Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Santa Barbara | Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Santa Barbara

News Briefs

ECE Employment: Open Level Faculty Position in the Area of Computer Arch. & Systems
UCSB Profs. John Martinis & Michel Devoret receive the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
U.S. News – ECE & COE among 2026 Nation's Best Graduate Engineering Schools

Admissions

Undergraduate: UCSB Office of Admissions — Dates & Deadlines for Freshman & Transfer Applicants | How to Apply
Graduate: Application Portal Opens in Sept – Learn at UCSB Graduate Division | Application & Checklist | ECE Prospective Students & Apply

ECE Social Scroll

What if AI only used as much energy as each task actually needs? 3 ECE projects = seed funds
2 COE Reels: A. Dinkelacker, PhD student, EuMIC Best Paper & ECE PhD student life
Blumenthal – What does it take to build the world's most precise clocks?
LinkedIn | X | Bluesky | Mastodon | FB | YouTube

Our Research

Moody & Co-PIs – Secure $1.15M for Advanced 3D Printing

Moody & Co-PIs – Secure $1.15M for Advanced 3D Printing

News

Nakamura – Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Spotlight

Blumenthal – Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes

Blumenthal – Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes

News

Real AI Initiative – "More Than the Sum of It's Parts"

Real AI Initiative – "More Than the Sum of It's Parts"

News

Chao & PIs – More Efficient Red MicroLEDs

Chao & PIs – More Efficient Red MicroLEDs

3 ECE Projects & IEE Seed Funding

IEE Seed Funding to 3 ECE Projects

ECE Faculty – On Nat'l Cloud Labs Team

ECE Faculty & National Cloud Lab for Advanced Materials

who's next? info coming soon graphic

ECE Seminar Series

Our Spotlights

UCSB Researchers – “Rebuilding the heart of a quantum computer”

UCSB Researchers – “Rebuilding the heart of a quantum computer”

The ECE PhD Experience at UCSB

The ECE PhD Experience at UCSB

J. Bowers – UC Regents Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

John Bowers – UC Regents Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

Our Recent Honors

Klamkin – IPRM Award

Klamkin – IPRM Award

Ahmadi & Kafi – Keck Bridge Grant

Ahmadi & Kafi – Keck Bridge Grant

DenBaars – IEEE & Optica Holonyak Awards

DenBaars – IEEE & Optica Holonyak Awards

Our Faculty

Shuji Nakamura, Nobel Prize, Physics 2014

Shuji Nakamura, Physics 2014

Arthur Gossard, National Medal of Science & Technology, Physics 2014

Arthur Gossard, Physics 2014

Herbert Kroemer, Nobel Prize, Physics 2000

Herbert Kroemer, Physics 2000

Glen Culler, National Medal of Science & Technology, Physics

Glen Culler, Physics 1999

Our Recent Highlights

Junior & Conolley – WC Raytheon AVC winning team

Junior & Conolley – WC Raytheon AVC winning team

Nanofab – HS Classroom to Cleanroom

Nanofab – HS Classroom to Cleanroom

Mishra – Honorary Degree, U. of Padua

Mishra – Honorary Degree, U. of Padua

Our Students

Undergrad Spotlight: Annie Do

Undergrad Spotlight: Annie Do

A. Malaviya – Gap Year = 100+ countries

A. Malaviya – Gap Year = 100+ countries

Grad Spotlight: Sajjad Ghiasvand

Grad Spotlight: Sajjad Ghiasvand