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College of Engineering News

Image of Katja Seltmann and Dan Oropeza

Mar 26, 2025
New MicroCT Machine Unites Biologists and Materials Scientists

The new microCT machine fits right into the longstanding UCSB tradition of multidisciplinary sharing of important instruments.

Source: UCSB Current
Professors Rich Wolski and Chandra Krintz (far left and far right) with their PhD student and four undergraduate student researchers in their lab.

Mar 24, 2025
A (Very) Large Slice of Pi

The world’s biggest assembly of Raspberry Pi computers comes to UCSB.

Photograph of Umesh Mishra and Tyler Susko

Mar 20, 2025
Innovation Awards for UCSB Professors

Umesh Mishra and Tyler Susko to receive awards tonight from the Pacific Coast Business Times. 

 

An image of Lisa Mansson, winner of Round 3 of the 2025 UCSB Grad Slam

Mar 18, 2025
Materials Student Wins a Place in the UCSB Grad Slam Finals

Lisa Månsson wins Round 3 of UCSB Grad Slam for her talk about glioblastoma research.

Dan Blumenthal in his lab.

Mar 04, 2025
Cold Atoms on a Chip

The Blumenthal lab continues to miniaturize powerful photonics technology for quantum use at the chip scale.

Source: UCSB Current
Concept illustration of nickel atoms placed on a silver catalyst for improved, safer, more environmentally friendly performance.

Feb 26, 2025
Nickel Atoms Improve a Silver Catalyst

PhD student Anika Jalil overcomes a major challenge by placing the right number of nickel atoms in exactly the right place.

Jeff Sakamoto; photograph by Lilli Walker

Feb 24, 2025
Lithium Shows its Metal

A new study finds that adding certain dopants could lead to safer, more energy-efficient batteries.

A photograph of Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor unveiled at Microsoft Station Q's 2025 conference. Used with permission of Microsoft.

Feb 21, 2025
Topological Quantum Processor: a Breakthrough in Computing

A Microsoft team led by UCSB physicists unveils a first-of-its-kind topological qubit, paving the way for a more fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Source: UCSB Current
Disk-shaped robots can act collectively to accomplish tasks such as lifting and manipulating objects, or supporting weight

Feb 21, 2025
How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material

UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators have developed a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. 

Photograph of third-year bioengineering PhD student Lauren Washington.

Feb 20, 2025
Black Student Stories

PhD student Lauren Washington’s grandmother helped her understand the value, by example, of her presence in any room. 

 

a concept illustration of the electro-optic response in AlScN, by Haochen Wang and ChuanNan Li

Feb 14, 2025
Toward High Electro-Optic Performance in III-V Semiconductors

Illuminating a path to superior electro-optic performance in aluminum scandium nitride alloys.

Akinwole Akinbolagbe

Feb 13, 2025
Black Student Stories

Mechanical engineering senior Akinwole Akinbolagbe sees incentives for Black-student leadership as a key to building the campus community.

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