Dean's message
New Year's Message
January 2025
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My heart goes out to our colleagues, students and to everyone else affected by the horrific tragedy of the fires in Los Angeles County. When disasters strike, I am reminded on a visceral level of our profound responsibilities as engineers and computer scientists to protect and advance human well-being – both in terms of immediate responses and in the long term.
I had considered a longer Dean’s message underscoring some of the ways that we are off to a fast start in 2025. But I think I’ll keep it shorter instead. You can read the items below to get caught up, including the wonderful news about Irwin and Joan Jacobs being awarded the UC Presidential Medal. There is just one statistic that doesn’t have an item below. We are in the process of finalizing our numbers from the last fiscal year, and our research expenditures rose to $316M. That is up more than 23% year over year. Congratulations to everyone involved in this important work.
I am buoyed by the hope that the people and the projects reflected in this new research expenditures number will advance solutions to a range of pressing challenges facing society. In the past, I’ve talked a lot about the great potential – and track record – that engineering schools hold, in terms of developing platform technologies that can be pivoted as needed to help solve challenges. I hope that our Jacobs School of Engineering, and all engineering schools across California and the nation, will achieve important successes in this new year in this regard. And of course, pivoting platform technologies involves inspiring, educating and training people – and connecting with wide ranges of stakeholders.
Now, let’s get to work!
Here at the Jacobs School, we are building on the work of 2024, .
Together, we make bold possible.
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As always, I can be reached at DeanPisano@ucsd.edu
Sincerely,
Al
Albert ("Al") P. Pisano
Dean, Â鶹´«Ã½ Jacobs School of Engineering
Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Campus Strategic Initiatives