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College of Engineering News

Apr 25, 2023
Ranked Among the Nation's Best

UCSB engineering graduate programs were rated among the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2023 Graduate School Rankings. 

Chris Palmstrøm and the lab he built to create novel materials.

Apr 18, 2023
Chris Palmstrøm Named AAAS Fellow

With or without an immediate application in sight, this materials researcher explores.

An illustration of six devices built on 2D platforms in the Banerjee lab to support next-generation information processing and storage.

Apr 11, 2023
Can 2D Materials Enable Beyond-Moore's-Law Electronics?

New devices from Kaustav Banerjee’s lab show promise for next-generation information processing and storage.

Graduate Research Fellowship Program by the National Science Foundation

Mar 30, 2023
COE Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Each of eight COE students will receive three years of financial support totaling nearly $150,000.

B.S. Manjunath, distinguished professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering

Mar 27, 2023
B.S.Manjunath Elected an AIMBE Fellow

For his work in the design, development, and deployment of a reproducible scientific-image analytics platform. 

Photo of newly appointed COE dean, Umesh Mishra.

Mar 22, 2023
Umesh Mishra Named New Dean of the College of the Engineering

The professor of electrical and computer engineering will be the eighth dean in the history of the COE.

Photgraph of assistant professor Johanthan Balkind.

Mar 20, 2023
Jonathan Balkind Receives NSF Early CAREER Award to Go Faster in the Cloud

He plans to use microarchitectural checkpointing to redesign processors to improve cloud-based computing.

NASA image of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, as seen from the International Space Station on Feb 21, 2012

Mar 17, 2023
Quantum Sensing in Outer Space

New NASA-funded research will build next-gen tech to better measure climate

Source: UCSB Current
Image of a goat, which, like other ruminants, host anaerobic microbes that can break through tough plant cell walls to gain the nutrition behind them.

Mar 15, 2023
Deconstructing Lignin

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment.

Source: UCSB Current
Carlos G. Levi and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Photo Credit:

Mar 06, 2023
Materials Professor Carlos Levi and Chemistry Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen Named NAE Fellows

National Academy of Engineering Fellowship is among the profession's highest honors. 

Computer science professor William Wang.

Feb 16, 2023
National Mentoring Award Goes to Professor William Wang

The computer science professor is recognized for his work guiding undergraduate students.

Computer science professor Tim Sherwood.

Feb 06, 2023
Tim Sherwood Awarded for Outstanding Contributions

The Association of Computing Machinery names the CS professor a new Fellow for 2023.

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