The Light of Knowledge

UCSB engineering assistant professor receives prestigious NSF award for employing light to track the location and movement of cells during early embryonic development.

TMS Honors Tresa Pollock for Impact as a Researcher and Mentor

The materials professor received the 2024 William D. Nix Award from her peers.

Rising Status: ECE Professor Jason Marden Named IEEE Fellow

Fewer than 0.1% of IEEE members receive the prestigious honor each year

Viral Video Shines Light on Shuji Nakamura's Discovery of Blue LED

The video highlights his journey to develop the bright-blue LED, a technology that has revolutionized lighting around the world.

Larry Coldren Wins Major Materials Award

The Heinrich Welker Award recognizes Coldren's contributions to photonics-enabling materials science.

John Bowers Receives the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize

The IEEE award recognizes the UCSB professor for his contributions to optics and photonics

A Major Award for Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle

The award notes the professor's many contributions that connect theory to application.

Nine young faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships

Young UCSB faculty members are recognized for the promise they show for "great distinction" in research.

Among the Best and Brightest

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu to investigate a promising cooling method for high-performance devices.

ECE Professor and PhD Student Win Bronze Medal at Bell Labs Prize Competition

Çamsarı and Aadit received the Bronze Medal and a $25,000 prize for their project, “Probabilistic Computing with p-bits: From Concept to Supremacy.”

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