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College of Engineering News

Oct 15, 2024
A Prestigious Prize in Physics

UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Chris Van de Walle receives top computational physics award given by American Physical Society. 

Photograph of Galan Moody and John Bowers

Galan Moody (left) and John Bowers

Oct 15, 2024
A DARPA Award to Squeeze Light for Powerful On-Chip Optical Sensors

The multi-team effort is aimed at making a key photonic device smaller, faster, and more precise.

Stephen Wilson, professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara

Stephen Wilson, professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara

Oct 08, 2024
Materials Professor Stephen Wilson Elected American Physical Society Fellow

Peers recognized him for his pioneering work on quantum materials. 

an image of an internet tower in a rural area

The success of a federal program is found to be funding-dependent.

Sep 27, 2024
Federal Subsidies Boosted Rural Internet. Service Faded when Funding Ended.

Does the end of subsidies spell the loss of internet service for some rural areas?

Source: UCSB Current
Image of Ram Seshadri and Raphaele Clément

Ram Seshadri and Raphaële Clement will work with colleagues to develop new battery technologies.

Sep 27, 2024
UCSB Professors to Collaborate on DOE Aqueous Battery Research

Ram Seshadri and Raphaële Clément join colleagues at multiple universities to address challenges around aqueous rechargeable batteries.

Lucas Erich, a materials PhD student at UCSB and NASA Fellowship recipient

Lucas Erich, a materials PhD student at UCSB, received a prestigious NASA Fellowship connected to making a mission to Mars feasible. 

Sep 18, 2024
Materials PhD Student Receives Esteemed NASA Fellowship

Lucas Erich will pursue research connected to making a mission to Mars feasible. 

Materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza (far right) and his research group (left to right) Anthony Botros, Lucas Erich, and Logan Winston.

Materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza (far right) and his research group (left to right) Anthony Botros, Lucas Erich, and Logan Winston. 

Sep 09, 2024
Rewarding Innovation and Opportunity

A UC Santa Barbara materials professor receives a junior-faculty award from his peers and a Navy research grant. 

2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship recipients (clockwise from top left) Wesley Mills, Max Emerick, Griffin Tong, and Joshua Baston

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
Four COE Graduate Students Win Prestigious National Defense Fellowships

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

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
Jim Speck Wins Vannevar Bush Award

The $3-million award will enable investigation of little-understood physics in gallium-nitride devices.

Arnab Pal

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
Exploiting Atomically Thin Materials for Energy-efficient Electronics

UCSB doctoral graduate receives one of three such prizes awarded world-wide.

Source: UCSB Current
ExFAB staff and senior participants from UC Santa Barbara

NSF ExFAB BioFoundry staff and senior participants from UC Santa Barbara (l to r) - Oliver Vining, Elaine Kirschke, Jean-Marie Volland, Nathalie Elisabeth, Sherylle Mills Englander, Max Wilson, Michelle O'Malley, Joel Rothman, Niels Volkmann, Carolyn Mills.

Aug 28, 2024
UCSB to Lead $22M NSF-Funded Center on Exceptional Microbes

UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, and Cal Poly Pomona receive a six-year, $22 million grant to establish a first-of-its-kind biofoundry.  

A slide at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a $2 million semifinal winner.

A slide was shown at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a semifinalist and a winner of $2 million. 

Aug 22, 2024
Success in DARPA Cyberdefense Competition Nets Team a Trip to the Finals — and $2 Million

The team was one of seven (from a field of forty-two) to emerge from the semifinal round.

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