Viral Video Shines Light on Shuji Nakamura's Discovery of Blue LED The video highlights his journey to develop the bright-blue LED, a technology that has revolutionized lighting around the world. Read more about Viral Video Shines Light on Shuji Nakamura's Discovery of Blue LED
Larry Coldren Wins Major Materials Award The Heinrich Welker Award recognizes Coldren's contributions to photonics-enabling materials science. Read more about Larry Coldren Wins Major Materials Award
John Bowers Receives the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize The IEEE award recognizes the UCSB professor for his contributions to optics and photonics Read more about John Bowers Receives the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize
A Major Award for Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle The award notes the professor's many contributions that connect theory to application. Read more about A Major Award for Materials Professor Chris Van de Walle
Nine young faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships Young UCSB faculty members are recognized for the promise they show for "great distinction" in research. Read more about Nine young faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships
Among the Best and Brightest Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yangying Zhu to investigate a promising cooling method for high-performance devices. Read more about Among the Best and Brightest
ECE Professor and PhD Student Win Bronze Medal at Bell Labs Prize Competition Çamsarı and Aadit received the Bronze Medal and a $25,000 prize for their project, “Probabilistic Computing with p-bits: From Concept to Supremacy.” Read more about ECE Professor and PhD Student Win Bronze Medal at Bell Labs Prize Competition
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription Enoch Yeung seeks to visualize gene transcription and surrounding patterns of DNA supercoiling Read more about An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription
An NSF Early CAREER Award to Advance Geometric AI for Imaging Sciences Nina Miolane develops geometric statistics and geometric deep learning for imaging sciences. Read more about An NSF Early CAREER Award to Advance Geometric AI for Imaging Sciences
A Rising Star in Materials UCSB assistant professor honored for innovative work to improve battery performance. Read more about A Rising Star in Materials