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MRL - NSF Renews Funding

MRL - NSF Renews Funding

Profs. U. MishraS. DenBaars & S. Nakamura part of the history of UCSB's Material Research Lab's Interdisciplinary Research Groups

Bowers – Conjoined 'Racetracks' & New Optical Device

Bowers – Conjoined 'Racetracks' & New Optical Device Possibilities

ECE Prof. John Bowers and Caltech Prof. K. Vahala research groups make a breakthrough in the way the short pulses form in an important new material called ultra-low-loss silicon nitride (ULL nitride).

Miolane – MRL Data Export Group

Miolane – MRL Data Export Group

ECE Ass't. Prof. Nina Miolane member of Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) team that recently received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Bowers – Unite to Light & Lahaina

Bowers – Unite to Light & Lahaina

Unite to Light, co-founded by ECE Prof. John Bowers, partners with Direct Relief to send 600 solar Chandler Chargers and 150 solar-powered Luke Lamps to Lahaina, HI

Mishra – GaN HEMT & Diamond "Blanket"

Mishra – GaN HEMT & Diamond "Blanket"

A particular type of HEMT used for diamond growth developed by ECE Professor Umesh Mishra's research group is utilized as a diamond "blanket" to cool transistors needed for 6G 

Nakamura – "Conventional Wisdom"

Nakamura – "Conventional Wisdom"

ECE and Materials Prof. Shuji Nakamura interviewed by Forbes – "Never Stop Challenging The Conventional Wisdom, And This Nobel Prize Winner Shows Why"

Mishra – IEEE VIC Summit Interview

Mishra – IEEE VIC Summit Interview

ECE Prof. Umesh Mishra interviewed by Glenn Zorpette for IEEE Spectrum Magazine at the IEEE Vision Innovation Challenges Summit