News | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thanks to MURI grants, UCSB mechanical engineers are working on refining and improving machines that move through air and water

Thursday, August 17, 2017

For most of us, fluid dynamics and mechanics aren’t particularly significant — that is, until we’re white-knuckling it on a bumpy plane ride or trying to stay buoyant in unusually bubbly water. The way we navigate through air and water may one day be improved thanks to UC Santa Barbara researchers studying the complex properties and interactions of fluids.

Graduate student Menaka Wilhelm at WIRED magazine as a science journalist

Thursday, August 10, 2017

This spring, UCSB graduate student Menaka Wilhelm was awarded a AAAS Mass Media Fellowship to work for WIRED magazine in San Francisco as a science journalist. She's now finishing up her summer at WIRED, where she has reported on a wide range of scientific topics, including the atmospheric chemistry of wildfires and the epidemiology of the MERS viru

Where There’s a Will

Monday, August 7, 2017

The 2017 ShanghaiRanking places UCSB at No. 3 in the world in the field of automation and control.

Thursday, August 3, 2017

With smart homes, self-driving cars and other technology making the world an ever more automated place, state-of-the-art automation and control has become essential. And UC Santa Barbara is among those leading the way.

Researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Fighting diabetes with water bubbles: UCSB chemist engineers a new approach to insulin delivery.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

It's Kind of a Drag

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

UCSB engineer shows how minimizing fluid friction can make oceangoing vessels more fuel-efficient and reduce harmful emissions.

A Double Dose of Success

Monday, June 12, 2017

The College of Engineering extends congratulations to Igor Mezić, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, for receiving a major research award and a fellowship from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in recognition of his long-term contributions to applied mathematics.

Graduate student Aimal Khankhel wins prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Graduate student Aimal Khankhel in the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program at UCSB has won the prestigious and competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his research on developing new fundamental understanding of the role of mechanical signals in tissue development and maintenance.

A Marine Invertebrate Stands up for Science

Friday, May 19, 2017

On first glance, Botryllus schlosseri may appear to lack star power. The small, transparent marine organism, abundant along California’s coast, spends its life colonizing submerged surfaces — boats, docks, and even other animals. But Botryllus is more than just a humble hanger-on; as an invertebrate closely related to humans, it has characteristics that are about to make it the focus of a multi-campus research project aimed at placing the University of California at the forefront of vascular mechanics and, by extension, cardiovascular disease, which is responsible for one in four deaths in the state.