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

UCSB PhD students Payton Croskey (left) and Logan Winston received 2025 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
Jul 07, 2025

Professor Michelle O'Malley has been appointed interim chair of the Bioengineering Department.
Jul 01, 2025
While the search for a permanent chair continues, O'Malley will take over for founding chair Beth Pruitt.

Dr. Weiyi Li receives the 2023 IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award from EDS President Bin Zhao during the 2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco. Photograph courtesy of IEEE EDS.
Jun 26, 2025
The breakthrough results could pave the way for higher-performing, lower-cost wireless systems.

Michael C. Burroughs, lead author of the paper.
Jun 23, 2025
Award-winning study reveals how flow-induced “demixing” alters polymer behavior.

Elizabeth Murphy
Apr 21, 2025
The UCSB PhD student is honored for her exceptional work in developing a versatile strategy to accelerate the discovery of block copolymers.

2025 Connie Frank Fellowship recipients (left to right) Renata Dos Reis Marques, Gabriela Villapando Torres, Gianna Gathman
Apr 16, 2025
Engineering graduate students awarded fellowships to further investigate cardiac disease, fibrosis, and tissue self-regeneration.

2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipients (left to right) Kyle Lee, Jordan Prescott, Anya Mulligan
Apr 14, 2025
Fellows receive three years of financial support, totaling nearly $150,000, in the form of an annual stipend, tuition, and fees.

The Materials Department ranked first among public universities in the latest rankings of engineering graduate programs.
Apr 08, 2025
Five graduate programs in the College of Engineering rank among top 15 at public universities, including two in the top nine of their fields.

Fourth-year PhD student Lisa Mansson, who moves on to the UCSB finals after winning Round 3 of the 2025 UCSB Grad Slam.
Mar 18, 2025
Lisa Månsson wins Round 3 of UCSB Grad Slam for her talk about glioblastoma research.

A collaboration between UCSB and UCLA faculty, known as the BioPACIFIC MIP, to design novel materials is one of many examples of the interdisciplinary sciences research being conducted on the UCSB campus.
Dec 02, 2024
The inaugural rankings included nearly 750 universities from around the world.

Jeffrey Stewart, a professor in the Black Studies Department, has been named UCSB's new Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He served as the Interim Vice Chancellor for DEI from January 2022 through June 2024.
Dec 02, 2024
Stewart served as the Interim Vice Chancellor for DEI from January 2022 through June 2024.

Lucas Erich, a materials PhD student at UCSB, received a prestigious NASA Fellowship connected to making a mission to Mars feasible.
Sep 18, 2024
Lucas Erich will pursue research connected to making a mission to Mars feasible.
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