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College of Engineering News

Jan 24, 2018
A Scientific Soap Opera, Starring the Marangoni Effect

Fluid dynamics drive the action in a script featuring red dye, milk, and a maze of tension-induced interactions.

Source: The UCSB Current
LED projection

Jan 24, 2018
How Do LEDs Benefit the World? Shuji Nakamura Explains.

Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the blue LED. Here, he writes about the global impact of the energy-efficient lights.

Source: The National
Artists concept image showing city and points of communication connectivity

Jan 22, 2018
Beyond 5G: UCSB Named Lead for Ambitious New DARPA Project

Electrical and computer engineering professor Mark Rodwel to lead $27.5 million center for converged terahertz communications and sensing at UCSB. 

Source: UCSB Current
Professor Tresa Pollock in the 3D printing lab.

Jan 03, 2018
For Tresa Pollock, 3 Major Honors from Materials Society

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society recognizes the UCSB materials professor and recent department chair for career-long leadership and contributions.

In this snapshot showing a reconstruction of a compression experiment, the red particles indicate hotspots, where atoms are rearranging as a prelude to failure.

Dec 13, 2017
Using "Softness" to Predict How Disordered Materials Fail

Ordered, crystalline materials fail predictably. A collaborative group has identified a mechanism for predicting failure in disordered materials, too. 

Scanning electron micrscope image showing two graphene connectors (center) and four other metal connectors.

Dec 11, 2017
Carbon Nanomaterials Challenge Copper as Chip Interconnects

Professor Kaustav Banerjee's lab pursues solutions to limitations of copper interconnects on chips.

Source: IEEE Spectrum
Fig. 1. Hydrogen Production with a Ni-Bi molten catalyst

Nov 21, 2017
Bridging the Gap

UCSB researchers develop a potentially low-cost, low-emissions technology that can convert methane without forming carbon dioxide

This artist’s rendition features Berry curvature represented by the twisting ribbons at the top.

Nov 21, 2017
Hidden Properties of Solids

Physicists open the door to the first direct measurement of Berry curvature in solid matter

Source: The UCSB Current
Artist representation of marine materials composite

Nov 19, 2017
A "Google Docs" Approach to Sharing Science Images

Researchers receive a $3.4 million grant from the NSF’s Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to improve scientific image processing

MRL Building

Oct 03, 2017
Six for Six

UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory receives its sixth round of NSF MRSEC funding

Source: The UCSB Current
An artist’s representation showing an electron beam (in purple) being used to create a 2D superlattice made up of quantum dots having extraordinary atomic-scale precision and placement. Professor Kaustav Banerjee and his team of researchers at UCSB were able to size and position the quantum dots so precisely that when they were excited with lasers, they emitted light over a range of frequencies to spell out the letters “UCSB.”

Sep 21, 2017
Breakthrough: Precision-designed Superlattice Materials

UCSB engineers create atomically thin superlattice materials — essentially artificial crystals —  with precision, allowing them to fine-tune material characteristics.

Artist's interpretation of lightwaves being directed at the brain to monitor activity

Sep 18, 2017
UCSB Named National Science Foundation Neurotechnology Hub for Optical Brain Imaging

A collaborative team will develop a brain-imaging method employing light at wavelengths beyond the human visual realm.

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