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WE POWER EMERGING INDUSTRIES

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Jacobs School of Engineering trains the innovation workforce for the economy to come.ÌýWe power the success of emerging industries all across the region and the nation – one student at a time. With more than 9,000 engineering and computer science students, we are a powerful force for the public good.ÌýThrough education, research and industry partnerships, we propel many emerging industries forward, including:Ìý
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Fusion Engineering

We are leaders in California and across the country in fusion engineering. With collaborations linking universities, industry and government expertise, we are pursuing the fundamental and applied advances needed to make fusion energy a practical reality. At the same time, we are driving key workforce development efforts in fusion.Ìý

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Healthcare Engineering

Our strengths in ultra-low-power hardware, artificial intelligence (AI), privacy and security, sweat sensing, and more represent opportunities to drive clinical-grade wearable biometric sensing at scale. Research partnerships with Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s forward-thinking Health System mean transformational advances can reach the clinic.Ìý

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Domestic Biomanufacturing

We are building a domestic manufacturing base driven by microbes. With R&D partnerships and workforce development, we seek to make biomanufacturing cost-competitive by leveraging our unique capabilities in design, advanced data analytics, AI and robotics.Ìý

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AI Tutors/Emerging Intelligence

With generative AI tools, software innovation, and teaching excellence, we have created a scalable AI Tutor platform aimed at improving learning inside and outside the classroom. This is just one of a series of computer science and electrical engineering efforts aimed at creating and harnessing the power of emerging intelligence for the public good.

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New Approaches to Semiconductors

California DREAMS (Defense Ready Electronics And Microdevices Superhub) is an easy-access platform for the design and manufacture of prototypes of advanced electronic modules such as heterogeneous semiconductors. This platform is a national resource for the U.S. microelectronics industry, and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ is a key player in this semiconductor ecosystem.

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We improve lives.
We strengthen the economy.
We advance national security.
We launch great careers.
We future-proof our national competitiveness.
We train the innovation workforce for the economy to come.
We power emerging industries.

We make bold possible.

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The Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego offers excellence at scale in research, education, industry collaboration and technology transfer. The Jacobs School of Engineering ranks the #10 engineering school in the nation and #6 among public schools. A global thought leader, the Jacobs School of Engineering ranks #1 in the nation among public engineering schools for citations per publication. With 288 faculty and more than 9,100 students in six departments, the Jacobs School of Engineering is the second largest engineering school in California. Year after year, our graduates future-proof the innovation economy. Our entrepreneurial faculty lead teams that work across disciplines and industries to tackle the toughest challenges that no lab, department or company can handle alone. At the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Jacobs School of Engineering, we make bold possible