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Congratulations Professor Irene Beyerlein, Mehrabian Interdisciplinary Professor in the College of Engineering, for election to the National Academy of Engineering 2024 Class

Irene Beyerlein Elected to the National Academy of Engineering 2024 Class

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Congratulations Professor Irene Beyerlein for election to the National Academy of Engineering 2024 Class.

2024 URCA Award Recipients

Friday, January 26, 2024

The URCA grant is an opportunity for undergraduates to pursue their independent research projects.

This Adaptive Roof Tile Can Cut Both Heating and Cooling Costs

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

UC Santa Barbara researchers Charlie Xiao, Elliot Hawkes, and Bolin Liao present an adaptive tile, which when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer, without the need for electronics.

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Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu has received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.

Among the Best and Brightest

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Yangying Zhu was one of twenty-four awardees from twenty academic institutions in 2024 recognized by the Young Investigator Program

2023 ME Grad Slam Winners

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Congratulations to our 2023 Grad Slam winners!

2023 Distinguished Alumnus- Steven Shugart

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

2023 ME Distinguished Alumnus: Steven Shugart, in recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions to computer hardware, software, and networking solutions.

Assistant Professor Enoch Yeung's Early CAREER Award will allow him to further study how the phenomena of DNA supercoiling and writhing affect gene transcription. Photograph by Lilli McKinney

An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

We often think of DNA as the classic double-helix structure we learned about in high school, consisting of two twisting chains made up of various sequences of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.

Elliot Hawkes and Tyler Susko NIH Recipients

Congratulations Elliot Hawkes & Tyler Susko- NIH Recipients

Friday, September 29, 2023

Congratulations Elliot Hawkes and Tyler Susko for receiving a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for their research on the characterization and clinical trial of a Variable Friction Shoe

Congratulations Yangying Zhu- 2024 Young Investigator Award Recipient

Friday, September 29, 2023

Congratulations Professor Yangying Zhu on being selected for a 2024 Young Investigator Award. The title of her project is "Suppressing Flow Boiling Instabilities Using Surface Structures".

Seven for Seven

Friday, June 30, 2023