The team was one of seven (from a field of forty-two) to emerge from the semifinal round.
College of Engineering News
![A slide at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a $2 million semifinal winner.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Shellphish_slide_news.jpg?itok=LPHzBE6-&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
A slide was shown at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a semifinalist and a winner of $2 million.
Aug 22, 2024
![Yangying Zhu (right), assistant professor in the UCSB Mechanical Engineering Department, receives her award certificate from ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Evelyn Wang at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/yangying_arpa-e_news.jpg?itok=ZJrTYrxY)
Yangying Zhu (right), assistant professor in the UCSB Mechanical Engineering Department, receives her award certificate from ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Evelyn Wang at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C.
Aug 19, 2024
Yangying Zhu is named one of the first 13 academics to receive a new IGNIITE grant.
![A microscopy image showing muscle fibers of heard myocardium](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/cardiomyocytes_Pruitt_news_iStock-1086669192.jpg?itok=ZQ2FfwBj&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
A microscopy image showing muscle fibers of heard myocardium
Aug 07, 2024
Beth Pruitt’s lab develops new software to accelerate studies of cells responsible for heart contractions.
![Jackson State student KC Sims (right) works alongside mentor Aria Ghasemizadeh, a UCSB PhD student, during her summer internship as part of the NSF-funded Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Science.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-06%20at%201.07.15%20PM.png?itok=RT6bdfDz&c=3358a1533d499f8018f965f1c12c9a52)
Jackson State student KC Sims (right) works alongside mentor Aria Ghasemizadeh, a UCSB PhD student, during her summer internship as part of the NSF-funded Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Science.
Aug 07, 2024
The National Science Foundation awards millions of dollars to two partnerships involving UC Santa Barbara.
![Jonathan Balkind (center) and student co-lead authors (from left), Isaac Hair and Guillem López-Paradis with the poster of the paper they presented at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Balkind_hyperloop_news.jpg?itok=BVelJ507)
Jonathan Balkind (center) and student co-lead authors (from left), Isaac Hair and Guillem López-Paradis with the poster of the paper they presented at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture.
Aug 01, 2024
Could a cart on tracks be used to speed drives across a data center? Balkind-lab researchers investigate.
![This image shows a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the center cytosine. DNA methylation plays an important role for epigenetic gene regulation in development and cancer](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Methyl.png?itok=sfMlIqmw&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
This image shows a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the center cytosine. DNA methylation plays an important role for epigenetic gene regulation in development and cancer
Aug 01, 2024
UCSB researchers develop novel technique to determine how faithfully DNA modifications are copied from one cell generation to the next.
![James B. Rawlings, UCSB chemical engineering professor](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/RAwlings_AICHE.png?itok=jTS1FkEU&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
UCSB chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has received the nation's highest honor for education in chemical engineering.
Jul 30, 2024
Chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has received the nation's highest honor in chemical engineering for education.
![An image of fireflies in Thailand.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Fireflies-synchronization_news.jpg?itok=THdV_5jv&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
The luminescence of fireflies in Thailand, photographed with a long exposure, are one expression of synchrony in nature.
Jul 29, 2024
Francesco Bullo, Kerem Çamsari, and colleagues seek to understand synchrony in oscillatory systems.
![Kerem Çamsari (left) and Shaila Niazi](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Kerem_Shail_pbits_AI_news.jpg?itok=DgSK4aLm&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
P-bit pros: Kerem Çamsari (left) and third-year PhD student Shaila Niazi, who used p-bits to create images that were not part of a machine-learning training data set.
Jul 22, 2024
Kerem Çamsari's lab has proven the value of an old algorithm in training deep-learning models for AI.
![Nobel Laureate and professor emeritus Herbert Kroemer (1928-2024)](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Kroemer_Herb.jpeg?itok=m8Y9QwFU&c=26ecdf3b924373e523aa74d4182e210f)
Nobel Laureate and professor emeritus Herbert Kroemer (1928-2024)
Jul 19, 2024
The collection, donated by his daughters, contains a wide range of printed materials related to Herb Kroemer's career.
![Image of Shuji Nakamura holding a blue laser](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/ShujiNakamura_Royal_Academy_news_events_0.jpg?itok=IuSv_a7K&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Shuji Nakamura with a laser his blue LED made possible.
Jul 16, 2024
He is honored again for his world-changing invention of the blue LED.
![](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Van%20de%20Walle%20photons%20image_news.jpg?itok=bEw5sBTr)
Concept illustration depicting a quantum defect emitting a single photon. Image by Mark Turiansky
Jul 08, 2024
When — and why — does a photon emitter not emit? Research at UC Santa Barbara illuminates the issue.
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