College of Engineering News

Feb 21, 2017

Isomax™: The world’s first metamaterial to achieve the performance predicted by theoretical bounds

UCSB scientists have proven that their concept of a three-dimensional pyramid-and-cross cell geometry could potentially by the strongest performance structure yet developed

Jan 11, 2017

Mechanical engineering professor Otger Campàs receives National Science Foundation Early Career Award

Campàs' research focuses on "decoding the mechanical control of tissue growth"

Dec 15, 2016

Professor Yasamin Mostofi awarded the 2016 Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

The IEEE CSS honors Mostofi for “contributions to the fundamentals of communications and control co-optimization in mobile sensor networks”

Dec 13, 2016

UCSB Materials Professors Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Professors Larry Coldren and James Speck honored by NAI for their “highly prolific spirit of innovation”

Dec 06, 2016

Glenn Fredrickson receives the William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature

AlChE recognizes Fredrickson's impactful contributions in polymer theory and simulations

Nov 21, 2016

Two UCSB engineering faculty elected to the AAAS

Professors Kaustav Banerjee and Diyakant Agrawal have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Nov 02, 2016

Bringing wifi technology to remote Native American reservation communities

$550K NSF grant helps Computer Science Professor Elizabeth Belding bring wireless technology to rural inland native communities

Dr. Henry T. Yang, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara, was presented with the 2016 Arthur M. Bueche Award by Gordon R. England (NAE Council Chair), Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., (NAE President) and Dr. Cato T. Laurencin (2016 NAE Awards Committee Chair) during the NAE Annual Meeting, October 9, 2016, in Washington, DC. Credit: National Academy of Engineering