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![BioPACIFIC MIP — Inventing Bio-based Polymers](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/5_FocusOnBioPacificMIP.jpg)
A major NSF grant enables a new multidisciplinary partnership to develop novel materials.
![Tomorrow’s Tomography](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/6_TomorrowsTomography.jpg)
An instrument developed in Tresa Pollock’s lab brings new capabilities and rapid work flow to an important area of materials science.
![Deep Dive into Heart-Cell Dynamics](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/7_FacultyQnADeepDiveIntoHeartCellDynamics.jpg)
Q & A with Beth Pruitt, director of the UCSB Center for BioEngineering.
![Solving the Mystery of Bubbling DNA](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/8_SolvingTheMysteryOfBubblingDNA.jpg)
Omar Saleh’s team solves the mystery of a peculiar response in liquid droplets formed by DNA.
![Combing” Laser Colors](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/9_CombingLasersForBetterTechnology.jpg)
John Bowers’s team leads a project that could revolutionize the viability of photonics systems.
![Why COVID Is Not Driving a Robotics Revolution](/sites/engineering.ucsb.edu/files/images/Convergence-Winter2021/10_WhyCOVIDIsNotDrivingARobotRevolution.jpg)
Matt Beane explains that immature technologies and risk aversion block robotic dominance...for now.