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IEEE Spectrum: Wireless Network Brings Dust-Sized Brain Implants a Step Closer
IEEE Spectrum wrote an article featuring our work on deeply sub-mm size Neurograins for next-generation monitoring and stimulation of the brain. This is a collaborative project between UCSD, Brown...
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2019 year in review: 23 papers, 4 PhDs defended, and more!
2019 was an excellent year for the Energy-Efficient Microsystems Lab! The lab was very productive, having published 23 papers this year (note: some of these journal papers were made available online...
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Cutting Edge Chip for Waking Up Small Wireless Devices Uses Only 0.000000022...
A new power saving chip developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego could significantly reduce or eliminate the need to replace batteries in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and...
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ISSCC 2020: paper, tutorial, two forums, and an industry showcase
Prof. Mercier and the EEMS Lab will be very active at ISSCC 2020 this coming year! First – congratulations to Po-Han Wang, Hongsen Yang, and the collaboration with Prof. Dinesh Bharadia’s group,...
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Prof. Mercier wins Outstanding Engineer of the Year Award
In its 69th year, the annual Engineers Week Awards Banquet, hosted by the San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC) on February 21, 2020, is bringing together leaders in our community to celebrate...
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New chip brings ultra-low power Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices
Everything needs to be online nowadays, from vending machines to smart speakers, but that connectivity costs in terms of bulk and energy use. Now researchers have come up with a chip that gets devices...
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UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Ranked in the Top-10 (US News)
US News and World Report has just announced the 2020 Engineering Graduate School School rankings, and we are proud to say that the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is now in the top-10!...
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Three papers at VLSI 2020
The Energy Efficient Microsystems Lab will be presenting three papers at the 2020 VLSI Symposium. While the conference will not be in beautiful Honolulu this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
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A low-power, low-cost wearable to monitor COVID-19 patients
Engineers at the University of California San Diego are developing low-cost, low-power wearable sensors that can measure temperature and respiration–key vital signs used to monitor COVID-19. The...
View ArticleIEEE Spectrum Cover Story: Why Sweat Will Power Your Next Wearable
Patrick Mercier and Joseph Wang’s work on biofuel cells and self-powered sensors is featured on the cover of the July 2020 issue of IEEE Spectrum. Check it out!...
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Center for Wearable Sensors: Virtual Summit (FREE registration!)
UC San Diego’s Center for Wearable Sensors, which is co-Directed by Prof. Mercier, normally has a public summit hosted once per year on UCSD campus. Due to the pandemic, we have decided to move this...
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Five papers at ISSCC 2021!
We are very excited to announce we will be presenting FIVE papers at ISSCC 2021! This brings EEMS total ISSCC paper count over the last five years to 16 (five papers in 2021, one in 2020, four in...
View ArticleWearables: where are we?
A nice article about the activities in the Center for Wearable Sensors appeared in the Triton Magazine, including interview excerpts with Prof. Mercier and colleagues. Read more HERE. The post...
View ArticleThe Impending Evolution of Wearables
Despite ties to the fashion sector, wearables may evolve to the point where consumers may not even see the technology they’re wearing. Read more in this nice article, which extensively quotes Prof....
View ArticleCWS is hiring a postdoctoral scholar!
POSITION DESCRIPTION The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, at the University of California, San Diego, in support of the Jacobs School of Engineering multidisciplinary research in the...
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ISSCC 2022: paper, forum, and panel
The EEMS lab, in collaboration with Prof. Dinesh Bharadia’s lab, are pleased to announce that they will be presenting a paper at ISSCC 2022 entitled “A WiFi and Bluetooth Backscattering Combo Chip...
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Nature Biomedical Engineering: A Multi-Analyte Integrated Microneedle Platform
Imagine being able to measure your blood sugar levels, know if you’ve had too much to drink, and track your muscle fatigue during a workout, all in one small device worn on your skin. Engineers at the...
View ArticleProf. Mercier speaks about low-power WiFi backscatter communication
Prof. Mercier discussed his research in collaboration with Dinesh Bharadia about low-power WiFi backscatter communication at the 2022 UCSD Center for Wireless Communications Semi Annual Research...
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UCSD opening huge, cathedral-like engineering center aimed at reshaping the...
UC San Diego is about to open a huge, cathedral-like engineering center that will exponentially expand the school’s efforts to do everything from turn plant viruses into human vaccines to program...
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Nature Communications: UCSD creates experimental ‘smart pill’ that could aid...
UC San Diego has created an experimental “smart pill” that continuously monitors the inside of the small intestine, work that could lead to better ways to spot and treat gastro-intestinal disorders,...
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