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Summer Snow Mechanical Engineers Help Solve a Decades-Old Mystery in the Dead Sea

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

It’s summertime at the Dead Sea, and for locals and visitors alike enjoying the large saltwater lake shared by Israel, Jordan and Palestine, that means sun, sand and … snow?

Beneficial Tech Fourth-year undergrad engineers use their powers for good at the 2019 CE Capstone and the Engineering Design Expo

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

There was no shortage of good ideas at the College of Engineering’s 2019 CE Capstone event and Engineering Design Expo (EDx). The annual undergrad engineering showcase — which took place Friday, June 7 — was the culmination of year-long special projects undertaken by senior year students, often in collaboration with industry partners or campus research labs.

On the Pulse Professor Frederic Gibou's lab creates the first large-scale simulation of cells' response to electrical pulses

Friday, June 21, 2019

It is likely that in the not-distant future wounds will heal faster with the help of an electrical pulse that promotes rapid cell growth. The same type of pulse may be used for more efficient and effective delivery of drugs to fight disease. Such treatments rely on a process known as “electroporation,” in which an electrical field is applied to cells to increase the permeability of the cell membrane. Already electroporation is being used experimentally to deliver chemotherapy into cancerous cells, but such treatments are in their infancy and involve a great deal of trial and error.

Engineering Excellence The College of Engineering honors graduating seniors, outstanding faculty and TA's

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Engineering Excellence The College of Engineering honors graduating seniors, outstanding faculty and TA's

Graduate Student Bharat Monga receives 2018-19 GSA Excellence in Teaching Award

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Roller Camera Cross-campus collaboration gives student the means to pursue his dreams of being an independent filmmaker

Thursday, May 23, 2019

The D'Vonte Johnson Rally Rig is a device that will allow the client, D’vonte Johnson, to film from his wheelchair, despite having cerebral palsy.

Dedication to the Field Mathematics Society Honors the Service and Achievements of Network Engineering Professor

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

In recognition of his exemplary research and outstanding service to the community, UC Santa Barbara Professor Francesco Bullo has joined the 2019 class of fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Graduate Student Nicholas Naclerio receives 2019 NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship & NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Nicholas Naclerio, working under the supervision of Professor Elliot Hawkes, has been awarded both the 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship, and has accepted the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship.

A Research Hat-Trick Professor Bolin Liao Receives Third Early-Career Award since September

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

To solve some of the world’s top energy needs, Bolin Liao is working at the front line of efforts to better understand the behaviors and interactions of the most fundamental energy carriers in materials, such as electrons, phonons and photons.

A Top Ten Robot Hawkes' Soft, Growing Robot Among Science Robotics' Top Robotics Technologies

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

When you think of robots, it’s likely the image that pops into your head is one of a rigid, perhaps humanoid metallic machine with electro-mechanical actuators and calculated movements. Which is all the more reason why, when UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering assistant professor Elliot Hawkes’ pliable, pneumatic-powered soft robot came along, it was considered so innovative. And it’s now been named one of Science Robotics’ “Ten robotics technologies of the year.”