Exciting collaborations with the University of British Columbia and the Delft University of Technology have resulted in two papers to be published at ISSCC 2026: one on a nanowatt-level backscatter compatible with Bluetooth and/or emerging Ambient IoT applications, and one…

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed an electronic sticker that can monitor a person’s vitamin C levels using the sweat from their fingertips — no blood draws, lab visits or batteries required. The…

An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Researchers from the University of California San Diego and CEA-Leti developed a novel…

Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for elevation to IEEE Fellow. Less than 0.1% of voting members are selected annually for this member grade elevation. Prof. Mercier was elevated…

This year at ISSCC, we will feature four papers – congratulations to the students who worked hard to make these exciting chips work! More details will be made available when the advanced program becomes available. In addition, Prof. Mercier servers…

Preventing the next pandemic begins before diseases emerge. This “pre-emergence” phase is the focus of a new Center—funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)—that is dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies for disease investigations and pandemic research. Dubbed the U.S.…

Congratulations to Prof. Mercier for becoming the new Vice Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCSD!

Scientists at the University of California San Diego and CEA-Leti have developed a ground-breaking piezoelectric-based DC-DC converter that unifies all power switches onto a single chip to increase power density. This new power topology, which extends beyond existing topologies, blends…

Congratulations, Prof. Mercier!

Congratulations, Prof. Mercier! 

A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface.…

Imagine you can open your fridge, open an app on your phone and immediately know which items are expiring within a few days. This is one of the applications that a new technology developed by engineers at the University of…

We are pleased to announce the Energy Efficient Microsystems Lab will help present two papers at ISSCC 2023. One will be on a vertically-integrated power delivery system in collaboration with Prof. Hanh-Phuc Le’s group, and the other will be on…

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, including inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes. The inch-long, wireless…

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 self-driving cars to safely navigate through thick fog. Franklin…

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 Review, with his talk available now on YouTube:

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 University of California…

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 Featuring Beam Steering via a Fully-Reflective Phased-Controlled Multi-Antenna…

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 Center for Wearable Sensors is conducting an open search for Postdoctoral Scholars in…

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. Mercier, HERE.