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College of Engineering News

Jun 03, 2020
The Architecture of Photo Extraction

New design allows photons to be emitted from an LED's semiconductor lattice in greater number and with more precision.  

Source: UCSB Current
Kunal Mukherjee (lower left) with PhD students (from top) Brian Haidet and Eamonn Hughes in the MBE lab.

Kunal Mukherjee (lower left) with PhD students (from top) Brian Haidet and Eamonn Hughes in the MBE lab.

Apr 17, 2020
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.

Image of the coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020
LEDs Could Be Part of Arsenal to Fight Future Pandemics

Ultraviolet light may have a role to play in disinfecting surfaces.

Source: UCSB Current

One of the face shields the CSNI is prototyping. 

Mar 30, 2020
Printing Protection

The university’s California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) has begun 3D-printing face shields to help health professionals fighting COVID-19. 

Source: The Current
Elliot Hawkes, Photograph by Matt Perko

Elliot Hawkes, Photograph by Matt Perko

Mar 19, 2020
Soft Robot, Unplugged

A new, human-scale soft robot can move untethered and navigate human environments.

Source: UCSB Current
Smokestacks release steam and smoke into the sky

Mar 10, 2020
Show Me the Methane

Hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence combine to augment detection of methane leaks.

Source: UCSB Current
Artist's interpretation of metallic wires connecting memristors in crossbar fashion, with spheres indicating electronic "noise." Illustration by Brian Long

Artist's interpretation of metallic wires connecting memristors in crossbar fashion, with spheres indicating electronic "noise." Illustration by Brian Long 

Feb 03, 2020
Leveraging Noise (as the Human Brain Does) for Better Neural Networks

UCSB researchers create hardware that enables speedier solutions to optimization problems.

UCSB assistant professors (from left) Alban Sauret and Emilie Dressaire

UCSB assistant professors (from left) Alban Sauret and Emilie Dressaire

Jan 28, 2020
Take the Entrain

UCSB professors look closely at how to control the transfer of micro-particles when withdrawing objects from liquid baths.  

Artist's concept depicting elements related to continuing Moore's Law. Illustration by Brian Long

Artist's concept depicting elements related to continuing Moore's Law. Illustration by Brian Long

Jan 08, 2020
Saving Moore's Law

Electrical and computer engineering researchers propose 3D integration with 2D materials.

Source: UCSB Current

The Center for Responsible Machine Learning at UCSB ties cutitng-edge research in AI with important societal impacts. 

Jan 02, 2020
UCSB's Center for Responsible Machine Learning Announces Distinguished Lecture Series

A leading scholar in machine learning will open the Center for Responsible Machine Learning's Distinguished Lecture Series on January 16.

Dec 12, 2019
Next-Generation Filtering Membranes

 A highly collaborative center, involving researchers at UCSB, UC Berkeley, and Univeresity of Texas at Austin, aims to develop transformative polymer materials for energy-water applications.

Google's quantum supreme cryostat with Sycamore inside.

Google's quantum supreme cryostat with Sycamore inside. Photograph by Eric Lucero/Google, Inc.

Oct 23, 2019
Google, Working with UCSB Researchers, Claims Quantum Supremacy

UC Santa Barbara/Google researchers demonstrate the power of 53 entangled qubits.

Source: UCSB Current

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