Innovating for Social Impact: Gallium Nitride Research at UCSB

Watch this video to understand the social impact generated by gallium nitride (GaN) research completed in UCSB’s Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC).

CONVERGENCE  35 IS HERE

Read the fall/winter 2024 issue of UCSB's magazine of engineering and the sciences online.

A LOW-CARBON FUTURE STARTS AT IEE

UCSB's Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE) is a world leader in developing breakthrough energy-saving innovations. Watch this video to learn more the past, current, and future research endeavors by our collaborative researchers. 

HIRING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST

UCSB ranks first among public universities in the percentage of assistant professors in engineering and sciences who have received NSF Early CAREER awards between 2019-'24.

IMPACTING INNOVATION

UCSB has ranked among the top two in the world among public universities for scientific impact of research in engineering and physical sciences for the past fourteen years. (Leiden Rankings, 2011-2024)