Backed by NSF, the BioPACIFIC MIP unites scientists and engineers from the California NanoSystems Institute nodes at UCSB and UCLA.
College of Engineering News
![BIoPACIFIC is a collaboration between faculty and staff at UCSB and UCLA.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/bio-pacific-announcement-01_1.jpg?itok=iRVO_awe&c=b13702dd453f0a060d8d2599d77a6f88)
BIoPACIFIC is a collaboration between faculty and staff at UCSB and UCLA.
Jan 22, 2024
![Professor John Bowers](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/bowers_news.jpg?itok=xcxAztWp&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Professor John Bowers
Dec 12, 2023
The IEEE award recognizes the UCSB professor for his contributions to optics and photonics
![More than two dozen female and female-identifying graduate students and postdocs attended an inaugural workshop.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/23_11_Prep_for_Professorship-74.jpg?itok=W8WRR8C3&c=118e6ca71a4fdd4a1627a2e91d978338)
More than fifteen female faculty participated in the “Preparation for Professorship" workshop to educate and empower female and female-identifying graduate and postdocs who are interested in a career in academia.
Dec 08, 2023
Empowered by an inaugural workshop, female graduate students feel prepared to pursue professorships.
![UCSB Materials professor Chris Van de Walle](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Van%20de%20Walle_Chris%20copy.jpg?itok=kClH6_S7&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
UCSB Materials professor Chris Van de Walle. Photograph by Lilli McKinney.
Dec 05, 2023
The award notes the professor's many contributions that connect theory to application.
![Entrepreneurial mentor Jonathan Gartner](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/jonathan-gartner_news.jpg?itok=T8FTk-ID&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Jonathan Gartner is UCSB's first entrepreneurial mentor-in-residence.
Dec 05, 2023
His mission is to help those who have or plan startups to get or stay unstuck.
![Image of a hand holding an illuminated light bulb](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/bold-ideas-istock-uc-santa-barbara-small.jpeg?itok=8-DIphIZ&c=409f92c98266ca241dddfa82532d4522)
Dec 01, 2023
Young UCSB faculty members are recognized for the promise they show for "great distinction" in research.
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Electrical and computer engineering professor Galan Moody (right) says UCSB students like Amalu Shimamura (left), a PhD student in his research group, will benefit greatly from the partnership.
Nov 29, 2023
UCSB will work with Xanadu to co-create custom resources for students and develop training materials.
![For the first time in the event's history, high school students will be able to compete in the international hacking competition, which runs Dec. 2-8.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Screenshot%202023-11-17%20at%2011.53.36%20AM.png?itok=EywosVol&c=37e476bb60915c504f5819831e97ec0a)
For the first time, high school students will compete in the international hacking competition, which runs Dec. 2-8.
Nov 17, 2023
Teams of high school and college students can register to compete in the International Capture the Flag event, running from Dec. 2-8.
![A nearly $10 million grant will allow UCSB researchers to embrace a trend in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries: automation.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/BioE_Automation.jpeg?itok=fTnVcyj_&c=4b91191ccfec1e847d287c4dd8e06bec)
A nearly $10 million grant will allow UCSB researchers to embrace a trend in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries: automation.
Nov 08, 2023
A nearly $10 million grant enables acquisition of synthetic biology robotics systems needed to perform extremely precise research at unprecedented scales.
![National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Pachanathan.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/NSF_Pachanathan_news%20copy.jpg?itok=vspAxfQ6&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Pachanathan.
Nov 06, 2023
UCSB's "excellence, will, and strategy," said Sethuraman Panchanathan, allow it to "punch above its weight."
![Yangying Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Zhu_Image.jpg?itok=8hVd3d8s)
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu has received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
Oct 24, 2023
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](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/computer-science.jpeg?itok=Hb6ymzx_)
UCSB's Computer Science Department launched a new program to help students from underrepresented communities navigate the PhD application process.
Oct 23, 2023
Student-led program will support students from underserved and marginalized communities.
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