The chemical engineer pioneered a new research field focused on anaerobes, enabling the next generation of biotechnology.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oct 15, 2024
UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Chris Van de Walle receives top computational physics award given by American Physical Society.
Stephen Wilson, professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara
Oct 08, 2024
Peers recognized him for his pioneering work on quantum materials.
Lucas Erich, a materials PhD student at UCSB, received a prestigious NASA Fellowship connected to making a mission to Mars feasible.
Sep 18, 2024
Lucas Erich will pursue research connected to making a mission to Mars feasible.
2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship recipients (clockwise from top left) Wesley Mills, Max Emerick, Griffin Tong, and Joshua Baston
Sep 09, 2024
The fellowship provides full tuition, monthly stipend, travel budget, and health insurance funding for three years.
Concept illustration of non-radiative recombination, in which electron-hole interaction at a defect in the atomic structure results in heat, rather than light, being emitted. Jim Speck will use his Vannevar Bush Award to advance understanding of the physics of such interactions. Illustration by Fangzhou Zhao, Van de Walle group.
Sep 06, 2024
The $3-million award will enable investigation of little-understood physics in gallium-nitride devices.
Arnab Pal, the only student in the Americas and one of only three world-wide to receive this fellowship from the IEEE EDS.
Sep 05, 2024
UCSB doctoral graduate receives one of three such prizes awarded world-wide.
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