Breaking the Mold UCSB materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza receives a prestigious $1 million grant to pursue research on ultra-high-temperature ceramics. Read more about Breaking the Mold
A DARPA Award to Squeeze Light for Powerful On-Chip Optical Sensors The multi-team effort is aimed at making a key photonic device smaller, faster, and more precise. Read more about A DARPA Award to Squeeze Light for Powerful On-Chip Optical Sensors
Federal Subsidies Boosted Rural Internet. Service Faded when Funding Ended. Does the end of subsidies spell the loss of internet service for some rural areas? Read more about Federal Subsidies Boosted Rural Internet. Service Faded when Funding Ended.
UCSB Professors to Collaborate on DOE Aqueous Battery Research Ram Seshadri and Raphaële Clément join colleagues at multiple universities to address challenges around aqueous rechargeable batteries. Read more about UCSB Professors to Collaborate on DOE Aqueous Battery Research
Materials PhD Student Receives Esteemed NASA Fellowship Lucas Erich will pursue research connected to making a mission to Mars feasible. Read more about Materials PhD Student Receives Esteemed NASA Fellowship
Rewarding Innovation and Opportunity A UC Santa Barbara materials professor receives a junior-faculty award from his peers and a Navy research grant. Read more about Rewarding Innovation and Opportunity
Jim Speck Wins Vannevar Bush Award The $3-million award will enable investigation of little-understood physics in gallium-nitride devices. Read more about Jim Speck Wins Vannevar Bush Award
Exploiting Atomically Thin Materials for Energy-efficient Electronics UCSB doctoral graduate receives one of three such prizes awarded world-wide. Read more about Exploiting Atomically Thin Materials for Energy-efficient Electronics
A Major Award for Desalination Research Yangying Zhu is named one of the first 13 academics to receive a new IGNIITE grant. Read more about A Major Award for Desalination Research
UCSB to Lead $22M NSF-Funded Center on Exceptional Microbes UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, and Cal Poly Pomona receive a six-year, $22 million grant to establish a first-of-its-kind biofoundry. Read more about UCSB to Lead $22M NSF-Funded Center on Exceptional Microbes