UCSB engineering team receives inaugural award to design reusable systems for spacecraft returning to Earth.
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UC Santa Barbara engineering faculty members (from left) Daniel Oropeza and Yangying Zhu recently received an award from the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU) to investigate a reusable thermal protection system that could protect Earth-bound spacecraft from the heat of re-entry. Photo credit: Lilli Walker
UCSB chemical engineering professor and department chair Michael Gordon received an honorary doctoral degree from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of a multi-day event this spring.
Chalmers University of Technology honors Michael Gordon for his contributions to bio-inspired functional materials.
A group of Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows, with their peer mentors and program directors. The NSF-funded doctoral fellowship enrichment program offers twelve two-year fellowships to incoming PhD students in STEM fields.
UCSB’s long-term Bridge to the Doctorate program promotes engineering and science success.
The new production method improves heating efficiency and also produces a byproduct, graphite, that has potential use in battery production. Photo credit: iStock/ Scharfsinn86
Chemical engineering professor Eric McFarland co-authors Science paper outlining a highly efficient, low-emission approach to producing hydrogen.
The noisy image rendering on the left was computed using only 8 light paths per pixel, resulting in substantial noise which is unsuitable for high-quality applications. The rendering at right was computed using the machine-learning denoising method developed at UCSB, demonstrating that high-quality rendering could be achieved at practical computation times. Scene by Giorgio Luciano.
Foundational 2015 paper wins award for shaping computer-generated imagery in movies, gaming and more.
Anaerobic fungi form intricate networks that help break down tough plant material. UCSB researchers will pair these fungi with specialized bacteria to study how microbial partnerships can convert plant waste into useful chemicals. Image courtesy of ExFAB.
UCSB researchers are taking cues from microbes to explore more sustainable ways to make fuels, materials, and other products.
Javier Read de Alaniz, left shows Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, right, around the UC Santa Barbara OASIS facility after an announcement of federal money to the university. (Photo by Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara News-Press).
The four-year grant will fund an AI-programmable cloud laboratory at the UCSB facility that can be accessed remotely by any researcher in the country.
UCSB professor of bioengineering and of chemistry & biochemistry Kevin Plaxco published research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on a biosensor that could measure antibiotic levels reliably for a week.
Professor Kevin Plaxco's "breakthrough" work in biosensors is featured in leading medical news publication.