Robots and their graduate student developers from the Bewley lab (MAE) were on live TV this morning. KUSI came to see the robots that have been in the news recently.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
UCSD-TV Science Blog
I just got out of a meeting with Rich Wargo from UCSD-TV, who runs a science blog called the UCSD-TV Science Blog.
Read Rich Wargo's bio here.
Check out the UCSD-TV science portal here.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Jacobs School of Rock is Coming on June 4
Props to Alex Matthews from Calit2 (and the band CODE) for designing the flyer for the 2010 Jacobs School of Rock.
The video from Jacobs School of Rock 2009 is below:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Robots Roll onto the Front Page
A robot from Tom Bewley's lab at the Jacobs School rolled onto the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune today. Read the story here.
Some of these robot advances were presented at Research Expo 2010 at the Jacobs School.
Map the Sun from the Ground
Environmental engineers from UC San Diego are mapping the sun from the ground, in order to dertmine how much sun actually hits different parts of the earth.
“This map is important for the state of California because it provides residents, the industry, and policy makers with a simple yet accurate way to evaluate the ‘solar resource’ at a specific geographic location,” said Anders Nottrott (top photo), a Jacobs School of Engineering Ph.D. student working on the project with professor Jan Kleissl (bottom photo), from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE).
“This map is important for the state of California because it provides residents, the industry, and policy makers with a simple yet accurate way to evaluate the ‘solar resource’ at a specific geographic location,” said Anders Nottrott (top photo), a Jacobs School of Engineering Ph.D. student working on the project with professor Jan Kleissl (bottom photo), from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE).
“This map can also be used to help determine the best place to build new solar photovoltaic energy collectors and perform long-term economic analysis for those systems,” said Norttrott.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Spring 2010 UC San Diego Computer Programming Contest
On May 22, 2010, over 50 UC San Diego students competed head-to-head during the Spring 2010 UCSD Programming Contest, pumping out code over the course of five hours.
The contest, which was led by computer science (CSE) professor Michael Taylor, consisted of a snowball fight with contestants writing the AI to control a team of 4 children on the field of battle. The teams watched their computer players compete on a 2-D projected screen, while the final battle for first place was enacted with slow-motion 3-D rendering (see photo above).
Top honors and $400 go to Andrew Lee and Kihyun Moon.
Second place and $200 went to Yixin Zhou and Mohammad Zohour
Third place and $150 went to Mohamed Mirza and Chris Louie.
The organizers heartily thank Houman Ghajari (ECE MS '03) and Scott Ricketts (CSE MS '10) of MaXentric Technology's Manycore Group, located in San Diego, for providing the prizes and t-shirts.
UCSD's CSES provided the pizza. Special mention goes to undergraduate computer science and engineering society (CSES) Officer Elliott Slaughter and Graduate Student Michael Vrable, who jointly organized the contest.
More details, and photos, are available at
http://cses.ucsd.edu/UCSDProgrammingContest/results/
Friday, May 21, 2010
Junkyard Derby 2010 Videos Embedded Below
Robot Unicorn Attacks Junkyard Derby 2010
Mad Max wins Junkard Derby 2010
Geisel Library Rolls into Junkyard Derby 2010
Junkyard Derby: Freshman, Super Seniors and a Dragon Belly
Mad Max wins Junkard Derby 2010
Geisel Library Rolls into Junkyard Derby 2010
Junkyard Derby: Freshman, Super Seniors and a Dragon Belly
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