UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, and Cal Poly Pomona receive a six-year, $22 million grant to establish a first-of-its-kind biofoundry.
College of Engineering News
![ExFAB staff and senior participants from UC Santa Barbara](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/ExFAB%20GROUP.png?itok=jeoaeSGg&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
NSF ExFAB BioFoundry staff and senior participants from UC Santa Barbara (l to r) - Oliver Vining, Elaine Kirschke, Jean-Marie Volland, Nathalie Elisabeth, Sherylle Mills Englander, Max Wilson, Michelle O'Malley, Joel Rothman, Niels Volkmann, Carolyn Mills.
Aug 28, 2024
![A slide at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a $2 million semifinal winner.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Shellphish_slide_news.jpg?itok=LPHzBE6-&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
A slide was shown at DEF CON announcing Shellphish as a semifinalist and a winner of $2 million.
Aug 22, 2024
The team was one of seven (from a field of forty-two) to emerge from the semifinal round.
![James B. Rawlings, UCSB chemical engineering professor](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/RAwlings_AICHE.png?itok=jTS1FkEU&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
UCSB chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has received the nation's highest honor for education in chemical engineering.
Jul 30, 2024
Chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has received the nation's highest honor in chemical engineering for education.
![Image of Shuji Nakamura holding a blue laser](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/ShujiNakamura_Royal_Academy_news_events_0.jpg?itok=IuSv_a7K&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
Shuji Nakamura with a laser his blue LED made possible.
Jul 16, 2024
He is honored again for his world-changing invention of the blue LED.
![Image of mechanical engineering professor Yangying Zhu in her lab with some of her current graduate students.](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Zhu_YangYing_Group.jpeg?itok=Vp2zojw7&c=c5822752de2bffc787c55bd59c9750ed)
Mechanical engineering professor Yangying Zhu in her lab with some of her current graduate students.
Jun 18, 2024
All five UCSB engineering programs evaluated this year, and the COE itself, ranked in the top 16 among public universities, with one in the top 2 and three in the top 13.
![2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistants (clockwise from top left) Cassidy Tobin, Anders Seawright, Eric Hsieh, Junrui Liu, Kunjesh Agashiwala](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/TAS.png?itok=LQyMIhMM)
2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistants (clockwise from top left) Cassidy Tobin, Anders Seawright, Eric Hsieh, Junrui Liu, Kunjesh Agashiwala
Jun 10, 2024
Graduating seniors recognize one teaching assistant from each undergraduate degree program.
![Outstanding Seniors (clockwise from top left) Ivy Wang, Arik Cheslog, Arun Khanna, Yufei Song, Andy Ouyang, Jonathan Cheng, Yuxiang Wan, Kai Mambu](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Outstanding_seniors.png?itok=kSz8FrU3)
Outstanding Seniors (clockwise from top left) Ivy Wang, Arik Cheslog, Arun Khanna, Yufei Song, Andy Ouyang, Jonathan Cheng, Yuxiang Wan, Kai Mambu
Jun 10, 2024
Every undergraduate department recognizes the graduating senior with the highest GPA.
![2024 Outstanding Faculty (clockwise from top left) Galan Moody, Trevor Marks, Jonathan Balkind, Yoga Isukapalli, Michael Doherty](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Faculty.png?itok=F9VYO05T)
2024 Outstanding Faculty (clockwise from top left) Galan Moody, Trevor Marks, Jonathan Balkind, Yoga Isukapalli, Michael Doherty
Jun 10, 2024
Three first-time recipients are among the five COE faculty members honored by graduating seniors.
![COE Award Recipients (clockwise from top left) Chiyo McMullin, Sacha Escudier, Harry Jung, Phineas Lehan](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/AWARDS.png?itok=9GovZPPt&c=daa2a901d5ca832f75f4352f44944aac)
COE Award Recipients (clockwise from top left) Chiyo McMullin, Sacha Escudier, Harry Jung, Phineas Lehan
Jun 08, 2024
COE announces prestigious awards for undergraduate research, community service, and selects commencement student speaker.
![S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Shailja_Headshot-hero-opt-2.jpg?itok=vUnqqT4I)
S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering
Jun 07, 2024
Shailja builds mathematical tools for modeling neuronal fibers in human brains as geometrical objects in three-dimensional space.
![Mark Turiansky, UCSB postdoctoral scholar](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Turianks.png?itok=hkyp1mqb)
Mark Turiansky, a UCSB postdoctoral scholar, will attend the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Germany.
Jun 06, 2024
A UCSB postdoctoral scholar earns a unique opportunity to learn from Nobel Laureates this summer.
![EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (left to right) Tim Arnold, NVC Finals judge; Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_thumb_2x/public/images/news/Eye.jpeg?itok=1hBOe-L1&c=e2b167ce7477e9eee296f30628b4e396)
Jason Rottman (far left), a representative from NVC premiere sponsor Yardi Systems congratulates EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (from second to left) Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student
May 24, 2024
EyeClimate takes on climate change to win 25th UCSB New Venture Competition.
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