Our mission
We educate tomorrow's technology leaders.
We conduct leading edge research and drive innovation.
We transfer discoveries for the benefit of society.
GOALS
- To advance engineering and computer science research and education for the public good.
- To pursue interdisciplinary research that solves challenges no lab, discipline or industry can solve alone.
- To provide world-class theoretical and hands-on education and leadership training at scale.
- To be relevant to our industry partners now, and also 10 years from now.
- To cultivate learning, researching and working environments where everyone can thrive.
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Recent News

Stick-on Gel Offers New Way to Treat and Monitor Plants
April 28, 2026
A stick-on gel for plants could offer a simple, safe and targeted way to treat diseases and pests. I...

New Conversational AI Tool Uses Trusted Medical Protocols to Help People Decide When to Seek Care
April 23, 2026
A new chatbot could reliably help people decide what to do about their symptoms — and do so ba...

Six New Projects Are Empowering Early-Career Engineering and Computer Science Faculty
April 23, 2026
Six teams from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been awarded funding to accel...

MRI and Augmented Reality for Better Back Pain Surgery Wins at Research Expo 2026
April 21, 2026
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Songyuan Lu won the grand prize at this year’s Research E...

AI-enhanced Microscopy Produces Crisp, Real-time Video Inside Live Cells
April 20, 2026
Using artificial intelligence, engineers have developed a new way to watch the inner workings of liv...