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2025 Highly Cited Researchers materials professor Stephen Wilson (left) and chemical engineering professor Phillip Christopher
Nov 12, 2025
Kerem Çamsarı: researchers in his lab have continued to make strides in probabilistic computing.
Nov 05, 2025
A postdoctoral researcher in Kerem Çamsari’s lab leads a large team on a bold new benchmarking exercise.
Susannah Scott. Photograph by Lilli Walker
Nov 04, 2025
In a new study, Susannah Scott and her collaborators examine the big impacts of a little-studied phenomenon.
Oct 30, 2025
The illuminated, tactile displays make digital content tangible.
Steven DenBaars. Photograph by Lilli Walker
Oct 29, 2025
Under new director, Steven DenBaars, the number of focus areas increases from three to six, while the world-renowned lighting center joins IEE.
(From left to right) Erick Lawrence, Akhila Mattapalli, Thomas Tang, and Amir M'Saad were awarded 2025 National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowships.
Oct 23, 2025
The highly competitive awards support three years of advanced research in defense- relevant science and engineering fields.
Materials Department professor and chair, Omar Saleh. Photograph by Lilli Walker.
Oct 21, 2025
In a new NSF-funded project, Omar Saleh will use his lab’s “magnetic tweezers” to seek answers.
(Pictured left to right) Sukhun Kang, Maryam Majedi, and Ousmane Kodio received awards in support of their research projects
Oct 21, 2025
Three junior faculty receive campus awards supporting projects that expand how innovation is measured, technologies are designed, and ethics are taught.
Oct 14, 2025
Researchers will work toward improving efficiency in electric motors, quantum computing, and large language models with IEE support.
Bassam Bamieh, Mechanical Engineering Professor at UCSB
Oct 09, 2025
Bassam Bamieh seeks to model the dynamics of small disruptions that can trigger big failures in complex systems.
Bioengineering assistant professor Marley Dewey, a 2025 Hellman Family Faculty Fellows
Oct 06, 2025
Award supports work to outsmart bacteria and pioneer new therapies for implant-associated infections.
Artist's concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice. Illustration by Brian Long
Oct 03, 2025
The road to realizing the promise of quantum applications has begun with a deep dive into the fundamental science of quantum phenomena to understand how they manifest — and how they might be made to manifest — in individual platforms.
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