were selected from the nearly 1,500  students receiving bachelor’s degrees from the Jacobs School of Engineering to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department.   Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3930https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3930UC San Diego Pulsed Power Workshop Brings Together Industry, Academia, National Labs and Government Research Leaders Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3884https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3884The Fusion Engineeing Institute at UC San Diego was featured in the December 2024 issue of Physics Today's magazine.  Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3882https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3882The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked #8 in the nation for mechanical engineering and #10 in the nation for materials science and engineering, according to the 2024 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3843https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3843The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming 11 incredible new faculty to its ranks in fall 2024. They join a group of nearly 300 faculty, 175 of whom have been hired in the last 11 years, dedicated to tackling humanity’s toughest challenges. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3826https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3826A new class of robot with magnetic skin and movement that mimics creeping vine plants, could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment. The soft, slender, “magnetic vine robots” developed by researchers at the University of Leeds in collaboration with engineers at the University of California San Diego not only “grow” as they move, they can also squeeze through gaps almost 40 per cent thinner than their resting diameter.  This enables them to navigate narrow, complex pathways deep inside the human body, such as the bronchial tree.   Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3805https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3805The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked the #11 best in the nation in the influential U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This #11 ranking is up from #12 last year. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3804https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3804Six undergraduate students were selected from among their peers to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department in recognition of their outstanding academic, leadership and community contributions. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3759https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3759UC San Diego graduate students Jenny Nicolas, Zhenhua Zhang, Manh Tri Dao, and Shiny Choudhury won Second Place (and $6,000) at the U.S. Department of Energy 2023 Geothermal Collegiate Competition in the Policy Track. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3728https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3728It was another busy year at the Jacobs School of Engineering, as our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners worked together to pursue engineering and computer science for the public good. From research breakthroughs in robotics, AI and healthcare, to launching new centers for microelectronics and computing, here are just a few highlights from 2023.   Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3724https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3724Olivia Graeve, director of the University of California San Diego graduate program in Materials Science and Engineering and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named the Tijuana Person of the Year by the influential local group Madrugadores de Tijuana.   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3715https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3715A multidisciplinary team of engineers at UC San Diego has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the Air force Research Laboratory to make the design and risk assessment of next-gen Air Force vehicles more efficient.    Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3710https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3710What kind of regulations should geothermal power projects be subject to? That was the problem that a team of four Ph.D. students at the University of California San Diego had to solve at the 2023 International Case Competition. They did–and won first place.    Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3670https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3670Fifteen 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.      Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3650https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3650Three teams led by researchers at the University of California San Diego received $5.7 million in climate action seed grants from the University of California on Aug. 23, 2023. The grants aim to spur implementation of solutions that directly address state climate priorities. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3653https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3653For the first time, a study led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering has pinpointed how this plankton species — a dinoflagellate — was able to create such an exceptionally dense bloom that led to an exceptional red tide event.  Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:50:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3649https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3649The 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.