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College of Engineering News

UCSB assistant professor Nina Miolane seated in a red chair, with assistant professor Haewon Jeong standing next to her.

Oct 05, 2026

Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Powerhouse team of UCSB professors wins NSF award to use AI to discover scientific laws for group interactions.

Image of laboratory instrument in the research lab of UCSB faculty member Bolin Liao

Oct 02, 2026

UCSB Mechanical Engineer Receives Moore Foundation Award

As a 2026 Experimental Physics Investigator, Bolin Liao will develop platform for imaging and controlling quantum interactions with 2D materials.

Source: The Current

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Oct 01, 2026

UCSB Researchers to Collaborate in Three of NSF's Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes

Electrical and computer engineering professor Daniel Blumenthal is part of $290 million renewal of quantum science program.

Source: The Current

Materials professor Craig Hawker speaks in front of a crowd gathered during the Innovation 360 workshop

Sep 28, 2026

Preparing Bioengineers for What Comes Next

AIChE fellowship will support Michelle O’Malley’s efforts to broaden early-career researchers’ view of how discoveries move from the lab into the world.

ohn Bowers sits in a tiered lecture hall inside UC Santa Barbara’s Interactive Learning Pavilion.

Sep 28, 2026

From Light to Impact

The University of California honors John Bowers for a career that transformed optical communications and carried university discoveries from the laboratory into the marketplace.

A student wearing a headset works at a laptop while taking notes at a desk.

Sep 28, 2026

Applications Open for UCSB's New Online Master of Engineering & Technology Leadership Program

New professional degree combines advanced technical education with leadership and management training.

A stock image of a hand using a laptop with translucent symbols relating to AI throughout the image.

Sep 22, 2026

AI Beyond the Headlines

New freshman seminar gives UCSB’s first artificial intelligence majors a broad view of the field.

Headshots of UCSB faculty members Miguel Eckstein and Arpit Gupta

Sep 21, 2026

AI in Action Returns

UCSB Library speaker series features computer science faculty member Arpit Gupta on Sept. 29.

Source: The Current

Sep 18, 2026

Theory Gets Its Day

Chemical engineering professor Scott Shell receives AIChE award for advances in molecular simulation and multiscale modeling.

An artist's rendering of microgels, with small iridescent balls and turquoise liquid flowing among them

Sep 16, 2026

A “Ball Pit” for Cells

UCSB’s Emilie Dressaire receives an NSF CAREER award to study transport in microgels that may help cancer research.

UCSB professors Daniel Oropeza and Yangying Zhu stand side-by-side in a lab on the UCSB campus.

Sep 14, 2026

Beating the Heat of Re-Entry

UCSB engineering team receives inaugural award to design reusable systems for spacecraft returning to Earth.

UCSB professor Michael Gordon, wearing a top hat and dark suit, stands next to a podium as he receives an honorary doctorate at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sep 12, 2026

Chemical Engineering Chair Receives Honorary Doctoral Degree in Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology honors Michael Gordon for his contributions to bio-inspired functional materials.