UCSB materials professor receives prestigious award to investigate solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries.
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![Raphaële Clément, assistant professor of materials and 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award recipient](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Clement_Web.png?itok=Md29awpb)
Raphaële Clément, assistant professor of materials and 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award recipient
May 12, 2024
![Image of two leaves, one uncoated, one coated with perovskite film](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Perovskite-leaf-ucsb_5-6-24_news.jpg?itok=VmNDwwIy&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Researchers coated the leaf on the right with a thin film of perovskite, which would have been impossible using earlier perovskite coatings, which required a high temperature that would have destroyed the leaf.
May 06, 2024
Researchers in chemistry, chemical engineering, and biochemistry tweaked perovskites to improve them.
![The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines, a book written by technology management assistant professor Matt Beane, discusses how to protect skills in a world filled with AI and robots.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/BOOK_WEB.png?itok=DobObP_v)
The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines, a book written by technology management assistant professor Matt Beane, discusses how to protect skills in a world filled with AI and robots.
Apr 29, 2024
UCSB assistant professor Matt Beane writes a book on how to protect skills in a world filled with AI and robots.
![Siddharth Dey, assistant professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Dey_Siddharth_WEB_.jpg?itok=f4LfWZoS)
Siddharth Dey, assistant professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering
Mar 14, 2024
UCSB engineering assistant professor receives prestigious NSF award for employing light to track the location and movement of cells during early embryonic development.
![Jason Marden, electrical and computer engineering professor](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Marden_2.jpg?itok=tGKddY5O)
Electrical and computer engineering professor Jason Marden has been elevated to the status of IEEE Fellow.
Feb 27, 2024
Fewer than 0.1% of IEEE members receive the prestigious honor each year
![Shuji Nakamura, 2014 Nobel Prize recipient and inventor of Blue LED](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/shuji-blackboard-lights.jpeg?itok=dUWfPPWw&c=bdb6753c374602fba765ac3fb317edd6)
A video that highlights Shuji Nakamura's discovery of Blue LED has gone viral and received nearly 15 million views online.
Feb 27, 2024
The video highlights his journey to develop the bright-blue LED, a technology that has revolutionized lighting around the world.
![image of (from left) Steven DenBaars, Phil Christopher, Shuji Nakamura](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/steve-shuji-phil-laser-catalysis_news.jpg?itok=UERMBY5O&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Seeding new engineering for better light-driven catalysis (from left): Steven DenBaars, Phil Christopher, Shuji Nakamura
Feb 16, 2024
A collaboration to engineer a solid-state laser customized to power more efficient light-driven catalysis.
![BIoPACIFIC is a collaboration between faculty and staff at UCSB and UCLA.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/bio-pacific-announcement-01_1.jpg?itok=iRVO_awe&c=b13702dd453f0a060d8d2599d77a6f88)
BIoPACIFIC is a collaboration between faculty and staff at UCSB and UCLA.
Jan 22, 2024
Backed by NSF, the BioPACIFIC MIP unites scientists and engineers from the California NanoSystems Institute nodes at UCSB and UCLA.
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Electrical and computer engineering professor Galan Moody (right) says UCSB students like Amalu Shimamura (left), a PhD student in his research group, will benefit greatly from the partnership.
Nov 29, 2023
UCSB will work with Xanadu to co-create custom resources for students and develop training materials.
![A nearly $10 million grant will allow UCSB researchers to embrace a trend in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries: automation.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/BioE_Automation.jpeg?itok=fTnVcyj_&c=4b91191ccfec1e847d287c4dd8e06bec)
A nearly $10 million grant will allow UCSB researchers to embrace a trend in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries: automation.
Nov 08, 2023
A nearly $10 million grant enables acquisition of synthetic biology robotics systems needed to perform extremely precise research at unprecedented scales.
![Yangying Zhu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Zhu_Image.jpg?itok=8hVd3d8s)
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu has received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
Oct 24, 2023
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu to investigate a promising cooling method for high-performance devices.
![UCSB's Computer Science Department launched a new program to help students from underrepresented communities navigate the PhD application process](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/computer-science.jpeg?itok=Hb6ymzx_)
UCSB's Computer Science Department launched a new program to help students from underrepresented communities navigate the PhD application process.
Oct 23, 2023
Student-led program will support students from underserved and marginalized communities.
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