The Jacobs School of Engineering at University of California San Diego strives to develop advanced solutions for public good. This kind of innovation and learning calls for a space that inspires creativity and sparks collaboration. Thirteen large research facilities called "collaboratories" make up the heart of Franklin Antonio Hall. Each collaboratory houses a collection of professor-led research groups from different but related disciplines. Together, these complementary research teams pursue grand-challenge research in areas like renewable energy technologies, smart cities and transportation, wearable and robotics innovations, real-time data analysis and decision making, digital privacy and security, nanotechnology, and precision medicine.