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Jun 30
2023The Materials Research Laboratory received a six-year,$18 million grant from NSF. UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund six years of operation as an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). Widely regarded as one of the top... read more » -
Jun 28
2023Diabetes Sumita Pennathur The work Driven by her daughter’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, Sumita Pennathur is steadfastly focused on developing solutions to help diabetes patients better manage their condition. Among them: a disposable patch for insulin delivery and a cannula that can remove preservatives known to be toxic from insulin before it... read more » -
Jun 22
2023By Andrew Masuda The distinguished professor received the 2023 Platinum Medal from the Institute for Materials, Minerals & Mining A world-leading researcher in the field of the mechanics of materials, Robert McMeeking, a distinguished professor of materials and mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara, has received the 2023... read more » -
Jun 13
2023Outstanding Seniors Maddie Baalman, Kian Ahmadzadeh-Heravi, and Steven Nguyen are co-recipients of the Outstanding Senior Award in Mechanical Engineering. The three have the highest cumulative grade point average in their degree program at 4.0, and they are graduating with highest honors. They will help lead the procession of graduates into the College of Engineering... read more » -
Jun 13
2023Outstanding Teaching Assistant A first-year graduate student through the Mechanical Engineering Department’s BS/MS program, Aleksei Dillon made quite an impression working with undergraduate students, receiving the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the Mechanical Engineering Department. “It’s nice to be recognized by students for the efforts that I put... read more » -
Jun 13
2023Outstanding Faculty The work of Elliot Hawkes, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, sits at the intersection of design, mechanics, and materials. His group develops innovative design concepts and applies non-traditional materials to solve challenging problems in robotics, medicine, and biomechanics. The group soared into the global spotlight last year by... read more » -
Jun 12
2023Robert McMeeking is a world-leading Scientist in the field of the Mechanics of Materials. He has made seminal contributions ranging from finite strain plasticity theory and its computational implementation within finite element codes to the coupling of solid mechanics and other physics in order to address a wide range of problems in engineering science. His work... read more » -
Jun 2
2023ME graduate student Alexander (Sasha) Davydov and ME Professor Francesco Bullo received the 2023 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award from the American Automatic Control Council for their work on the robust stability of recurrent neural networks. The article is joint work with Professor Anton V. Proskurnikov of the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. The winning article is: A.... read more » -
May 31
2023Wednesday, May 31, 2023 by James Badham Capstone project client Steve Ferreira (center) with (from right): Tyler Susko and team members James Freda, Carlos Rivera, Janna Crocker, Joseph Byun, and Cannon Crow. Photograph by Lilli McKinney A capstone project is aimed at making a common weight machine accessible to everyone Why don’t you see more people with... read more » -
May 8
2023Two faculty members received Hellman Family Faculty Fellowships this year: Yangying Zhu for a project entitled “Blood-vessel-inspired cooling of batteries using internal convective flow”, and Ryan Stowers for a project entitled “Engineered 3D platform for ex vivo patient-derived tumoroid culture”. The Hellman Family Foundation provides pre-tenure fellowships... read more » -
May 5
2023Assistant Professor Ousmane Kodio's, who will be joining the mechanical engineering faculty team in Fall 2023, article "Self-Ordering of Buckling, Bending, and Bumping Beams" was selected for the cover of Physics Review Letters (PRL). The work has also been featured in Physics, online magazine from the American Physical Society (APS), "How Order Emerges in Bendy... read more » -
May 3
2023Check out the spotlight for one of our 2023 Capstone Senior projects-https://tinyurl.com/2ku6mmya. The team is working with Steve Ferreira and Beyond Disabilities to create adaptable machines that can be used for modified or conventional workouts. -
May 2
2023Professor Enoch Yeung has won an NSF Career Award! The title of his project is "A Novel Framework for Measuring and Engineering Twisting and Writhing in DNA". Congrats Professor Yeung! Learn more about the happenings in the Biological Control Lab- https://yeung.me.ucsb.edu/research-projects/ -
Apr 21
2023We are excited to announce that two ME graduate students have won prestigious 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships! - Anna Alvarez who is advised by Elliot Hawkes Anna's research interests are in bio-inspired design and latch-mediated spring-actuated (LaMSA) systems. Her NSF GRFP fellowship will focus on the creation of a LaMSA glider with the... read more » -
Apr 20
2023COE machine shop superintendent, Marty Ramirez (left), sets up a new CNC lathe, while semi-retired superintendent Andy Weinberg pauses beside a new CNC milling machine. Thanks to donor support, the College of Engineering (COE) Machine Shop, a source of valuable support to labs, faculty, and students, is undergoing a major renovation that will transform it into... read more » -
Mar 24
2023Mechanical Engineering PhD student Younghoon Kwon was recognized at the recent American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Las Vegas as a finalist for the Emerging Soft Matter Excellence (ESME) Award. This award of the APS Division of Soft Matter Physics (DSOFT) recognizes exceptional graduate students pursuing research in soft matter physics. Younghoon Kwon, who is... read more »
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