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College of Engineering News

Faculty, graduate students, and staff affiliated with M-WET gather for a group picture on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

Sep 01, 2022
A Renewed Focus on Water Purification

Department of Energy awards $12 million grant to collaboration involving researchers at three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara. 

Students and postdoctoral researchers participated in poster sessions.

Aug 12, 2022
UCSB Hosts System-wide Bioengineering Event

The three-day symposium united students, faculty, and industry members to share their work and forge research collaborations.

A chart depicting the discovery of important materials, the time from discovery to recognition of its importance, and associated Nobel prizes.

Jul 15, 2022
The Next Breakthrough Material is Being Created Now...

Professors emeritus Anthony K. Cheetham and Fred Wudl, with Ram Seshadri, explain why, however, its impact might not be seen for a decade or more.

Associate professor Alban Sauret (left) and first-year PhD student Ram Sharma with the experimental setup to test crater resulting from the dynamics of result cohesion, turbulence, erosion, and transport

Jul 15, 2022
When Particles Move

Alban Sauret's lab group seeks to quantify the relationship between cohesion and erosion.

Chris Van de Walle, distinguished professor of materials

Jul 14, 2022
Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle Receives Prestigious Vannevar Bush Fellowship

The DoD’s flagship award will support new computational approaches to improve efficiency of devices.

Mary Tripsas, technology management professor

Jun 20, 2022
Distinguished Scholar

Technology management professor Mary Tripsas receives a Distinguished Scholar Award.

Fifteen capstone teams showcased their projects during the Capstone Design Expo.

Jun 15, 2022
Showcasing Innovation

Judges award capstone teams for ingenuity and product development.

Mark Turiansky and Emily Williams, recipients of the Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Awards

Jun 13, 2022
Big Issues, Big Answers

Mark Turiansky receives the 2021-2022 Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Award.

Concept illustration depicts highly mobile electrons moving across the polymer. Illustration by Brian Long

Jun 09, 2022
Flexing the Power of a Conductive Polymer

A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics.

Faculty seeking to develop breakthrough energy-efficient software are encouraged to apply for new seed grants.

Jun 08, 2022
Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency

A generous gift to the Institute for Energy Efficiency will support work to design the next generation of energy-efficient software

Artist illustration of increasing the number of probabilistic bits and making them less dense at the same time.

Jun 04, 2022
Discovering the Potential of P-Computers

Collaborative research published in Nature Electronics shows promise of probabilistic computers

Jun 01, 2022
Marching to the Cadence of Electronics Innovation

A new paper in Nature validates technology developed by John Bowers and collaborators

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