2021 News

March 8, 2021

“As a field, we look at the computing problems we can’t solve yet and think, ‘There’s digital computing, there’s quantum computing – what else is there?’” says Ass't. Prof. Kerem Camsari

March 1, 2021

Professors Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura to be honored at the Pacific Coast Business Times' (PCBT) 2021 Central Coast Innovation Awards as recipients of a Spirit of Innovation Award

March 1, 2021

UCSB researchers that include ECE Professors Shuji Nakamura (Materials), Steve DenBaars, Jonathan Klamkin and Jonathan Schuller reveal phosphor-free white LEDs and separately new light extraction technique

February 26, 2021

ECE Professor John Bowers' team leads a project that could revolutionize the viability of photonics systems

February 26, 2021

ECE alumna Tanya Das appointed to a senior position in the Department of Energy (DOE) as the new chief of staff to the Office of Science by President Joe Biden’s administration

February 9, 2021

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency and IEE Director & ECE Professor John Bowers settle into its state-of-the-art home, the just-completed, donor-funded Henley Hall

 

February 4, 2021

COVID Contributions: UCSB electrical & computer engineering and materials researchers work on semiconductors that could transform how we disinfect surfaces, personal protective equipment — even the air we breathe

February 4, 2021

Facebook donates $1.5 million to UC Santa Barbara's Institute for Energy Efficiency in support of data center efficiency research

February 3, 2021

ECE Ass't. Prof. Galan Moody receives a 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award from the DOD and the AFOSR to build a quantum photonic computing testbed

February 2, 2021

ECE and Materials Professor and Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura recognized with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering