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Four Early Career Professors at UC San Diego Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
March 2, 2023
Four Early Career Professors at UC San Diego Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

Nanoengineering professor Tod Pascal and bioengineering professor Lingyan Shi are among the four professors at UC San Diego who have been selected as 2023 Alfred P.  Sloan Research Fellows, a prestigious award for early-career scientists of outstanding promise. Full Story


Binational program provides students with impactful research opportunities
August 25, 2022
Binational program provides students with impactful research opportunities

As part of the ENLACE binational research program, 185 students from Mexico and the United States spent the summer getting hands-on experience in science and engineering labs on campus.  Full Story


Perovskite material with superlattice structure might surpass efficiency of a 'perfect' solar cell
August 10, 2022
Perovskite material with superlattice structure might surpass efficiency of a 'perfect' solar cell

A perovskite solar cell developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings researchers closer to breaking the ceiling on solar cell efficiency, suggests a study published Aug. 10 in Nature. Full Story


Setting the stage for solid-state battery success
August 2, 2022
Setting the stage for solid-state battery success

Battery researchers and other engineers from University of California San Diego, with collaboration from the LG Energy Solution, have published a forward-looking perspective article in the journal Joule. In the article, the researchers outline three categories of engineering challenges that must be solved in order to transition all-solid-state batteries from the laboratory toward large-scale industrial manufacturing. These three challenges are that of precursors, processing and pressure.   Full Story


UC San Diego engineers receive 2 out of 10 prestigious national young investigators awards
July 22, 2022
UC San Diego engineers receive 2 out of 10 prestigious national young investigators awards

UC San Diego faculty members brought home two of the 10 Beckman Young Investigator awards bestowed nationwide this year by the Beckman Foundation. What’s more, both faculty members, Lisa Poulikakos and Tania Morimoto, are part of the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  It’s the first time the award goes to two researchers from the same department at the same institution.    Full Story