2026 News

March 2, 2026

ECE Distinguished Professor, Steven DenBaars is honored by Optica for pioneering contributions to high-efficiency GaN LEDs and laser diodes

February 25, 2026

Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and ECE doctoral student, Roark Chao is helping make it happen

February 25, 2026

It’s not just Amazon and Google, The South Coast is seeing a range of tech companies taking hold — often sprung from the University of California, Santa Barbara

February 23, 2026

ECE Prof. B.S. Manjunath, is honored as the first Frank Koenig Distinguished Chair — one four endowed chairs in the department 

February 3, 2026

The Leiden Rankings rank the university among the top two U.S. public universities for scientific impact for 15 consecutive years.

January 26, 2026

A solar-powered table built by the UCSB chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is installed outside the Chemistry Building