UCSB assistant professor honored for innovative work to improve battery performance.
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![PhD student Elizabeth Murphy is co-advised by materials professors Craig Hawker and Christopher Bates](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/ACS_PMSE_Murphy_2023.jpg?itok=IzW7nMnV&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
PhD student Elizabeth Murphy is co-advised by materials professors Craig Hawker and Christopher Bates
Aug 22, 2023
UCSB graduate student wins award and an opportunity to present research at a national conference.
![UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering major Jessy Gonzalez explains his summer research project during a poster session sponsored by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP).](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Jessy_01.jpg?itok=CU03NbOa&c=4b0b10049fca7350fa31dae408a719e3)
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering major Jessy Gonzalez explains his summer research project during a poster session sponsored by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP).
Aug 21, 2023
Dozens of undergraduate students presented their summer research projects and reflected on their academic and personal growth.
![A plastic detergent bottle could be turned into detergent.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/detergent-bottle.jpeg?itok=ZqbiEYUV&c=409f92c98266ca241dddfa82532d4522)
The method can allow empty detergent bottles to be made into detergent.
Aug 16, 2023
UCSB chemical engineer Susannah Scott's method gives single-use plastics a second life.
![A chart listing the six steps the authors identified to increase hiring diversity.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/BioE%20Diversity%20Illo%20News.jpg?itok=Du26wsVr&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Over two years, the authors identified six key steps to increasing hiring diversity in bioengineering.
Aug 14, 2023
Leaders from 16 bioengineering programs develop an approach to expanding the professorial pipeline.
![(Left to right) Professor Kaustav Banerjee and PhD candidate Arnab Pal](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Kaustav.jpg?itok=Ls8XAwJi&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Electrical and computer engineering professor Kaustav Banerjee (left) was honored by the UCSB Academic Senate for his mentoring of graduate students, including Arnab Pal (right), who completed his PhD in June.
Aug 10, 2023
UCSB’s Academic Senate recognizes ECE professor Kaustav Banerjee for mentoring.
![Concept illustration depicting the trap-assisted Auger-Meitner process at a calcium substitutional impurity (blue) in a gallium nitride crystal lattice (green and silver spheres). An incoming electron (red) gets trapped in a localized state (purple), and its energy is transferred to another electron. Illustration by Fangzhou Zhao.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Van_de_Welle_Artwork.png?itok=HI_hjEi3)
Concept illustration depicting the trap-assisted Auger-Meitner process at a calcium substitutional impurity (blue) in a gallium nitride crystal lattice (green and silver spheres). An incoming electron (red) gets trapped in a localized state (purple), and its energy is transferred to another electron. Illustration by Fangzhou Zhao.
Aug 02, 2023
Research at UC Santa Barbara reveals how a phenomenon first discovered 100 years ago impacts state-of-the-art devices.
![Artist's concept illustration of a stack of heterogenous materials like that used in this project. Illustration by Brian Long](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/23_05_Chao_Nature_image_news.jpg?itok=qZQkwXhF&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Artist's concept illustration depicting a stack of heterogenous materials similar those used in this project. Illustration by Brian Long
Jul 27, 2023
3D integration of monolithic and heterogeneous layers allows the Bowers lab to achieve an important milestone.
![Alex Mei, 2023 University Award of Distinction recipient](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Mei_Pic.jpg?itok=CfUlkjjf)
Alex Mei, 2023 University Award of Distinction recipient
Jul 11, 2023
Computer science graduate student honored for dedication to student success.
![Computer science assistant professor Misha Sra.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Misha_Sra_News.jpg?itok=Uri9e2F2)
Computer science assistant professor Misha Sra. Photograph by Lilli McKinney
Jun 29, 2023
The UCSB computer science assistant professor is using AI to make all kinds of learning accessible.
![UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/MRLext.jpeg?itok=VogxPk7M&c=d7e89cd962cdf4fe8eca2b8489bbf430)
UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation.
Jun 29, 2023
The Materials Research Laboratory received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation.
![Evan Pretti, chemical engineering PhD Student](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Pretti_Evan_Web.jpg?itok=QdG7xlGU)
Evan Pretti, chemical engineering PhD Student
Jun 25, 2023
The software fellowship will allow Evan Pretti to provide insight into neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
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