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UC San Diego’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Celebrates Six Decades of Impact

UC San Diego’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Celebrates Six Decades of Impact

May 14, 2026

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering celebrated a significant milestone on April 10, 2026, marking six decades of educational excellence, transformative research and technological innovation. Full Story


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UC San Diego Researchers Shine a Light on Peripheral Artery Disease

May 14, 2026

UC San Diego researchers find that a simple technology that measures blood volume changes coupled with machine learning can be used to screen for peripheral artery disease with a high degree of accuracy. Full Story


UC San Diego Engineers Launch Free Digital Twin for End-to-End Testing of Applications over Wireless

UC San Diego Engineers Launch Free Digital Twin for End-to-End Testing of Applications over Wireless

May 13, 2026

Electrical engineers at UC San Diego developed an open-source digital twin of a wireless network: giving graduate students, startups and other innovators a free, easy-to-use way to test new technologies and get fast, realistic feedback.  Full Story


A Faster, Smarter Ground Station for Crowded Skies

A Faster, Smarter Ground Station for Crowded Skies

May 13, 2026

UC San Diego engineers have designed a new kind of satellite ground station that replaces bulky dishes with coordinated small antenna panels.  Full Story



The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department traces its roots back to the establishment of the Applied Electrophysics department in 1965, under its founding chair Henry Booker. Through a succession of department realignments emerged today’s ECE in 1987, when the then-combined Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department was split into two departments. Since then, ECE has earned a world-class reputation for producing top-notch engineers for industry and academia.

By the Numbers

$38M+

In Research
Expenditures

17,000+

Alumni

2,200+

Remarkable
Students

65

Award-Winning
Faculty

 

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