College of Engineering News

The wearable ION blood-alcohol-level detector.

Nov 11, 2020

UCSB Startup Milo Sensors Launches its Wearable Blood-Alcohol Monitor

The ION™ is the first product from the company that was launched at UCSB.

Milo Sensors team members at work in the lab.

Nov 29, 2018

Another Milestone for Alumni-run Startup, Milo Sensors

Winning the 2018 University of California Startup Showcase yields more funding for the tech startup, which makes innovative wearable technology.

Source: UCSB Current

Professor Larry Coldren seated between his wife and Nobel Laureate Herb Kroemer

Mar 22, 2018

Honoring a Photonics Giant

Larry Coldren was honored at a symposium: titled “A History of PICs (Photonic Integrated Circuits) and VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers)."

Feb 21, 2018

Jan 24, 2018

How Do LEDs Benefit the World? Shuji Nakamura Explains.

Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the blue LED. Here, he writes about the global impact of the energy-efficient lights.

Source: The National

Aug 08, 2017

Picture Perfect

A new technique developed by UCSB and NVIDIA researchers enables photographers to adjust image compositions after capture.

Apr 19, 2017

Materials Department Chair Receives $3 Million Department of Defense Fellowship

Tresa Pollock will develop 3D printing platform for new extreme-use materials

Professor Matt Helgeson pictured with Anton Paar representative Norbert Ponweiser and the new research instrument.

Mar 01, 2017

Partnership between UCSB and Anton Paar yields better instrumentation

In parternship with lab instrumentation manufacturer Anton Paar, UCSB researchers have helped in the development of new instrumentation and measurement methods for a new state-of-the-art rheometer