History
Engineering programs began at UCSD during the 1964 academic year with a broad applied science department in the areas of aerospace engineering, solid mechanics, bioengineering and materials. In 1982, UCSD combined the engineering departments into the Division of Engineering, led by the first dean, Lea Rudee. It would be another ten years until the Division of Engineering was renamed the School of Engineering. This time, it was Robert Conn, an expert in plasma physics and semiconductors who was chosen to lead the new School. It was in 1997, when Qualcomm founder and former UCSD engineering professor Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan Jacobs provided a $15 million endowment for the School, that the School went through a final name change leading to the current name in their honor. In 2003, Irwin and Joan Jacobs added to the endowment with a $110 million gift for scholarships, fellowships, and faculty support.
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