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Video IDEA Student Center at UC San Diego Focuses on Inclusion, Di

By Daniel Kane

IDEA Student Center at UC San Diego Focuses on Inclusion, Di

The goals of the IDEA Student Center at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, which opened in fall 2011, are summed up by the four words that form the IDEA acronym: inclusion, diversity, excellence and advancement. The center aims to improve retention and graduation rates; attract more underrepresented students; encourage undergraduates to pursue research; and get students in elementary, middle and high school, as well as community college, excited about a career in engineering.

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Video Why I Applied to the Gordon Scholars Program

By Victor Chen

Why I Applied to the Gordon Scholars Program

Students describe their reasoning for applying to the Gordon Scholars Program at UC San Diego.

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Video Admit Day 2011 / NanoEngineering

By Daniel Kane

Admit Day 2011 / NanoEngineering

NanoEngineering professor and chair Kenneth Vecchio provides an undergraduate-focused overview of the NanoEngineering Department (and chemical engineering) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Video Admit Day 2011 / Bioengineering

By Daniel Kane

Admit Day 2011 / Bioengineering

Bioengineering professor and chair Shankar Subramaniam provides an undergraduate-focused overview of the Bioengineering Department at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Video Admit Day 2011 / Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

By Daniel Kane

Admit Day 2011 / Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Electrical engineering professor George Papen provides an undergraduate-focused overview of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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Video Admit Day 2011 / Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

By Daniel Kane

Admit Day 2011 / Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

Computer science professor Ryan Kastner provides an undergraduate-focused overview of the Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Video Admit Day 2011 Jacobs School Overview

By Daniel Kane

Admit Day 2011 Jacobs School Overview

Dean Frieder Seible provides an undergraduate-focused overview of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Video RF MEMS Switch Wins Research Expo 2011

By Daniel Kane

RF MEMS Switch Wins Research Expo 2011

University of California, San Diego electrical engineering Ph.D. student Chirag Patel won the top prize – the Rudee Outstanding Poster Award – at Research Expo 2011 for his work on RF MEMS metal-contact switches. The switches could make their way into MRIs and other medical equipment, satellites, and electronic instrumentation such as spectrum analyzers and signal sources.

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Video Gollner fire research

By Andrea Siedsma

Gollner fire research

UC San Diego engineers are studying how cardboard boxes burn in an effort to help predict how warehouse fires spread and to prevent severe damage and loss of lives

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Video David Amidei describes his career path

By Daniel Kane

David Amidei describes his career path

David Amidei describes his career path from community college, to UC San Diego to NASA.

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