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College of Engineering News

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Jul 24, 2025
Arpit Gupta Receives Google Funding to Develop Network Foundation Models

The two awards reflect the perceived importance of his innovative research.

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Jul 15, 2025
Startup Leaders Present at the CNSI Technology Incubator’s Tenth Anniversary

Representatives from eleven companies that began in the Incubator shared their stories.

Jul 15, 2025
COE Students Present Innovative Engineering Solutions at 2025 Capstone Design Expo

After a year of development, they demonstrate their cutting-edge projects in AI, aerospace, robotics, and more.

 

Students receive instruction about caring for an instrument in the Quantum Structures Facility at UCSB

Jul 15, 2025
UCSB Launches Hands-on Semiconductor-Manufacturing Summer Courses

The courses offer a pathway for non-engineers to fill important jobs in a critical industry.

Distinguished chemical engineering professor Rachel Segalman has been named the university's new Vice Chancellor for Research

Jul 14, 2025
Rachel Segalman Named UCSB's Vice Chancellor for Research

The distinguished chemical engineer and materials scientist joined the UCSB faculty in 2014.

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Jul 09, 2025
Q&A With New COE Faculty: Charlott Vallon

The new assistant teaching professor of mechanical engineering restructures the hierarchy of learning controls for complex cyber-physical systems.

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Jul 09, 2025
A Science Family at UCSB

For at least one quarter a year, the Bates family has two polymer scientists on campus.

UCSB PhD students Payton Croskey (left) and Logan Winston received 2025 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.

Jul 07, 2025
Two More UCSB PhD Students Receive Prestigious NSF Fellowships

Fellows receive $159,000 in financial support over three years to pursue impactful research.

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Jul 07, 2025
Jeff Sakamoto Named Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

The UCSB professor is cited for leadership in the areas of electrochemistry and mechano-electrochemistry.

2025 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship, Leadership, and Citizenship recipients Akinwole Akinbolagbe (left) and Towela Phiri

Jul 01, 2025
Honored for Extraordinary Service

The university recognizes a pair of engineering students for their outstanding service to campus.

Professor Michelle O'Malley, the newly appointed interim chair of the Bioengineering Department, stands in front of state-of-the-art equipment puchased through an award from the Department of Defense.

Jul 01, 2025
Michelle O'Malley Appointed Interim Chair of Bioengineering

While the search for a permanent chair continues, O'Malley will take over for founding chair Beth Pruitt.

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Jun 26, 2025
A New Look at Soft Magnets

A model developed by a UCSB PhD student takes a multi-physics approach to identifying promising new materials.

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