Daniel Kane858-534-3262 dbkane@ucsd.edu
Andrea Siedsma
858-822-0899 asiedsma@
soe.ucsd.edu
Doug Ramsey
858-822-5825 dramsey@ucsd.edu
10/8/08
Ripple Effect: Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities
A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface.
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Ripple Effect: Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities
A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface.
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10/7/08
Bioengineers Fill Holes in Science of Cellular Self-Organization
Bioengineers and physicists at UC San Diego provide new insights into how cell populations order themselves biomechanically.
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Bioengineers Fill Holes in Science of Cellular Self-Organization
Bioengineers and physicists at UC San Diego provide new insights into how cell populations order themselves biomechanically.
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10/3/08NSF Awards $12 Million to UC San Diego Science of Learning Center for Three More Years of Innovation
UCSD'sTemporal Dynamics of Learning Center, foundedin 2006, has just been awarded an additional $12 million for the next three years to expand its important work studying the role of time and timing in learning.
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10/2/08Structural Engineers and Computer Scientists Hope to Integrate Disciplines to 'Revolutionize Building Construction'
A group of UC San Diego engineers and computer scientists, together with their counterparts at Germany's Bauhaus University of Weimar, are hoping to completely reform the way buildings are constructed by integrating the two fields and bringing data visualization and online collaboration to the fore of structural design.
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10/1/08
UC San Diego Contributes $7.2 Billion to California Economy
JacobsSchool of Engineering faculty and alumni have played an important role in UC San Diego'smultibillion-dollar contribution to the California economy. According to an independent economic analysis released this week, UC San Diego contributes more than $7.2 billion in direct and indirect spending and personal income each year to the state economy and generates 39,000 jobs
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UC San Diego Contributes $7.2 Billion to California Economy
JacobsSchool of Engineering faculty and alumni have played an important role in UC San Diego'smultibillion-dollar contribution to the California economy. According to an independent economic analysis released this week, UC San Diego contributes more than $7.2 billion in direct and indirect spending and personal income each year to the state economy and generates 39,000 jobs
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10/1/08Andrew Viterbi, Wireless Pioneer and UC San Diego Professor Emeritus, Wins National Medal of Science
This week, wireless pioneer and UC San Diego professor emeritus Andrew Viterbi received a National Medal of Science, in part for work that would become known as the Viterbi algorithm.
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9/30/08
Free Software Helps You Track Your Laptop If Stolen or Lost
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego have created a laptop theft-protection tool that will help you locate your lost or stolen laptop while at the same time ensuring that no third party can use the system to monitor your whereabouts.
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Free Software Helps You Track Your Laptop If Stolen or Lost
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego have created a laptop theft-protection tool that will help you locate your lost or stolen laptop while at the same time ensuring that no third party can use the system to monitor your whereabouts.
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9/22/08Generation Innovation: UC San Diego Researchers Win $3M in NIH New Innovator Awards
At 30, Karen Christman, an assistant bioengineering professor at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, plans to help fuel the growing field of tissue engineering. With a new $1.5 million New Innovator Award grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Christman will be able to do just that.
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8/12/08
Stingray Underwater Robot
ECE Ph.D. student Gideon Prior, president of the San Diego iBotics student team, talks about the team's sleek unmanned underwater vehicle, the Stingray, and its 11th place finish in a recent international competition.
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