Rod Alferness is recognized for his leadership, service, and many contributions in the field.
College of Engineering News
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College of Engineering dean, Rod Alferness, has received the Optical Society's highest award.
Sep 26, 2018
![Artist's representation of embryonic tissue being formed. Illustration for Nature cover by Brian Long.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Made_of_glass_0.jpg?itok=Grcp7F0H&c=4dd628d9c56863a52e9bc946eceb8318)
Artist's representation of embryonic tissue being formed. Illustration for Nature cover by Brian Long.
Sep 20, 2018
UCSB researchers uncover a longtime mystery: how tissues and organs are sculpted during embryogenesis.
![A crowd circulates randomly in a room.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/crowd_counting_thru_walls_news.jpg?itok=ykbYuwaG&c=4dd628d9c56863a52e9bc946eceb8318)
Mostofi's method is makes it possible to count accurately the people in this room through the walls without anyone holding a device in the room.
Sep 18, 2018
Professor Yasamin Mostofi's method is accurate and requires no devices to be located inside the room.
![Storke Tower at UCSB](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Storke_Tower_UC_Santa_Barbara.jpg?itok=SkWmL2hL&c=d528f9ea4f79e4e1fa8a8599a034bb9b)
Storke Tower at UCSB, center of the fifth-ranked public university in the U.S.
Sep 12, 2018
University jumps three positions. CoE ranked No. 17 among public schools offering a PhD; UCSB also highly ranked for diversity and veterans.
![William Wang (left) and Jonathan Klampkin](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/wang-klamkin-darpa-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=6uCzJtAT&c=ca1392be3b8b31843fd9c6e4e6a0cb31)
William Wang (left) and Jonathan Klampkin
Sep 06, 2018
The two UCSB junior engineering faculty members receive prestigious DARPA Young Faculty awards for 2018. Research funding Included.
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Cover image from a 2016 EFRC booklet.
Aug 23, 2018
Funds support projects to solve "grand challenges" related to batteries, membranes, quantum coherence, and neuromorphic computing.
![Concept art showing the dynamics of water (blue-green shapes at top and bottom) at the interface of a membrane (blue horizontal section at center) with hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups scattered across the surface. Illustration by Peter Allen](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/shell_interface_news.jpg?itok=p3CzjkZ4&c=4dd628d9c56863a52e9bc946eceb8318)
Concept art showing the dynamics of water (blue-green shapes at top and bottom) at the interface of a membrane (blue horizontal section at center) with hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups scattered across the surface. Illustration by Peter Allen
Aug 07, 2018
Simulation shows new ways to control the dynamics of water at an interface, with possible application in water filtration membranes.
![Bolin Liao](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Bolin_liao_ME_news.jpg?itok=v15T0b6c&c=1bffcd5bf1e5e64874cacce262ce9011)
Bolin Liao
Jul 20, 2018
Mechanical engineering assistant professor receives early career award to study deep workings of renewable-energy devices.
![Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Duncan_Suzanne_Mellichmp_.jpg?itok=mUa-VDQK&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp
Jul 11, 2018
The professor emeritus of chemical engineering receives a UC Academic Senate’s 2018 Oliver Johnson Award.
![Shuji Nakamura](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Shuji__immigrant_news.jpg?itok=x4D_uxqq&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Shuji Nakamura
Jul 05, 2018
UCSB professor and Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura is recognized by the Carnegie Corporation as a 2018 "Great Immigrant."
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Apeel's proprietary plant-based coating can cut food waste by extending the shelf life of produce,
Jun 21, 2018
At Apeel, James Rogers (Phd '12) makes a plant-based coating that extends the shelf life of produce.
![Female students in India study with solar-powered LED lights from Unite to Light.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Unite-to-Light-Umri_India_news.jpg?itok=GaajllgT&c=e6e9306436c9affb84b4c496e21fa89d)
Thanks to solar-powered LED lights from Unite to Light, these female students at a school in Umri, Maharashtra, India, are able to study comfortably after the sun goes down. Photo courtesy of Unite to Light
Jun 19, 2018
Nonprofit Bowers founded has delivered more than 100,000 solar-powered LED lights around the world.
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