Professor Campas' lab uncovers how tissues and organs are physically sculpted in a recent work published in Nature

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Ever wondered how groups of cells managed to build your tissues and organs while you were just an embryo?

Using state-of-the-art techniques he developed, UC Santa Barbara researcher Otger Campàs and his group have cracked this longstanding mystery, revealing the astonishing inner workings of how embryos are physically constructed. Not only does it bring a century-old hypothesis into the modern age, the study and its techniques provide the researchers a foundation to study other questions key to human health, such as how cancers form and spread or how to engineer organs.

Linda Petzold Named Inaugural Mehrabian Chair

Monday, June 11, 2018

Linda Petzold, has been installed as the inaugural Mehrabian Endowed Chair in the UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering (CoE).

Professor Tyler Susko receives College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award for Mechanical Engineering!

Friday, May 4, 2018

The Department is pleased to announce that Professor Tyler Susko is the recipient of the prestigious College of Engineering Faculty Award for Mechanical Engineering!  Due to the generosity of John and Sheila Lake, this will be accompanied by an award of $500. 

Congratulations Professor Susko!

Graduate Student Simone Stewart awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

The Department is excited to announce that our graduate student Simone Stewart has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!

Ink dye, soap, milk and fluid mechanics make for a fascinating, and award-winning, work of art.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Ink dye, soap, milk and fluid mechanics make for a fascinating, and award-winning, work of art.

Professor Tyler Susko is recipient of the Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Mechanical Engineering Professor Tyler Susko has been named, with Professor Diba Mirza from the Department of Computer Science, co-recipient of the Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award. Given to junior faculty, the annual recognition goes to educators in the STEM fields who have shown excellence in their techniques, in their interactions with students, colleagues and staff, and in their activities and lectures. Candidates also are evaluated on student feedback based on the students’ interest, enthusiasm and achievement.

Professor Bullo serving as 2018 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Professor Francesco Bullo has been elected to serve as 2018 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS).

Microhammer Aids Understanding of Brain Trauma

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Professor Megan Valentine is featured in the website of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with the article "Microhammer Aids Understanding of Brain Trauma".

Professor Megan Valentine featured in the Biophysical Society Newsletter

Monday, November 13, 2017

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Megan Valentine is featured in the November issue of the Biophysical Society Newsletter with an exciting article about her professional trajectory and the broad set of interdisciplinary projects in which she is involved. To read the original feature please visit the Biophysical Society Newsletter.

Valentine Lab post-doc Emma Filippidi makes stronger, stretchier polymers inspired by mussels

Friday, October 27, 2017

A marine bivalve inspires researchers to find a new way to make stronger, more stretchy polymers