Materials professor Steven DenBaars is selected to receive the 2021 AAAFM-Nakamura Award
College of Engineering News
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Steven P. DenBaars has been chosen by the American Association for Advances in Functional Materials (AAAFM) for its 2021 AAAFM-Nakamura Award.
Jul 06, 2021
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Artist's concept illustration depicting soliton microcombs on silicon wafers. Illustration by Brian Long
Jul 01, 2021
The Bowers lab collaborates with EPFL to develop long-awaited breakthrough technology.
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Yangying Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering
Jun 24, 2021
Yangying Zhu received the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal for outstanding contributions within the first decade of earning a bachelor's degree.
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Researchers have developed a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot.
Jun 16, 2021
Researchers explore the shallow underground with a burrowing soft robot.
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Fungi in the guts of herbivores appear to be making the raw materials for antibiotics. Photograph by Lilli McKinney
Jun 16, 2021
Anaerobic fungi in the guts of herbivores produce the unique building blocks of antibiotics.
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Jack Kilgore was part of a team that created EmissionControl 2, a granular synthesizer built for music competition.
Jun 15, 2021
Computer science student Jack Kilgore receives university award for undergraduate research on sound granulation.
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Jun 09, 2021
The event to honor the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 will take place Saturday, June 12, at 11:15 AM.
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Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients (clockwise, from top left) Boning Dong, Joseph Pinheiro, Michael Christensen, Rohit Karnaty, Mike Schmithorst
Jun 09, 2021
Graduating seniors recognized one teaching assistant in each degree program.
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Class of 2021's Outstanding Seniors (clockwise from top left) Andrew Lu, Tony Sun, Kevin Mauge, Brandon Montano, Kerem Celik, Navid Mir, Samuel Dunn, Dean Passanisi
Jun 09, 2021
The honorees had the highest cumulative GPAs in their degree programs. Four winners are transfer students.
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2021 University Award of Distinction recipients from the College of Engineering (clockwise from top left) Balfred Carrilo Martinez, Marcela Areyano, Abel Semma, Caroline Reilly, George Degen, Dawit Aboye
Jun 08, 2021
Three graduate and three undergraduate students are honored for their unselfish and dedicated service.
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2021 Outstanding Faculty winners (clockwise from top left) Amr El Abbadi, Joe Chada, Mark Rodwell, Yogananda Isukapalli, Sumita Pennathur
Jun 08, 2021
Graduating seniors in each degree program select one outstanding faculty member from their department.
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Experiments in which a simulated landslide causes a "tsunami" in a channel filled with water.
Jun 08, 2021
UCSB mechanical engineer Alban Sauret and colleagues develop a model to better understand the forces that generate the devastating waves.
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