The Zaleski Discovery Award will support Marius Schneider’s effort to develop faster, more energy-efficient wearable safety technology for blind and low-vision travelers.
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A conceptual rendering of the wearable technology, including the event camera (pictured on the left) and the physical hardware.
Jul 21, 2026
Formula SAE Electric Car built by members of Gaucho Racing.
Jul 21, 2026
After years of setbacks, UC Santa Barbara’s Formula SAE team earns the best finish in club history.
Shuji Nakamura earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for his breakthrough invention with blue LEDs. He told CNN his next endeavor — to create an "endless" supply of clean energy with nuclear fusion — will be even more transformative.
Jul 06, 2026
The distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials at UCSB literally lit up the world — and now wants to power it.
UCSB electrical and computer engineering professor Jonathan Klamkin, third from left, receives the 2026 Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Award during Compound Semiconductor Week 2026 in Kumamoto, Japan.
Jun 25, 2026
Jonathan Klamkin and Sriram Krishnamoorthy recognized for pioneering advances in compound semiconductor research and technology.
UCSB faculty (from left) Marley Dewey and J. Tyler Mefford are two of the fifty-five awardees nominated from across the UC system. Photograph by Lilli Walker.
Jun 25, 2026
Marley Dewey and Tyler Mefford will each pursue research that supports environmental resilience.
UCSB researchers (from left) M. Scott Shell, Sam Lobo, and Joan-Emma Shea published their protein models in a recent issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jun 22, 2026
New tools to study protein assembly may help in the search for neurodegenerative disease therapeutics.
Bridge funding support from the W.M. Keck Foundation provides critical funding to fuel six research projects ranging from climate research and material science, to submerged pink berries (pictured), which are consortia of bacteria commonly found on sediment. Dime provides scale.
Jun 19, 2026
Partnership supports faculty and PhD students pursuing bold ideas at the frontiers of science
Demis D. John, Process Group Manager at the UCSB Nanofabrication Facility, showcasing a silicon wafer.
Jun 17, 2026
UCSB’s Cleanroom Bootcamp gives students, educators, and professionals hands-on training and industry-recognized credential for growing semiconductor workforce.
The collaboration includes electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Haewon Jeong, her PhD student, Neel Sankaran (left), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Min Sang Cho (right).
Jun 01, 2026
UCSB researchers partner with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to use machine learning to speed the modeling of fusion-relevant plasmas.
Simon Billinge (left) and Nina Miolane spoke on May 18 as part of the UCSB Library's AI in Action speaker series.
Jun 01, 2026
Engineering professors Simon Billinge and Nina Miolane discuss their research at UCSB Library's AI in Action speaker series.
Ben Werner, from PseudolithIC, speaking at the CHIP Exhibition Night.
May 28, 2026
The collaboration is creating a direct pipeline between local classrooms and Santa Barbara County’s growing technology industry.
The 2026 New Venture Competition winners from Team LegalTime AI, Quinn Godfredsen (left) and Joaquin Del Pego (right), holding their prize money check after the New Venture Finals.
May 21, 2026
The co-founders designed a timekeeping solution that they say provides a ten times return on investment for law firms from the time saved from the software.
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