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College of Engineering News

UCSB Materials professor Chris Van de Walle

Dec 05, 2023
A Major Award for Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle

The award notes the professor's many contributions that connect theory to application.

Entrepreneurial mentor Jonathan Gartner

Dec 05, 2023
CNSI Mentor-in-Residence to Assist Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Startups

His mission is to help those who have or plan startups to get or stay unstuck.

Source: UCSB Current
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Dec 01, 2023
Nine young faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships

Young UCSB faculty members are recognized for the promise they show for "great distinction" in research.

Source: UCSB Current

Nov 29, 2023
UCSB Partners with Xanadu to Enhance Quantum Education

UCSB will work with Xanadu to co-create custom resources for students and develop training materials.

For the first time in the event's history, high school students will be able to compete in the international hacking competition, which runs Dec. 2-8.

Nov 17, 2023
Register for UCSB's International Capture the Flag Event

Teams of high school and college students can register  to compete in the International Capture the Flag event, running from Dec. 2-8.

A nearly $10 million grant will allow UCSB researchers to embrace a trend in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries: automation.

Nov 08, 2023
Eliminating Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs

A nearly $10 million grant enables acquisition of synthetic biology robotics systems needed to perform extremely precise research at unprecedented scales.

National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Pachanathan.

Nov 06, 2023
NSF Director Sees Abundant Innovation and Opportunity During Visit to UCSB

UCSB's "excellence, will, and strategy," said Sethuraman Panchanathan, allow it to "punch above its weight."

Yangying Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara

Oct 24, 2023
Among the Best and Brightest

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu to investigate a promising cooling method for high-performance devices.

UCSB's Computer Science Department launched a new program to help students from underrepresented communities navigate the PhD application process

Oct 23, 2023
Computer Science Launches Initiative to Help Underrepresented PhD Applicants

Student-led program will support students from underserved and marginalized communities. 

Kerem Çamsarı and his PhD student, Navid Anjum Aadit, received a Bronze Medal during the Bell Labs Prize Competition

Oct 18, 2023
ECE Professor and PhD Student Win Bronze Medal at Bell Labs Prize Competition

Çamsarı and Aadit received the Bronze Medal and a $25,000 prize for their project, “Probabilistic Computing with p-bits: From Concept to Supremacy.” 

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Oct 18, 2023
CHIPS Act Funding to Fuel Microelectronic Technology Research

UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology.

Assistant Professor Enoch Yeung

Oct 10, 2023
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription

Enoch Yeung seeks to visualize gene transcription and surrounding patterns of DNA supercoiling

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