Clip from NanoXpo 2018: Rishi Kumar

How does water play a role in degrading a solar cell? Rishi Kumar is finding answers to that question through his research. His research in the lab of Professor David Fenning aims to understand how water causes solar cells to lose efficiency. Kumar is developing a method to measure exactly how much water is inside a solar cell without taking it apart.

Kumar describes his project in this video, taken at NanoXpo 2018 this past May:



Poster title: "Understanding & Overcoming Water-Induced Interfacial Degradation in Si Modules"

NanoXpo is an annual event held by the Graduate Society of Nanoengineers to showcase graduate research in the UC San Diego Department of NanoEngineering.

Clip from NanoXpo 2018: Hui Zheng

Hui Zheng's research aims to make airplanes safer in the future. Zheng is a nanoengineering Ph.D. student in Professor Shyue Ping Ong's Materials Virtual Lab at UC San Diego. Using DFT calculations, Zheng is finding ways to re-engineer materials -- such as those found in the fan blades of airplane engines -- to make them stronger and resistant to cracking.

Zheng describes her project in this video, taken at NanoXpo 2018:

Poster title: "Role of Zr in Strengthening MoSi2 Grain Boundaries from DFT Calculations"

NanoXpo is an annual event held by the Graduate Society of Nanoengineers to showcase graduate research in the UC San Diego Department of NanoEngineering.

Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Jacobs School of Engineering Dean Albert P. Pisano shakes hands with Young-Ho Cho, of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) after signing a Memorandum of Understanding

The University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering will take part in an international collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on precision medicine based on new technology.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on March 14 at the U.S.A-Korea Joint Symposium on N/MEMS and Bioengineering.

Jacobs School of Engineering Dean Albert P. Pisano gave the welcome at the event, which included presentations by Gordon Hoople, a PhD candidate in Pisano’s lab, and Kun Zhang, a professor in the Department of Bioengineering.

The objective of the collaboration is to establish a long-term fruitful platform for bilateral cooperation by means of joint research and education programs, technical information and research exchange programs between two parties.