$5 Million Gift to Establish New Center for Taiwan Studies
Commitment from alumnus Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 one of the largest to the Division of Arts and Humanities
All photos of Taiwan taken pre-pandemic by Erik Jepsen/University Communications.
Longtime campus supporters Chiu-Shan Chen Ph.D. ’69 and Rufina Chen have committed $5 million to the University of California San Diego, one of the largest individual gifts to the Division of Arts and Humanities.
Contributing to the Campaign for UC San Diego, this gift will establish a new Center for Taiwan Studies within the division, and highlights the alum’s deep commitment to both giving back, and supporting programs that expand cultural understanding of Taiwan and Taiwanese Americans.
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Writing a New Chapter on Innovation
UC San Diego establishes local chapter of National Academy of Inventors
The University of California San Diego is the first University of California campus to establish a chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a move that will help the campus build and sustain a more robust innovation ecosystem. This designation provides tools and resources to help UC San Diego raise the profile of its inventions and technologies, encourage innovations on campus and educate student entrepreneurs.
“Invention is in our DNA,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, an NAI fellow who was recognized for his work in enhancing cybersecurity. “Since 2014, UC San Diego has seen a 153% increase in licensed startups, a 120% increase in industry funding, and a 78% increase in licenses. Just last year, our research program generated more than 500 new invention disclosures, including over 200 new patents. Establishing a local NAI chapter will help further develo
Note: This article was provided by the University of San Diego and originally reported by Katherine Connor.
It was reported on Feb. 12 that a team of engineers led by the University of California (UC) San Diego have received a $5.8 million University Leadership Initiative (ULI) grant from NASA to create computational design tools that will help U.S. companies develop more efficient electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designs faster.
“This project is part of a growing field called urban air mobility (UAM), an exciting vision enabling point-to-point, on-demand air travel within densely populated areas,” says John Hwang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego and principal investigator for the project. “We will combine multidisciplinary computational models of UAM vehicles and advanced design optimization algorithms to develop methods and tools for rapidly designing safe, quiet and afford
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