Jacobs School Structural Engineering News: Top Stories

Jacobs School Ranked 9th in the World

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is the 9th best in the world for engineering/technology and 15th in the world for computer sciences, according to an academic ranking of the top 100 world universities published by the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Structural Engineering Undergrad is Green Intern in Washington D.C.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The nation’s first “green” intern in the U.S. Capitol--Mark Galvan--hails from the Jacobs School of Engineering at one of the country’s greenest universities, the University of California, San Diego.

UCSD Part of $105 Million NSF Earthquake Engineering Center

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Purdue University will tap into UC San Diego's structural engineering expertise as part of a $105 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, or NEES.

Retrofitted Historic Building Survives Strong Simulated Jolts

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT

As part of the $1.24 million research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation under the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) program, a three-story, masonry-infilled, reinforced concrete frame representing structures built in California in the 1920s was tested at the NEES -UCSD Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, home of the world’s largest outdoor shake table.

UCSD Engineers to Shake Historic Building

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

UC San Diego researchers will be shaking a three-story, 1920s era masonry building on the world’s largest outdoor shake table during a series of simulated earthquakes ranging from about 5.0-7.0 in magnitude on Thursday, July 9.

Engineering Undergrads Do International Research

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Twenty four Jacobs School undergraduates are among the 33 University of California, San Diego undergraduates working as researchers in laboratories across the Pacific Rim and India this summer.

ENSPIRE Inspires Local 8th Graders

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Imagine 420 eighth graders arriving at your doorstep and expecting you to inspire, teach, entertain and feed them all day. This is exactly the challenge the undergraduates from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering took on earlier this year at ENSPIRE, one of the many events that make up Engineers Week at UC San Diego.

Engineers Test Composite Landing Gear Braces

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

For the first time, UC San Diego engineers have performed tests on landing gear components for the aerospace industry.

Jacobs School Undergrad Steel Bridge Finds Home at Library

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

A 200-pound steel bridge, completely designed and fabricated by a team of twelve UC San Diego undergraduate engineering students has found a new home: UC San Diego's Science & Engineering Library. The bridge won second place among 17 competing schools at the 2008 Pacific Southwest Regional Conference Steel Bridge Competition, held last year at Cal State Northridge.

Students Launch Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by freshmen aerospace engineering students from the University of California, San Diego.