UC San Diego Technical Lab Tours
for Trillion Sensors Summit San Diego Attendees
Get an inside look at cutting-edge UC San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors labs and projects focused
on the future of wearable sensor technologies for health, security and fitness.
Who should attend: Attendees of the Trillion Sensors Summit San Diego interested in wearable sensing
technologies being developed at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
When: Friday November 14 from 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Admission is free. Space is limited to the first 30 registrants. To register e-mail:
bcooper@tsensorssummit.org and a sign-up form will be provided (you must have registered to attend the
TSensors Summit first).
More information:
Bette Cooper at bcooper@tsensorssummit.org/ +1 (650) 714-1570
Laboratories included on tour:
Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics
NanoEngineering Professor and Chair Joseph Wang leads this laboratory. Over 30 active researchers
work in the areas of nanomachines, nanosensors, electrochemistry and analytical chemistry. Prof. Wang
also serves as Director of the UC San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors.
Energy-Efficient Microsystems Group
Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Patrick Mercier’s research group is working to both
reduce the power requirements for future wearable sensor systems and to develop technologies to
extract tiny amounts of energy from the environment to power these systems.
Integrated Systems Neuroengineering Lab
One of the current goals of Bioengineering professor Gert Cauwenberghs’ lab is to gain a better
understanding of how the brain controls the body, from the firing of a single neuron, to multiple
neurons acting collectively, to the whole body’s response. Cauwenberghs is a co-director of the Institute
for Neural Computation at UC San Diego.
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Laboratory for Soft Electronics, Solar Cells and Nanomanufacturing
NanoEngineering professor Darren Lipomi’s research involves creating semiconductor materials that are
stretchable without sacrificing electronic function. A solar tarp that provides low-cost electricity is one
possibility. His team of scientists and engineers work at the intersection of energy; compliant materials
and devices; and green chemistry and nanomanufacturing.
Neural Interaction Lab
Bioengineering professor Todd Coleman and his group research and develop multi-functional, flexible
bio-electronics that enable wireless health applications that are minimally observable to the user. His
brain-machine interface research uses information theory, control theory and neuroscience to interpret
— and design — systems from the viewpoint of multiple agents cooperating to achieve a common goal.
Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center (EPARC)
EPARC maintains a fully equipped laboratory for conducting comprehensive health-related fitness and
performance assessments and for conducting independent testing for the commercial health and fitness
sector. EPARC Director Kevin Patrick, MD is a member of the UC San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors.