He receives the Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award, named for a pioneer in the field.
College of Engineering News
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Kerem Çamsari
Feb 10, 2025
The associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department receives prestigious recognition for his work on probabilistic computing.
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M. Scott Shell, a chemical engineering professor, has been elected a Fellow by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Feb 06, 2025
The chemical engineer developed a novel technique based on relative entropy and numerical optimization algorithms that served advanced multiscale modeling.
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Associate Professor Elliot Hawkes.
Jan 31, 2025
Mechanical engineering associate professor is recognized for his “vine” robots and record-setting jumping robots.
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Claude Weisbuch, distinguished professor and French Academie des Sciences Medal recipient.
Jan 17, 2025
For more than two decades, he has studied fundamental phenomena in semiconductors of the nitride family.
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A spheroid of mammary epithelial cells encapsulated in a 3D hydrogel simulating the tumor microenvironment.
Jan 07, 2025
Bioengineer Ryan Stowers receives a pair of substantial awards to fund biomedical research.
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Members of the research group were on hand to celebrate the appointment of chemical engineering professor Michelle O'Malley to the Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair.
Dec 12, 2024
The chemical engineer pioneered a new research field focused on anaerobes, enabling the next generation of biotechnology.
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Michael Beyeler, assistant professor and 2024-'25 Plous Award recipient
Dec 10, 2024
Assistant professor Michael Beyeler is selected for the highly regarded Harold J. Plous Memorial Award.
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A collaboration between UCSB and UCLA faculty, known as the BioPACIFIC MIP, to design novel materials is one of many examples of the interdisciplinary sciences research being conducted on the UCSB campus.
Dec 02, 2024
The inaugural rankings included nearly 750 universities from around the world.
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Chemical engineering professor Phillip Christopher, pictured on left in top row, said the major award reflected the creative work of his research group.
Dec 01, 2024
Chemical engineering professor Phillip Christopher receives a major award from the North American Catalysis Society.
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Assistant Professor Shiyu Change; photograph by Lilli Walker
Nov 06, 2024
Shiyu Chang envisions a future when LLMs are empowered with rapid, accurate error correction and seamless knowledge-updating capabilities.
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Daniel Oropeza, assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara
Oct 21, 2024
UCSB materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza receives a prestigious $1 million grant to pursue research on ultra-high-temperature ceramics.
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