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College of Engineering News

Sep 12, 2022
On a Rankings Roll

Four undergraduate programs within the College of Engineering rank in the top 15 among public institutions. 

Professor Beth Pruitt (back row, center) poses with the first six PhD students of the program.

Sep 12, 2022
Biological Engineering Welcomes First PhD Students

The inaugural cohort includes six PhD students, including five women. 

Faculty, graduate students, and staff affiliated with M-WET gather for a group picture on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

Sep 01, 2022
A Renewed Focus on Water Purification

Department of Energy awards $12 million grant to collaboration involving researchers at three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara. 

Students and postdoctoral researchers participated in poster sessions.

Aug 12, 2022
UCSB Hosts System-wide Bioengineering Event

The three-day symposium united students, faculty, and industry members to share their work and forge research collaborations.

Jessica Santana, an associate professor of technology management at UC Santa Barbara

Jul 25, 2022
Technology Management's Jessica Santana Awarded Prestigious Hellman Fellowship

Funding supports data repository for the computational study of entrepreneurship

Art Gossard with the molecular beam epitaxy instrument he largely invented.

Jul 17, 2022
Arthur C. Gossard (1935-2022)

One of the true giants of materials science has died.

Associate professor Alban Sauret (left) and first-year PhD student Ram Sharma with the experimental setup to test crater resulting from the dynamics of result cohesion, turbulence, erosion, and transport

Jul 15, 2022
When Particles Move

Alban Sauret's lab group seeks to quantify the relationship between cohesion and erosion.

A chart depicting the discovery of important materials, the time from discovery to recognition of its importance, and associated Nobel prizes.

Jul 15, 2022
The Next Breakthrough Material is Being Created Now...

Professors emeritus Anthony K. Cheetham and Fred Wudl, with Ram Seshadri, explain why, however, its impact might not be seen for a decade or more.

Chris Van de Walle, distinguished professor of materials

Jul 14, 2022
Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle Receives Prestigious Vannevar Bush Fellowship

The DoD’s flagship award will support new computational approaches to improve efficiency of devices.

Profile image of Professor James Logan Merz

Jul 08, 2022
Dr. James Logan Merz (1936-2022)

The former professor served as chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and as an associate vice chancellor at UCSB.

Rachel Segalman, professor and chair of the Chemical Engineering Department

Jul 01, 2022
In the Name of Progress

Rachel Segalman receives her second major award in as many weeks, the latest from AIChE.

Professor Noel MacDonald

Jun 30, 2022
Professor Emeritus Noel MacDonald (1940-2022)

He was a pioneer in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology and nanotechnology.

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