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College of Engineering News

Yangying Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara

Oct 24, 2023
Among the Best and Brightest

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu to investigate a promising cooling method for high-performance devices.

UCSB's Computer Science Department launched a new program to help students from underrepresented communities navigate the PhD application process

Oct 23, 2023
Computer Science Launches Initiative to Help Underrepresented PhD Applicants

Student-led program will support students from underserved and marginalized communities. 

Image of a micro-electronic circuit board

Oct 18, 2023
CHIPS Act Funding to Fuel Microelectronic Technology Research

UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology.

Kerem Çamsarı and his PhD student, Navid Anjum Aadit, received a Bronze Medal during the Bell Labs Prize Competition

Oct 18, 2023
ECE Professor and PhD Student Win Bronze Medal at Bell Labs Prize Competition

Çamsarı and Aadit received the Bronze Medal and a $25,000 prize for their project, “Probabilistic Computing with p-bits: From Concept to Supremacy.” 

Photo of Assistant Professor Nina Miolane and her research group.

Oct 10, 2023
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Advance Geometric AI for Imaging Sciences

Nina Miolane develops geometric statistics and geometric deep learning for imaging sciences.

Assistant Professor Enoch Yeung

Oct 10, 2023
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription

Enoch Yeung seeks to visualize gene transcription and surrounding patterns of DNA supercoiling

Richard Auhll

Sep 25, 2023
Richard A. Auhll, 1941 - 2023

The dedicated philanthropist and entrepreneur contributed to the COE, the university, and the UC system for nearly thirty years.

A poster for the film A Million Miles Away.

Sep 15, 2023
Gaucho Astronaut’s Journey Featured in Film Just Released on Amazon

José Hernandez made the dramatic journey from migrant farmworker to Space Station astronaut.

Image of a test setup to illustrate wifi reading through walls

Sep 12, 2023
WiFi Can Read Through Walls

Yasamin Mostofi's lab develops a new technique to tackle a tough technological problem.

Source: UCSB Current
Illustration showing an artist's conceptual rendering of a quantum magnetometer on a chip. Illustration by Brian Long

Aug 31, 2023
Major NSF Funding to Pursue Quantum-scale Sensor Technologies

Collaborative grant aimed at making quantum technologies real.

The charred facade of one of Lahaina's signature waterfront businesses.

Aug 29, 2023
Unite to Light Sends Solar Lamps and Chargers to Lahaina

Nonprofit with links to UCSB sends helpful technology to Lahaina.

Source: UCSB Current
Raphaële Clément, assistant professor of materials

Aug 24, 2023
A Rising Star in Materials

UCSB assistant professor honored for innovative work to improve battery performance. 

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