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College of Engineering News

A plastic detergent bottle could be turned into detergent.

Aug 16, 2023
Improved Catalytic Method Turns Plastic Waste into Raw Material

UCSB chemical engineer Susannah Scott's method gives single-use plastics a second life.

Source: UCSB Current
Concept illustration depicting the trap-assisted Auger-Meitner process at a calcium substitutional impurity (blue) in a gallium nitride crystal lattice (green and silver spheres). An incoming electron (red) gets trapped in a localized state (purple), and its energy is transferred to another electron. Illustration by Fangzhou Zhao.

Aug 02, 2023
Computational Materials Group Identifies Major Loss Mechanism in LEDs

Research at UC Santa Barbara reveals how a phenomenon first discovered 100 years ago impacts state-of-the-art devices.

 

Artist's concept illustration of a stack of heterogenous materials like that used in this project. Illustration by Brian Long

Jul 27, 2023
Going Vertical to Advance a New Realm of High-Precision PICs

3D integration of monolithic and heterogeneous layers allows the Bowers lab to achieve an important milestone. 

UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation.

Jun 29, 2023
Seven for Seven

The Materials Research Laboratory received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation.

Computer science assistant professor Misha Sra.

Jun 29, 2023
An NSF Early CAREER Award for AI researcher Misha Sra

The UCSB computer science assistant professor is using AI to make all kinds of learning accessible.

Jun 22, 2023
PhD Student Designs, Builds a Better Optical Link


Holistic co-design of photonics, electronics, and packaging enables faster, more-efficient data transfer.

Leeta team members, Kira Wyckoff (left)) and Linus Kautzsch (far right), with their advisor Ram Seshadri

Jun 01, 2023
Leeta Wins UCSB's 24th Annual New Venture Competition

The team received $12,000 in prizes for their novel manufacturing process to produce high-demand battery materials.

Materials PhD students Tanay Tak (left) and Bailey Rhodes, 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellows

May 24, 2023
Investments in Innovation

Pair of materials PhD students win prestigious fellowships from the Department of Defense.

 
UCSB postdoctoral researcher Chen Shang

May 16, 2023
Recognizing Innovation

A UCSB postdoctoral scholar earns international recognition for his innovative research.

May 08, 2023
Finalists Announced for 2023 New Venture Competition Finals

The six teams will compete for thousands of dollars in prize money during the NVC Finals  on Thursday, May 25.

From left to right: Ambuj Singh, Christopher Kruegel, Joao Hespanha, Giovanni Vigna

May 04, 2023
UCSB to Lead NSF-Funded Research Institute for Next-Level AI-Powered Cybersecurity

UCSB will serve as the lead in a five-year, $20 million project to establish the Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence OperatioN (ACTION).

Source: The Current
An illustration of six devices built on 2D platforms in the Banerjee lab to support next-generation information processing and storage.

Apr 11, 2023
Can 2D Materials Enable Beyond-Moore's-Law Electronics?

New devices from Kaustav Banerjee’s lab show promise for next-generation information processing and storage.

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