Engineering student org helps dramatically lower cost of HIV monitoring equipment

Watch bioengineering major Gillie Agmon explain how her student organization, Engineering World Health, helped bring down equipment costs for a test for HIV drug resistance from $80,000 to $2,000. She spoke this spring at TEDxUCSD.
The organization works in partnership with the Maputo Central Hospital in Mozambique. More than 30 undergraduates are working on the project, from design, to manufacturing, to distribution.
"I learned how engineering can be used to solve public health issues," Agmon said.

UC San Diego alumni video

UC San Diego Alumni put together this video celebrating UC San Diego and its alumni.

Check out the many references to Jacobs School of Engineering students, faculty, alumni and facilities.

Video: Research Expo is April 17 / Are you in?

Research Expo is a great chance to get to talk to 200+ engineering graduate students and find out about their research projects all in one afternoon at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. This event comes around just once a year. It's on Thursday April 17.

UPDATED: Rocket Club Blasts Off

About 100 people turned out on RIMAC field at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday Dec. 7 to watch the Triton Rocket Club, a pre-professional student organization, run static fire tests of seven student-designed rocket engines.
Of those, 50 were club members who were there with their rocket engines.
Six teams with colorful names such as the Ultimizer and the Imperfectionists, were made up of new members or freshmen. Another team consists of returning students. That team used Ammonium percholarate composite propellant, also known as APCP--the same fuel used in space shuttle boosters. Their goal is to be the first university to reach space with a rocket for which every single component is designed by students. During the static fire tests, that engine produced almost 240 lbs of thrust.
The Triton Rocket Club, founded in fall quarter 2011 at UC San Diego, aims to help students interested in rocketry get practical and technical experience. Another goal is to help students get internships.
Learn more about the club here: http://tritonrocket.ucsd.edu/
Here's a short video recapping Saturday's tests:

Here's a fun video recapping their activities during the 2012-13 academic year:

Jacobs School of Engineering Overview / Triton Day 2013 / CSE and ECE

Below is video of the overview of the Jacobs School of Engineering that Interim Dean Juan C. Lasheras gave to prospective undergraduate students in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Triton Day (formerly called Admit Day) in April 2013.

Friday, June 21, 2013 Jacobs School of Engineering Undergraduate Education Overview Videos 2013 / Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Structural Engineering

Below is video of the overview of the Jacobs School of Engineering that Jacobs School of Engineering Interim Dean Juan C. Lasheras gave to prospective undergraduate students in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Structural Engineering at Triton Day (formerly called Admit Day) in April 2013.

Also, an MAE FAQ for incoming undergraduate students is here (PDF).

 (Tap tip to the Jacobs School of Engineering IDEA Student Center for posting the video.)
 

Jacobs School of Engineering Undergraduate Education Overview Videos 2013 / Bioengineering and NanoEngineering

Below are the Jacobs School of Engineering overview talks that Interim Dean Juan C. Lasheras gave to prospective undergraduate students in  Bioengineering and NanoEngineering in April 2013 at Triton Day. (Tap tip to the Jacobs School of Engineering IDEA Student Center for posting the video.)