Tyler Mefford Receives Packard Foundation Fellowship

UCSB chemical engineer receives prestigious fellowship to develop low-cost technologies for storing renewable energy year-round.

UCSB Mechanical Engineer Receives Moore Foundation Award

As a 2026 Experimental Physics Investigator, Bolin Liao will develop platform for imaging and controlling quantum interactions with 2D materials.

From Light to Impact

The University of California honors John Bowers for a career that transformed optical communications and carried university discoveries from the laboratory into the marketplace.

Preparing Bioengineers for What Comes Next

AIChE fellowship will support Michelle O’Malley’s efforts to broaden early-career researchers’ view of how discoveries move from the lab into the world.

Theory Gets Its Day

Chemical engineering professor Scott Shell receives AIChE award for advances in molecular simulation and multiscale modeling.

A “Ball Pit” for Cells

UCSB’s Emilie Dressaire receives an NSF CAREER award to study transport in microgels that may help cancer research.

Chemical Engineering Chair Receives Honorary Doctoral Degree in Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology honors Michael Gordon for his contributions to bio-inspired functional materials.

UCSB Researchers Turn Noise into Clarity

Foundational 2015 paper wins award for shaping computer-generated imagery in movies, gaming and more.

Michelle O'Malley Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

The UC Santa Barbara professor was recognized for pioneering microbial research and sustained leadership within the scientific community

UCSB to Lead National Cloud Laboratory for Advanced Materials

Supported by $20 million from the National Science Foundation, COAST PCL will combine robotics, AI, and advanced instruments so that researchers can conduct experiments from anywhere.

The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering - UC Santa Barbara

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