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10 Jacobs School Faculty Named in 2020 List of Highly Cited Researchers
December 8, 2020
Ten professors at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, according to a new research citation report from the Web of Science Group. The professors, Ludmil Alexandrov, Trey Ideker, Rob Knight, Nathan E. Lewis, Prashant Mali, Ying Shirley Meng, Bernhard O. Palsson, Joseph Wang, Kun Zhang and Liangfang Zhang, are amone 52 professors and researchers at UC San Diego named in the prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers in 2020. Full Story
2021 Talanta Medal awarded to Professor Joseph Wang
October 21, 2020
The Talanta Medal, awarded on a biennial basis, acknowledges outstanding achievements in analytical chemistry. The 2021 Medal is awarded to Professor Joseph Wang of the University of California San Diego, USA, in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the field, especially in pioneering developments in electrochemistry, biosensors, nanomachines, wearable devices, nanobioelectronics, and analytical chemistry. Full Story
Wearable Electrochemical Sensors for the Monitoring and Screening of Drugs
August 24, 2020
A new article in ACS Sensors from Joseph Wang's lab reviews for the first time wearable electrochemical sensors for monitoring therapeutic drugs and drugs of abuse. Full Story
Nanoengineering and chemical engineering at UC San Diego in the spotlight
August 10, 2020
A creative group of faculty, students and staff within the University of California San Diego are taking innovative approaches to develop breakthroughs in nanomedicine, flexible electronics, and energy storage. Together, this group makes up the Department of NanoEngineering and the Chemical Engineering Program at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. A virtual issue of the journal ACS Nano highlights the wide ranging research, educational and workforce-development contributions of this extraordinary group. Full Story
New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
July 29, 2020
Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline forms of the material. Researchers in Professor Sheng Xu’s lab published their findings on July 29 in Nature. Full Story
Wearable device company named Spinoff Prize finalist
July 17, 2020
Softsonics, a UC San Diego spinoff company co-founded by and based on work from Nanoengineering Professor Sheng Xu, has been named a finalist for the inaugural Spinoff Prize from Nature. Softsonics is developing a soft, flexible patch that can be worn on the skin over the carotid artery or jugular vein, and which uses pulses of ultrasound to measure blood pressure. The hope is that the device will provide a deeper and more accurate measurement of blood pressure, both for people in intensive care and for those going about their daily lives. Full Story
IEEE Spectrum Cover Story
June 22, 2020
The cover feature of IEEE Spectrum this month is a feature on the UC San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors: Why Sweat will Power your next Wearable. Full Story
New wearable sensor tracks Vitamin C levels in sweat
May 18, 2020
A team at the University of California San Diego has developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence. The study was published in the May 18, 2020 issue of ACS Sensors. Full Story
A low-power, low-cost wearable to monitor COVID-19 patients
May 18, 2020
Engineers at the University of California San Diego are developing low-cost, low-power wearable sensors that can measure temperature and respiration--key vital signs used to monitor COVID-19. The devices would transmit data wirelessly to a smartphone, and could be used to monitor patients for viral infections that affect temperature and respiration in real time. The research team plans to develop a device and a manufacturing process in just 12 months. Full Story
New chip brings ultra-low power Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices
February 17, 2020
More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless smart devices. These could all be made possible thanks to a new ultra-low power Wi-Fi radio developed by UC San Diego engineers. It enables Wi-Fi communication at 5,000 times less power than commercial Wi-Fi radios. Full Story
Five Outstanding Engineering Honor Awards to be Presented by the San Diego County Engineers Council
February 5, 2020
In its 69th year, the annual Engineers Week Awards Banquet, hosted by the San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC) on February 21, 2020, is bringing together leaders in our community to celebrate those who educate, create and advance engineering. The 2020 winners who will be receiving the prestigious SDCEC Engineering Honor Awards include Patrick Mercier, who will be receiving the Outstanding Engineer of the Year Award. Full Story
Growing strained crystals could improve performance of perovskite electronics
January 9, 2020
A new method could enable researchers to build more efficient, longer lasting perovskite solar cells and LEDs. By growing thin perovskite films on different substrates, UC San Diego engineers invented a way of fabricating perovskite single crystals with precisely deformed, or strained, structures. Full Story