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College of Engineering News

Rachel Segalman, professor and chair of the Chemical Engineering Department

Sep 21, 2022
Peer-Reviewed Distinction

Chemical engineering professor and chair Rachel Segalman has been elected an AIChE fellow.

Artist's concept illustration depicting the setup that converts a continuous beam of light into pulses that carry data through a fiber-optic cable.

Sep 19, 2022
The Magneto Optic Modulator

Researchers create a device to streamline interactions between ultra-cold and room-temperature computers.

Source: UCSB Current

Sep 14, 2022
COE Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

The college highlights members of the Hispanic and Latinx communities who have made or are currently making remarkable contributions to engineering. 

Professor Beth Pruitt (back row, center) poses with the first six PhD students of the program.

Sep 12, 2022
Biological Engineering Welcomes First PhD Students

The inaugural cohort includes six PhD students, including five women. 

Sep 12, 2022
On a Rankings Roll

Four undergraduate programs within the College of Engineering rank in the top 15 among public institutions. 

Faculty, graduate students, and staff affiliated with M-WET gather for a group picture on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

Sep 01, 2022
A Renewed Focus on Water Purification

Department of Energy awards $12 million grant to collaboration involving researchers at three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara. 

Students and postdoctoral researchers participated in poster sessions.

Aug 12, 2022
UCSB Hosts System-wide Bioengineering Event

The three-day symposium united students, faculty, and industry members to share their work and forge research collaborations.

Jessica Santana, an associate professor of technology management at UC Santa Barbara

Jul 25, 2022
Technology Management's Jessica Santana Awarded Prestigious Hellman Fellowship

Funding supports data repository for the computational study of entrepreneurship

Art Gossard with the molecular beam epitaxy instrument he largely invented.

Jul 17, 2022
Arthur C. Gossard (1935-2022)

One of the true giants of materials science has died.

A chart depicting the discovery of important materials, the time from discovery to recognition of its importance, and associated Nobel prizes.

Jul 15, 2022
The Next Breakthrough Material is Being Created Now...

Professors emeritus Anthony K. Cheetham and Fred Wudl, with Ram Seshadri, explain why, however, its impact might not be seen for a decade or more.

Associate professor Alban Sauret (left) and first-year PhD student Ram Sharma with the experimental setup to test crater resulting from the dynamics of result cohesion, turbulence, erosion, and transport

Jul 15, 2022
When Particles Move

Alban Sauret's lab group seeks to quantify the relationship between cohesion and erosion.

Chris Van de Walle, distinguished professor of materials

Jul 14, 2022
Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle Receives Prestigious Vannevar Bush Fellowship

The DoD’s flagship award will support new computational approaches to improve efficiency of devices.

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