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![Space Tales](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Spring2021/SpaceTales_thumb.jpg)
Experiments aboard the International Space Station and a Netflix film about UCSB alumnus astronaut’s inspiring path to space.
![Plastics: A Source of Recycled Carbon](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Spring2021/Plastics_thumb.jpg)
UCSB researchers delve into new ways to “close the loop” on a major source of pollution.
![Photons and Quantum Computing](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Spring2021/PhotonsandQuantum_thumb.jpg)
Galan Moody receives a new grant to pursue a photonic-based platform for quantum processing.
![Using 3D Printing to Shape Super-Soft Polymers](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Spring2021/3DPrinting_thumb.jpg)
The labs of Michael Chabinyc and Christopher Bates develop a material that is soft and elastic and feels like human tissue.
![Champions of Engineering: Institution Builders](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Spring2021/champsofEng_thumb.jpg)
The visionary philanthropy of Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp.