Top Storieshttps://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.eduen-usCopyright 2026 Regents of the University of California.soecomm@soe.ucsd.edu (Editor)soeweb@soe.ucsd.edu (Webmaster)Tue, 26 May 2026 10:17:48Tue, 26 May 2026 10:17:48Tue, 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, 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, 06 May 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3960https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3960Engineers at the University of California San Diego found a new non-invasive way to deliver pneumonia-treating microrobots to the lungs: by making them breathable. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3844https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3844Congratulations to UC San Diego chemical and nano engineering professor Nicole Steinmetz and her lab for bringing in over $5 million in new research funding this year to continue their work developing nanoparticles to fight cancer and save crops! These nanoparticles are engineered from a surprising ally: plant viruses. 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. Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3798https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3798A $21M gift from Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife, DongDong Li (Doreen), honors unique efforts at UC San Diego to link chemical and nano engineering more strongly. In recognition of this gift, the department will be named the Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering. 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.   Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3725https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3725Feature story on  Rachel Miller, Ph.D, who earned her undergraduate degree in nanoengineering from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.  Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3709https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3709Yet again, 16 faculty and researchers at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were named among the world’s most influential in their fields in this year’s Clarivate listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World. 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.      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. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3643https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3643University of California San Diego nanoengineering and chemical engineering professor Sheng Xu has been named a Finalist for the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. This nationwide awards program celebrates the most innovative, faculty-ranked scientists and engineers in the United States who are under the age of 42.