CoE Faculty Awards and Recognitions, 2019-2020

CoE faculty received more than eighty awards and recognitions during the latest academic year.

Mechanical Engineer Alban Sauret Receives an NSF Early CAREER Award

His work on fluid dynamics in specific environments earns him a $500,000 research award.

Professor Emeritus Duncan Mellichamp Inducted into Control Process Automation Hall of Fame

Mellichamp, who co-wrote an award winning textbook now in its fourth edition, was one of six founding faculty members of UCSB's Chemical Engineering Department.

Michael Doherty Selected to Present Distinguished AIChE Lecture

Doherty was chosen to present the John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecture for his significant contributions to chemical engineering.

New Math: III-V Plus IV-VI Equal an NSF Career Award

Kunal Mukherjee’s lab group seeks to combine semiconductors for strength and defect immunity.

Three CoE Faculty Receive NSF Early CAREER Awards

The awards will provide each recipient with nearly $500,000 in funding to support research projects.

CoE Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

NSF fellows receive three years of financial support, or roughly $138,000, in the form of an annual stipend and an annual cost-of-education allowance.

Chemical Engineering's Michelle O'Malley Elected AIMBE Fellow

The associate professor was among 156 newly elected fellows recognized for their contributions in research, academia, industry, and government.

CoE Graduate Programs Remain Among Nation's Best in 2021 U.S. News Rankings

The materials and chemical engineering graduate programs were both ranked in the top five among public institutions in the 2021 rankings.

Materials PhD Student Awarded APS's Top Polymer Physics Prize

Nicole Michefelder-Schauser received the Frank J. Padden, Jr. Award, the nation's most prestigious student polymer physics prize.

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