.

College of Engineering News

A presenter at the polymer-upcycling workshop at UCSB

Jan 30, 2019
The Olefin in the Room

At a polymer-upcycling workshop, members of academia, national labs, and industry take on one of the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Source: UCSB Current
Artist's interpretation of the optical dynamics inside the laser ring cavity of the new Brillouin laser. Illustration by Brian Long

Jan 23, 2019
Moving Precision Lasers from Bench Scale to Chip Scale

Shrinking a high-performance laser paves the way for broader applications of the powerful technology.

Computer science professor Elizabeth Belding

Jan 17, 2019
Anonymous but Trustworthy

UCSB Researchers create an app that ensures anonymity and trustworthiness for minority groups using social media in authoritarian countries.

Professor Beth Pruitt

Jan 07, 2019
Putting Cells under Stress

UCSB professor Beth Pruitt and collaborators create a device to help understand how cells communicate to form tissues under loading. 

Artist's concept depicting multiple types of messenger RNA and micro-RNA combining along a vast interconnected web to power, and prevent overproduction of, specific brain cell types. Illustration by Brian Long

Dec 21, 2018
The Builder and the Regulator

Researchers develop new knowledge about how messenger RNAs and micro-RNAs in drive and control cell production during brain development.

Dec 18, 2018
Two Engineering Junior Faculty Receive Excellence in Teaching Award

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz and Mahnoosh Alizadeh received the award recognizing teaching techniques and interactions with faculty, students, and staff. 

Professor Linda Petzold

Dec 18, 2018
Linda Petzold Recognized for Contributions on Multiple Levels

Professor’s work in computational mathematics and simulation software is widely used in numerous fields. 

Dean Rod Alferness, UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering

Dec 13, 2018
A Prolific Spirit of Innovation

Rod Alferness, dean of the UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering, is named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Source: UCSB Current

Dec 11, 2018
Belding and Manjunath Selected ACM Fellows

Fewer than one percent of members in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) are selected as Fellows. 

Professor Christopher Bates received the NSF Early Career Award to focus on block copolymers..

Nov 29, 2018
Christopher Bates Receives NSF Early Career Award

The award includes a five-year federal grant that will allow Bates's research group to analyze structure-property relationships in block copolymers.

Professor Ram Seshadri

Nov 29, 2018
Ram Seshadri, Four Other UCSB Professors Named AAAS Fellows

Co-director of the Materials Research Lab is recognized for contributions to structure-property relations in crystalline inorganic materials.

Source: UCSB Current
Umesh Mishra presents the 2018 Faculty Research Lecture titled "Thank God for GaN."

Nov 29, 2018
Umesh Mishra's Faculty Research Lecture: "Thank God for GaN"

The professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering describes what makes gallium nitride a superior semiconductor.

Search News