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College of Engineering News

Photo of newly appointed COE dean, Umesh Mishra.

Mar 22, 2023
Umesh Mishra Named New Dean of the College of the Engineering

The professor of electrical and computer engineering will be the eighth dean in the history of the COE.

Photgraph of assistant professor Johanthan Balkind.

Mar 20, 2023
Jonathan Balkind Receives NSF Early CAREER Award to Go Faster in the Cloud

He plans to use microarchitectural checkpointing to redesign processors to improve cloud-based computing.

NASA image of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, as seen from the International Space Station on Feb 21, 2012

Mar 17, 2023
Quantum Sensing in Outer Space

New NASA-funded research will build next-gen tech to better measure climate

Source: UCSB Current
Image of a goat, which, like other ruminants, host anaerobic microbes that can break through tough plant cell walls to gain the nutrition behind them.

Mar 15, 2023
Deconstructing Lignin

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment.

Source: UCSB Current
Carlos G. Levi and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Photo Credit:

Mar 06, 2023
Materials Professor Carlos Levi and Chemistry Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Named NAE Fellows

National Academy of Engineering Fellowship is among the profession's highest honors. 

Computer science professor William Wang.

Feb 16, 2023
National Mentoring Award Goes to Professor William Wang

The computer science professor is recognized for his work guiding undergraduate students.

Computer science professor Tim Sherwood.

Feb 06, 2023
Tim Sherwood Awarded for Outstanding Contributions

The Association of Computing Machinery names the CS professor a new Fellow for 2023.

The image shows a hybrid computer where analog p-bits using magnetic nanodevices are combined with digital p-bits that will be used for energy-efficient machine learning discussed in the article.

Feb 02, 2023
An Intermediate Solution?

Kerem Çamsari has received an Early CAREER Award to develop probabilistic computing, which could be an important step on the way to quantum computers. 

Image of African Americans that are featured in article

Feb 01, 2023
Black History Month 2023

The college highlights members of the Black community who have made or are currently making remarkable contributions to engineering. 

Professor Beth Pruitt, Chair Biological Engineering, UCSB.

Dec 16, 2022
A BRITE Future for Research on Heart-Cell Resilience

Beth Pruitt receives a five-year NSF award to study sex-differentiated heart-cell responses to stress.

An illustration depicting a resonator ring sitting on a photon-generating defect in a 2D material, and associated waveguides.

Dec 15, 2022
Shedding Light on Quantum Photonics

The Moody lab develops a new method for on-chip generation of single photons. 

B.S. Manjunath and Upamanyu Madhow.

Dec 08, 2022
‘Innovation and Impactful Contributions’

Two engineering professors join the National Academy of Inventors.

Source: UCSB Current

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