The 2017 ShanghaiRanking places UCSB at No. 3 in the world in the field of automation and control.
College of Engineering News
![Award List of Competition](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/1976%20Student%20Engineering%20Design%20Competition%20-%20Awards%20List-1.jpg?itok=EG7oxtkl)
Aug 01, 2017
CoE alumnus Gary Wilson and two classmates won a national student engineering design competition in 1976, for an orthotic device to aid limb movement of a 12-year-old girl.
![The alcohol detection app PROOF](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/IMG_5605_LED_CROP.jpg?itok=uG0fqqDN)
The alcohol detection app, PROOF, in action
Jul 31, 2017
The UCSB College of Engineering is producing the next generation of innovators. Their vision extends beyond traditional disciplines to see endless possibility ahead.
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Professor Brad Chmelka, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Jul 25, 2017
Professor Brad Chmelka is recognized for atomic-level research that bridges disciplines and links science to engineering solutions.
![Living vine robot project](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/67f222c346954f6634f8e28d17fe3b83.jpg?itok=Gu9lf0B0)
Living vine robot project
Jul 21, 2017
Mechanical engineers develop a robot that can navigate its environment by extending its reach.
![Karen Scida, postdoctoral researcher and Otis Williams Fellowship winner](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Scida_bubbles_insulin_home.jpg?itok=jreBvKpz)
Karen Scida, postdoctoral researcher and winner of Otis Williams Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jul 18, 2017
Karen Scida, postdoctoral researcher in Professor Sumita Pennathur's lab, wins Otis Williams Fellowship for developing a novel approach to insulin delivery.
![Siri Screen: What is natural language processing?](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Screen%20Shot%202017-07-10%20at%208.02.03%20AM%20%283%29%20copy.jpg?itok=45HNsjEP)
Natural Language Processing at UCSB
Jul 10, 2017
UCSB computer scientist William Wang employs natural language processing to make human-computer communication as seamless as possible.
![Ship transporting cargo](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/cargo%20ship.jpg?itok=WTR9RhZ6)
Jun 28, 2017
UCSB engineer shows how minimizing fluid friction can make oceangoing vessels more fuel-efficient and reduce harmful emissions.
![Professor Michael Chabinyc](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Chabinyc-horizontal.jpg?itok=nCKkRKaa)
Materials professor and department chair, Michael Chbinyc
Jun 27, 2017
Professor Michael Chabinyc and his lab team seek to control the characteristics of conductive polymers, which may be important to energy efficiency.
![Artist's interpretation of a charge density wave flowing through a lattice of doped strontium iridium oxide.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Wilson_doping_illo_home_320x270.jpg?itok=yg8ZbyP1)
Artist's interpretation of a charge density wave flowing through a lattice of doped strontium iridium oxide. Illustration by Peter Allen
Jun 22, 2017
Materials professor Stephen Wilson’s lab elicits promising behavior in a new material.
![Michelle OMalley](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/michelleomalley_head_320x219.jpg?itok=7ZJUBBQ9)
Michelle O'Malley
Jun 20, 2017
Michelle O'Malley is one of 13 young professors in U.S. to receive a 2017 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
![Yasamin Mostofi](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Yasamin%20Mostofi_0.jpg?itok=JfhMLC1K)
Yasamin Mostofi
Jun 19, 2017
Yasamin Mostofi's lab is first to deomonstrate using drones and WiFi to create 3D images by "seeing" through walls.
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