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College of Engineering News

Tresa Pollock, interim dean and Alcoa Distinguished Professor of Materials

Tresa Pollock received the 2023 Acta Materialia Gold Medal for her research and leadership.

May 03, 2023
A Golden Tribute

Tresa Pollock becomes first woman to receive one of the most prestigious international honors given to metallurgists.

Joe Chada, Distinguished Teaching Award recipient

Chemical engineering teaching professor Joe Chada is honored for his commitment to student success and teaching. Photograph by Lilli McKinney.

May 01, 2023
Excellence in Teaching

Chemical engineering teaching professor Joe Chada is honored for his commitment to student success.

Photo of Allison Chau

Allison Chau

Apr 27, 2023
New Mentoring Program Has its First Graduate Fellow

An opportunity to mentor and be mentored for fourth-year doctoral candidate Allison Chau.

Source: UCSB Current

All five UCSB engineering programs evaluated this year ranked among the top 19 at public universities.

Apr 25, 2023
Ranked Among the Nation's Best

UCSB engineering graduate programs were rated among the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2023 Graduate School Rankings. 

Chris Palmstrøm and the lab he built to create novel materials.

Chris Palmstrøm and the lab he built to create novel materials. Photograph by Lilli McKinney

Apr 18, 2023
Chris Palmstrøm Named AAAS Fellow

With or without an immediate application in sight, this materials researcher explores.

Graduate Research Fellowship Program by the National Science Foundation

Eight COE students were offered prestigious graduate research fellowships by the National Science Foundation. 

Mar 30, 2023
COE Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Each of eight COE students will receive three years of financial support totaling nearly $150,000.

B.S. Manjunath, distinguished professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering

B.S. Manjunath, distinguished professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering

Mar 27, 2023
B.S.Manjunath Elected an AIMBE Fellow

For his work in the design, development, and deployment of a reproducible scientific-image analytics platform. 

Photo of newly appointed COE dean, Umesh Mishra.

Umesh Mishra, the newly appointed dean of UCSB's College of Engineering.

Mar 22, 2023
Umesh Mishra Named New Dean of the College of the Engineering

The professor of electrical and computer engineering will be the eighth dean in the history of the COE.

Photgraph of assistant professor Johanthan Balkind.

 Assistant Professor Johanthan Balkind.

Mar 20, 2023
Jonathan Balkind Receives NSF Early CAREER Award to Go Faster in the Cloud

He plans to use microarchitectural checkpointing to redesign processors to improve cloud-based computing.

Carlos G. Levi and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Photo Credit:

Carlos G. Levi and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

Mar 06, 2023
Materials Professor Carlos Levi and Chemistry Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Named NAE Fellows

National Academy of Engineering Fellowship is among the profession's highest honors. 

Computer science professor William Wang.

Computer science professor William Wang. Photograph by Matt Perko

Feb 16, 2023
National Mentoring Award Goes to Professor William Wang

The computer science professor is recognized for his work guiding undergraduate students.

Computer science professor Tim Sherwood.

Computer science professor Tim Sherwood. Photograph by Lilli McKinney

Feb 06, 2023
Tim Sherwood Awarded for Outstanding Contributions

The Association of Computing Machinery names the CS professor a new Fellow for 2023.

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