New Master of Engineering and Technology Leadership (METL) program expands access to UCSB’s world-class engineering education for working professionals worldwide
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The new METL program extends the college’s internationally recognized research excellence into a digitally native professional degree built for the modern engineering workforce.
Big data movers: McLean Echlin (left) and Tresa Pollock.
It's expanding exponentially. How to manage it? Tresa Pollock shares how a major grant has helped UCSB deal with the data tsunami.
Co-PI Andrew Jayich will use the new technology to create ion traps like the one shown here, in which colors indicate independent electrodes to control trapped ions. Illustration by Brian Long.
The leading-edge technology makes on-chip micro-fabrication possible.
Newly elected AIMBE Fellow Dorit Hanein (center front) and colleagues met with members of Congress to advocate for biomedical research.
Dorit Hanein is recognized for her pioneering work in cryoEM, education, and advocacy.
UC Santa Barbara's newly elected AAAS members (from left): Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten, Henry T. Yang.
Mechanical engineering, marine biology, and astrophysics are represented by the new AAAS members from UCSB.
Early CAREER Award recipient Yuheng Bu.
Yuheng Bu looks to improve ways to ensure the trustworthiness of AI–generated text.
Materials and Mechanical Engineering professor Jeff Sakamoto; photograph by Lilli Walker.
The mission of a new nonprofit is to overcome barriers to developing prototypes and moving them to industrial-scale production.
Fifteen current students received 2026-27 National Science Graduate Research Fellowships, including (top row, l to r) Christopher Koh, Keyes Eames, Naomi Rehman, Ethan Chen, Trevor Hagan (middle row, l to r) Rohil Shah, Roenigk Straub, Karlee Macaw, Ben Kunimoto, Roland Yin; (bottom row, l to r) Anika Jena, Ava Salami, Conor Puglsey, Andres Torres, Christopher Xu
Nearly thirty students and alumni received one of STEM’s most competitive honors, a fellowship worth up to $159,000.