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Assistant Professor Shiyu Change; photograph by Lilli Walker

Assistant Professor Shiyu Change; photograph by Lilli Walker

Nov 06, 2024
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Improve Large Language Models

Shiyu Chang envisions a future when LLMs are empowered with rapid, accurate error correction and seamless knowledge-updating capabilities.

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency funds four faculty projects aimed at sustainability.  

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency funds four faculty projects aimed at sustainability.  

Nov 06, 2024
Investing in Social Impact

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency funds four faculty projects aimed at sustainability.  

 

Daniel Oropeza, assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara

Daniel Oropeza, assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara

Oct 21, 2024
Breaking the Mold

UCSB materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza receives a prestigious $1 million grant to pursue research on ultra-high-temperature ceramics.

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.

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. 

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.  

Yangying Zhu (right), assistant professor in the UCSB Mechanical Engineering Department, receives her award certificate from ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Evelyn Wang at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C.

Yangying Zhu (right), assistant professor in the UCSB  Mechanical Engineering Department, receives her award certificate from ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Evelyn Wang at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C.

Aug 19, 2024
A Major Award for Desalination Research

Yangying Zhu is named one of the first 13 academics to receive a new IGNIITE grant.

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