UCSB Engineering

Engineering in the News

• The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights
  Wall Street Journal
  February 9, 2012
• Transphorm Tackles the Grid's Energy Leakage Problem
  ZDNet.com
  January 30, 2012
• Analog Memory Paves the Way for Efficient Information Processing
  NanoTechWeb.org
  January 26, 2012
• A Wireless Road Around Data Traffic Jams
  New York Times
  January 17, 2012
• DISCOVER Names UCSB Oil Spill Microbes Research #39 of Top 100 Stories in 2011
  DISCOVER Magazine
  January 6, 2012
• Former Astronaut and ECE Graduate Hernandez Takes on New Race
  Huffington Post
  January 3, 2012
• UCSB Researchers Speed Up Data Centers by Bouncing Wi-Fi
  Technology Review
  December 20, 2011
• HyperSolar engineers new technology as alternative to fracking
  MSNBC.com
  December 19, 2011
• Quantum Computing at UCSB Featured: 'How To Make A Cheaper Quantum Computer'
  Forbes
  December 14, 2011
• UCSB Computer Science Professor Studies Hidden Crowdsourcing Industry in China
  Technology Review
  December 12, 2011
• Internet Security Firm Expansion Good News for Founding UCSB Faculty
  Noozhawk.com
  December 12, 2011
• Professor Rouslan Krechetnikov featured in Scientific American article exploring fluid dynamics of coffee
  Scientific American
  December 2, 2011
• UCSB Researcher-Founded Soraa Raises $88.6M For GaN Solid State Lighting
  SoCalTech.com
  November 30, 2011
• TMP panel tackles startup funding
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  November 20, 2011
• Professor Dmitri Strukov Reviews Nanoscale Artificial Neural Networks
  Nature
  November 9, 2011
• CNSI in the news: Sounds Waves Control a Photonic Crystal
  Nanowerk News
  October 26, 2011
• UCSB Computer Science in the news: Is cybercrime as big as its foes fear?
  The Economist
  October 25, 2011
• UCSB Computer Science in the news: Does Cybercrime Pay?
  InformationWeek
  October 25, 2011
• Gift Props Up Chemical Engineering
  Wall Street Journal
  October 25, 2011
• IEE Director David Auston to Speak at Energy Efficiency Symposium
  Ventura County Star
  October 25, 2011
• Mechanical Engineering Students Win Best Paper at COMSOL Conference
  
  October 25, 2011
• UCSB Professors Donate 1,000 Solar Lights to DRI’s Child Health Program in Africa
  
  October 12, 2011
• UCSB Ranked in Top 1% of Universities Worldwide by The Times Higher Education
  
  October 6, 2011
• Alex Knapp Blogs About UCSB's Quantum von Neumann Computer
  Forbes.com
  September 22, 2011
• Video: UCSB's Computer Security Group Hunts Cyber Criminals
  KEYT.com News
  September 14, 2011
• Article: UCSB AlloSphere offers an interactive experience of nano-sized worlds
  Physorg.com
  September 13, 2011
• Peering into a Quantum Well: UCSB research team cracks root cause of "LED droop"
  US Department of Energy, Office of Science
  September 1, 2011
• Big Data’s People-Changing Machine: Forbes covers UCSB's AlloSphere facility
  Forbes
  July 11, 2011
• Two young engineers picked to participate in NAE Frontiers of Engineering symposium
  National Academy of Engineering
  June 28, 2011
• Cybersecurity: Richard Kemmerer talks about the Sony data breach and other headline-grabbing hacks
  KCBX radio
  May 5, 2011
• Imperfect diamonds could store quantum data
  ScienceNews
  March 29, 2011
• Pro hackers fight cyber crime
  Santa Barbara Independent
  December 16, 2010
• Professor Rich Wolski & Eucalyptus Systems Hailed in 'The Makings of a National Cyber Leap'
  Wall Street Journal
  December 8, 2010
• Eucalyptus part of a "National cyber leap"
  Wall Street Journal
  October 7, 2010
• Materials Research Society honors David Awschalom
  UCSB Press release
  September 14, 2010
• International team cripples prolific spam botnet
  V3.co.uk
  August 31, 2010
• Student Bharat Jalan honored for Molecular Beam Epitaxy work
  
  August 28, 2010
• UCSB engineer inspires Mexican high school students
  FUMEC
  August 28, 2010
• Artificial pancreas technology could mean no more needles for diabetics
  KCLU radio
  August 18, 2010
• College of Engineering undergrad program ranked 36th in nation
  UCSB Press release
  August 17, 2010
• RoboRat Competition held July 29, 2010
  
  July 30, 2010
• Physicists Help Biologists to Understand Protein Folding; Results Help Further Basic Medical Research
  
  July 17, 2010
• Eucalyptus Systems Receives $20 million in Funding.
  HPC in the Cloud
  July 9, 2010
• Professor Jerry Gibson and graduate students awarded 2010 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Best Paper
  
  June 23, 2010
• 3-D Tower Lets Researchers Climb Inside Their Data
  
  May 24, 2010
• Three faculty from UCSB have been awarded a highly-competitive award
  
  May 22, 2010
• Student Ingrid Koslow receives (IEE) Frankel Fellowship
  
  May 18, 2010
• Nanotech: good or bad?
  
  May 18, 2010
• Scientists To Discuss Recent Microscopic Marvels
  
  May 11, 2010
• Computer Science Outstanding Graduate Student Award and Fellowships
  
  May 9, 2010
• Computer Science Outstanding Publication Award and Dissertation Award
  
  May 9, 2010
• UCSB Scientists Look Beyond Diamond, Develop Road Map for Research on Other Materials with Defects Useful for Quantum Computing
  
  April 30, 2010
• "America's Best Graduate Schools" has rated UCSB's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 17th in the nation
  
  April 19, 2010
• CNS-UCSB sponsors 3-day workshop on nanotechnology in Lyon, France
  
  April 12, 2010
• UCSB computer security professors received a Santa Barabara Chamber of Commerce Business Star Award for innovation
  Edhat
  April 1, 2010
• UCSB Computer Science Professor Yan receives NSF CAREER Award
  
  March 24, 2010
• UCSB Physicists Show Theory of Quantum Mechanics Applies to the Motion of Large Objects
  
  March 17, 2010
• Prof. Zhao discusses Privacy and Web 2.0 on KCSB
  KCSB 91.9 FM
  March 9, 2010
• Chris Van de Walle has been named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  
  March 8, 2010
• Wolski clarifies cloud computing issues
  CIO Update
  February 18, 2010
• Could Provisioning Services in the Cloud Lead to Big Fines?
  
  February 18, 2010
• All-star LED team quietly working on Blu-ray successors
  CNET News
  February 12, 2010
• LED’s at Photonics West – 94% of the light gets out !
  
  February 3, 2010
• Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards
  
  February 2, 2010
• Record-setting SPIE Photonics West includes tribute to laser
  
  February 1, 2010
• Airline Explosive Thwarted - UCSB Scientists Find Way to Detect PETN
  Santa Barbara Independent
  January 8, 2010
• Kaai demos 523nm continuous-wave green laser diode
  Semiconductor Today
  January 7, 2010
• EFFICIENCY: Curbing the energy appetites of big computers
  Climate Wire via Institute for Energy Effiency
  January 7, 2010
• Researchers develop 'nano cocktail' to target and kill tumors
  ScienceBlog
  January 4, 2010
• Fake blood, real benefits
  Los Angeles Times
  December 16, 2009
• Artificial Red Blood Cells To Aid Drug Delivery, Imaging
  Popular Science
  December 16, 2009
• Red blood cells that look and perform like the real thing
  R&D Magazine
  December 15, 2009
• Artificial Red Blood Cells for Drug Delivery
  Technology Review
  December 15, 2009
• Fake blood cells so agile they can carry drugs
  New Scientist
  December 14, 2009
• Delivering Medicine Directly into a Tumor
  ScienceBlog
  December 7, 2009
• 'Capture The Flag' Contest Targets End Users
  Dark Reading
  December 7, 2009
• Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology
  A to Z of Nanotechnology
  November 22, 2009
• NY Marathon winner's brother is UCSB EE alum
  The Malaysian Insider
  November 6, 2009
• UCSB prediction realized in new type of supernova
  Universe Today
  November 5, 2009
• Momentive wins $4.5m ARPA-E grant for solid-state lighting
  Semiconductor Today
  November 4, 2009
• CERN To Bring Particle Science Forward
  Daily Nexus, UCSB
  October 26, 2009
• UC Delays Fee Hike for Engineering Majors
  UCSB Daily Nexus
  October 23, 2009
• Researchers Compromise ‘Mebroot’ Botnet to Analyze Drive-by Download Attacks
  SPAMfighter
  October 22, 2009
• Obama Advisor Aneesh Chopra on Innovative Solutions to Global Crises
  Reuters
  October 22, 2009
• Major Advance In Organic Solar Cells
  ScienceDaily
  October 18, 2009
• Engineering Undergraduates May See Raise in Fees
  Daily Nexus, UCSB
  October 13, 2009
• UCSB center adds nano spin to biotech
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  October 12, 2009
• There's Good In Pandora's Box, Too
  Miller-McCune
  October 10, 2009
• Jamey Marth to Direct New Nano Center at UC-Santa Barbara, Burnham
  Genome Technology
  October 7, 2009
• The Open Source Infrastructure for Cloud Computing
  Wireless Week
  October 7, 2009
• Researchers Hijack a Drive-By Botnet
  Technology Review
  October 2, 2009
• Nanotechnology Wins Public Approval
  Santa Barbara Independent
  September 30, 2009
• Science: Not Just for Nerds Anymore
  Santa Barbara Independent
  September 25, 2009
• Public Attitudes Towards New Technology
  Red Orbit
  September 21, 2009
• Green Coast goes to Washington — IEE & other area leaders convene in capital
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  September 16, 2009
• A 360-Degree Virtual Reality Chamber Brings Researchers Face to Face with Their Data
  Scientific American
  September 15, 2009
• Eucalyptus Systems CTO to Speak at 1st Annual GovIT Expo
  GovIT Journal
  September 10, 2009
• Getting science right — Think tank tackles global issues
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  September 7, 2009
• 10 Technologies We Stole From the Animal Kingdom
  Mental Floss
  September 5, 2009
• If You’re Not Seeing Data, You’re Not Seeing
  Wired
  August 25, 2009
• UCSB, USC Benefit From Energy Research Grants
  socalTECH
  August 13, 2009
• New superconducting circuit pushes quantum mechanics to higher levels
  Taragana
  August 12, 2009
• UC Santa Barbara and Burnham Institute for Medical Research announce director
  Bio-Medicine
  August 10, 2009
• How UCSB Grad Students Put Cloud Computing Power into Ubuntu
  eWeek
  July 23, 2009
• Glen Wade 1921 – 2009, Professor of Electrical Engineering
  Santa Barbara Independent
  July 20, 2009
• The Botnet World is a Booming World
  CIO.com
  July 9, 2009
• Bioengineers develop microfabricated device to measure cellular forces
  Inside Engineer
  July 7, 2009
• Scholar, engineer, magician
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  June 28, 2009
• John Bowers Wins HP Grant
  Pacific Coast Buisness Times
  June 22, 2009
• Second Year PhD Student named winner of first WiSE Diversity Award
  Digital Journal
  June 10, 2009
• 'Artificial Pancreas' Controls Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetes Patients
  Biospace
  June 9, 2009
• UCSB Researchers Launch Eucalyptus Systems Cloud Computing Platform
  Information Week
  June 6, 2009
• UCSB Scientists and Engineers Develop a Nanoparticle to Treat Cardiovascular Disease
  ScienceDaily
  June 5, 2009
• Nanoparticles to Target Plaque
  Miller-McCune
  June 4, 2009
• Inventions and Patents are on the Rise at UCSB
  KCOY Central Coast News
  June 3, 2009
• Researchers at UCSB and NASA Create Satellite Which Detects Red Glow to Map Global Ocean Plant Health
  spacestation-shuttle.blogspot.com
  June 1, 2009
• Fighting for Funds - Editor's Blog
  Distributed Energy
  June 1, 2009
• Summit Plugs the Power of Technology in Reaching Peak Energy Efficiency
  noozhawk.com
  May 28, 2009
• Atom probe aids UCSB's cluster search
  compoundsemiconductor.net
  May 27, 2009
• Zero net energy a goal for every home and building in California
  Ventura County Star
  May 26, 2009
• 'Cradle-to-cradle' advocate sees need to change the way products are made
  Ventura County Star
  May 22, 2009
• Energy efficiency emphasized at UC Santa Barbara summit
  Ventura County Star
  May 21, 2009
• UCSB Simulations Support Auger Droop Theory in LEDs
  Compoundsemiconductor.net
  May 21, 2009
• National energy experts meet locally to talk about energy efficency
  KCLU
  May 20, 2009
• UCSB Research in Nuclear Energy One of 71 University-based Nuclear Projects Get DOE Funding
  Ceramic Tech Weekly
  May 15, 2009
• The spin doctors: Time for a new breed of 'quantum engineers'
  Chemistry World
  May 13, 2009
• John E. Bowers receives the Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award for contributions to optics
  Photonics Online
  May 5, 2009
• Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have hijacked the infamous Torpig botnet
  Slashdot
  May 4, 2009
• Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour
  ars technica
  May 4, 2009
• Stimulus Money Grants UCSB $19 Million for Energy Research
  Santa Barbara Independent
  April 30, 2009
• UCSB Researchers make solar cells with near-perfect internal efficiency
  Technology Review
  April 30, 2009
• Open-source cloud platform from UCSB is going commercial
  The Register
  April 29, 2009
• NSF Awards Millions to 14 Universities for Cloud Computing Research
  MSN Money
  April 23, 2009
• UCSB claims monolithic router world first
  Compound Semiconductor
  April 22, 2009
• Visualizing Data Inside the 30-ft Allosphere
  Slashdot
  April 15, 2009
• JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data
  TED Talks
  April 15, 2009
• UCSB Spin-out Inlustra Starts Nonpolar GaN Production
  Semiconductor International
  April 14, 2009
• Device To Impact Disease
  UCSB Daily Nexus
  April 13, 2009
• UCSB Solid-State Lighting Gurus Provide Technology Outlook for Prestigious Journal
  Nature Photonics
  April 8, 2009
• Nanodiamonds and the Last Extinction: UCSB scientists featured
  PBS NOVA
  March 31, 2009
• UCSB Prof. Metzger Lectures on Facebook
  Santa Barbara Independent
  March 17, 2009
• [Lighting Fair] Key Figures Discuss Future of LED, OLED Lights
  Tech-On!
  March 6, 2009
• Thin, Flexible Solar Panels Revealed
  Santa Barbara Independent
  March 3, 2009
• Scalable Relations - UCSB’s New Media Arts & Tech Faculty Show Conceptual Work
  Santa Barbara Independent
  February 25, 2009
• UCSB Scientists Share Grant With Cambridge Colleagues
  Santa Barbara Independent
  February 19, 2009
• Institute for Energy Efficiency featured in Miller-McCune
  Miller-McCune
  January 16, 2009
• Is Eucalyptus ready to be your private cloud?
  High Scalability
  November 18, 2008
• Enter the Allosphere
  Santa Barbara Independent
  November 9, 2008
• Tech Report: Voting Machines
  current.com
  October 30, 2008
• E-Voting Made Scary
  Santa Barbara Independent
  October 23, 2008
• 7 scariest problems with today's voting machines
  Dvice
  October 21, 2008
• GLOBAL DOMINATION: $100 laptop computer inspires students around the world
  Santa Barbara News Press
  October 18, 2008
• Our Hackable Democracy
  Forbes
  October 10, 2008
• Lego Robo-Rats Competition Puts Students’ Creativity to the Test
  Noozhawk
  September 12, 2008
• Lecturer explains his energy 'wedges'
  Ventura County Star
  August 21, 2008
• LED leader - Professor invents efficient lights
  Pacific Coast Buiness Times
  July 25, 2008
• UC Santa Barbara chemist goes nano with CoQ10
  Bright Surf
  July 25, 2008
• Stem Cells Take Center Stage
  The Santa Barbara Independent
  July 20, 2008
• McCain, Schwarzenegger Tout Energy Independence
  Santa Barbara Independent
  July 7, 2008
• Alternative Light Source Pioneer Nakamura Lauded by Spanish Prince
  Santa Barbara Independent
  June 11, 2008
• Venture Competition is Nothing Personal, Just Business
  Daily Nexus
  May 20, 2008
• Picture of success
  Ventura County Star
  May 11, 2008
• Researchers Target Tumors With Tiny 'Nanoworms'
  ScienceDaily
  May 7, 2008
• LED lights shine at saving energy in tech gear
  San Francisco Chronicle
  May 5, 2008
• Science professors elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences
  Daily Nexus
  April 30, 2008
• A closer look at trust
  Government Computer News
  March 6, 2008
• Listen to the KCLU feature on the Institute for Energy Efficiency
  KCLU News
  March 5, 2008
• Partnership for a Purpose (PDF)
  Santa Barbara News-Press
  March 3, 2008
• Increasing the efficiency of energy
  Ventura County Star
  February 27, 2008
• UCSB Materials Go Global
  Daily Nexus
  January 23, 2008
• Nestle uses physics to explain complex food interactions
  NUTRAingredients USA
  November 12, 2007
• Painless Drug Injections
  MIT Technology Review
  September 11, 2007
• Simple technique leads to complex micro- and nanoparticle shapes
  Dr Francis Sedgemore
  August 30, 2007
• Silicon Lasers Get Up to Speed
  MIT Technology Review
  August 29, 2007
• Blood cells can raft nanoparticles around the body
  NewScientist.com
  June 28, 2007
• Needle-Free Shots
  ScienCentral
  June 21, 2007
• Computer Engineering's Capstone 2007 Projects
  KEYT3
  June 7, 2007
• Taking it global - Engineers Without Borders (PDF)
  Pacific Coast Business Times
  May 11, 2007
• Take A Bow - Engineers Without Borders
  Santa Barbara News-Press
  May 11, 2007
• A new kind of solid-state laser that emits bright blue-violet light
  IEEE Spectrum Online
  March 7, 2007
• UCSB/Intel's Hybrid Silicon Laser wins PC Magazine's 2006 Technical Excellence Award for Best Semiconductor Technology
  PC Magazine
  November 29, 2006