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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Exciting News! 🎓✨
Our new online professional master’s program—the Master of Engineering and Technology Leadership (METL)—is launching in Fall 2026:
We Are Hiring its Executive Director!
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Excited to share our new paper in @PNASNews doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415027…! Ice cubes often appear cloudy because, as water freezes, air bubbles get trapped and scatter light. But how does freezing rate affect the shape of the bubbles? @UMDResearch @UCSBengineering @PMMH_lab @poftwente
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Congratulations to @UCSBChE Professor M. Scott Shell for being elected a Fellow of the AIChE, @ChEnected! This honor recognizes his groundbreaking work in multiscale modeling, revolutionizing how scientists study complex molecular systems. 🧪🥼
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
"I was born on a bitter cold morning... When my father went out to visit his wife and newborn first son, his car would not start. He walked to the hospital; his ears were frostbitten on the way."
Read chemistry laureate Alan Heeger's biography: bit.ly/35GFB9S
ALT Alan Heeger unravelling a film of conductive polymer
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Life update: Excited to announce that I’ll be joining UCSB CS (@ucsbcs) as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2025—where my research dream began!
If you’re interested in PhD research (3+ openings) on multimodal, GenAI, or agents (embodied/digital), apply to UCSB CS by Dec 15! 1/n
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
For experiments that require ultra-precise measurements, lasers are the technology of choice. UCSB engineering professor Daniel Blumenthal’s lab is working to recreate the performance of lasers on lightweight devices that can fit in the palm of your hand. ow.ly/LXEV50UqisU
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
New from @HawkerNation, Valentine and @professor_meh groups! 🌟 HOPO-functionalized materials show enhanced stability, metal-ion chelation, & tunable properties for cutting-edge applications like sensors & robotics.
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#PolymerScience
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
In JACS, we report a high-throughput computational search for materials with strong intrinsic photostriction, non-thermal strain induced by light illumination. While direct calculation of photostriction is difficult, we apply a simple thermodynamic Maxwell equation to convert photostriction coefficients into bandgap pressure/stress coefficients that are cheap to evaluate with DFT. Using this thermodynamic descriptor, we screened over 4700 semiconductors in the Materials Project database and discovered new photostrictive materials with two orders of magnitude stronger photostriction than silicon. Based on this large dataset, we also analyze the relationship between band edge orbital interactions and the photostriction coefficients.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
#UCSB is a top ranked university for interdisciplinary science research, placing No. 8 worldwide in the 2025 @timeshighered Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 🎉👩🔬🔬 The rankings launched today with 749 universities ranked from 92 countries👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Thrilled to see this important stat highlighted!🎯from @caitaylo @laura_pritschet @emilyjacobs @Bowers_WBHI
Grateful to have shared our work on #AI digital twins for women's health at the incredible @cziscience event! Huge thanks to the organizers: what an inspiring week🙌
“Less than 0.5% percent of brain imaging articles published over the last 25 years consider health factors specific to women.”
@ninamiolane of @Bowers_WBHI is changing this by using #AI digital twins of women’s brains to deepen our understanding of health.
#ImagingTheFuture
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
UCSB materials faculty members Raphaële Clément and Ram Seshadri will be working in one of two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub teams prioritizing the use of Earth-abundant materials to mitigate supply-chain risks. 🔋💡 ow.ly/9j4550U5GPH
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
In this editorial, Phil Christopher @UCSBengineering discusses transitions in topical interests of a research field
Choosing Impactful Perspectives for Energy Research: A Case Study of CO2 Electroreduction pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Congratulations to @UCSBengineering professor Chris Van de Walle, who has been awarded the 2025 Aneesur Rahman Prize by @APSphysics for his research. He's been paving the way for advances in everything from transistors to cutting-edge quantum technology ⚛️ ow.ly/O4tJ50TZQfY
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#UCSB materials professor Jim Speck is one of just 11 recipients of the 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, earning his research up to $3 million in funding over the next five years.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Congratulations to @UCSBengineering’s Professor Rawlings! 🎉
Dr. James B. Rawlings, recipient of the 2024 Warren K. Lewis Award, is being recognized at #AIChEAnnual for groundbreaking research in model predictive control, and for leadership in education through his textbooks and short courses. @exxonmobil @ucsantabarbara
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
The shortlist has been selected for @SABEW's 2024 Best in Business Book Awards! The winners and honorable mentions will be announced in early November.
Congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors and publishers!
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
🥁... UC Santa Barbara was ranked the No. 8️⃣ public university by @Forbes on its 2025 America's Top Colleges list! #UCSB continues to be recognized nationally for its educational, financial, and career outcomes. Read more: forbes.com/top-colleges/
ALT Students walk in front of the Interactive Learning Pavilion at UC Santa Barbara, some with bikes or skateboards. Text reads, "#8 Public College in the U.S." and "-Forbes. 2025 America's Top Colleges."
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
🌟 New Python package from the lab!
Explore geometric intelligence by using the latest version of Geomstats: an open-source Python package for differential geometry in Python.
@geomstats @ucsantabarbara @UCSBengineering
Geomstats 2.8.0 is out: Discover differential geometry for learning in Python!
🌐 30+ manifolds
🌐 Connections & Riemannian metrics: geodesics, exp & log maps, parallel transport, curvatures
🌐 Lie groups, fiber bundles, quotient spaces, stratified spaces
github.com/geomstats/geomsta…
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering retweeted
Structural Evolution in Disordered Rock Salt Cathodes | Journal of the American Chemical Society @ucsantabarbara @ClementGroupSB @UCSBengineering #RockSalt #Cathodes pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
