Three College of Engineering faculty and one graduate student receive UCSB Academic Senate awards from their peers.
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CoE award winners (left to right) Shabnam Larimian, Yogananda Isukapalli, Timothy Sherwood, Frank Zok

Three computer science assistant professors have received Google Research Scholar Awards, (left to right) Yu Feng, Misha Sra, Yu-Xiang Wang
Yu Feng, Misha Sra, and Yu-Xiang Wang were recognized for projects that could impact how future generations use technology.

Conceptual illustration of AlGaAs-on-insulator integrated quantum photonics devices that would enable chip-scale quantum computing with light (Graphic credit: Lillian McKinney).
Galan Moody received a prestigious NSF Early CAREER award to pursue quantum photonics research.

Cells resemble foam in the earliest stage of development.
UCSB researchers uncover how cells control the physical state of embryonic tissues.

Examples of object hallucination. Captions generated by an AI model with low uncertainty values on left, and higher uncertainty values on the right. Photo credit: Yu Junxiao and William Wang
William Wang is recognized by NSF and the IEEE for his work to advance the field of natural language processing.

Researchers urge a closer examination of sunlight’s ability to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The materials, chemical engineering, electrical, and mechanical engineering graduate programs were all ranked in the top 15 among public institutions.
The materials and chemical engineering programs ranked in the top five among public universities in U.S. News's 2022 rankings.

Diba Mirza, associate teaching professor
Mirza was recognized for providing outstanding mentorship and recruiting women and other underrepresented students.