ECE News

October 7, 2026

Powerhouse team of UCSB professors wins NSF award to use AI to discover scientific laws for group interactions

October 1, 2026

ECE Prof. Daniel Blumenthal part of a of a team from the Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering (Q-SEnSE) center

September 29, 2026

For innovations with lasting impacts on society and for his influence on generations of inventors and entrepreneurs, ECE Prof. John Bowers, a pioneer in silicon photonics, received the lifetime award

September 3, 2026

ECE Prof. Pradeep Sen’s Mirage Lab's foundational 2015 paper wins award for shaping computer-generated imagery in movies, gaming and more

August 10, 2026

ECE Ass't. Prof. Haewon Jeong interviewed about AI-assisted papers surging and straining volunteer peer review

July 29, 2026

National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $20 million to COAST PCL to combine robotics, AI and advanced instruments, allowing researchers to conduct experiments anywhere

July 21, 2026

UCSB's Formula SAE team gets its best finish w/ the help of CE student & VP of Gaucho Racing, Manas Bhargavan

July 17, 2026

ECE’s Demis D. John, Nanofab Group Manager leads the UCSB’s Cleanroom Bootcamp that gives students, educators, and professionals hands-on training and industry-recognized credential for growing semiconductor workforce.

July 17, 2026

Sky News has a new podcast, “Stuff Matters” and the 1st episode features Prof. Shuji Nakamura and his invention of the blue LEDs (54 mins)

ECE Spotlights

Explore the PhD experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Favorite Course: Electromagnetic Fields & Waves (ECE 144)
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
Research Area: Communications & Signal Processing
Hometown: Glendale, CA
Favorite Course: Quantum Photonics (ECE 136C)
Hometown: Claremont, CA
Research Area: Electronics & Photonics
BBC's Witness History highlights Nakamura's 1993 invention of blue LED light, which led to the white LED