News

Aug 18
2015
Professor Michelle O’Malley was named by MIT Technology Review as one of its 2015 "35 Innovators Under 35." The prestigious annual list honors exceptionally talented young technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world. “I am honored to be recognized by MIT Tech Review as one of their Innovators Under 35,” said O’Malley, who is considered by the... read more »
Jul 21
2015
Professor Bradley Chmelka has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the engineering sciences discipline!   The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is an independent organization, renowned for the annual awarding of the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics. Election to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is an exclusive... read more »
Jul 2
2015
When Rachel Segalman returned to the UCSB campus as a professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials last year, it seemed like a new and exciting place compared to the late 90s when she was a chemical engineering graduate student. At the time, Segalman helped a newly-hired Professor Edward Kramer build his lab. She was the first PhD student to graduate from his group in... read more »
May 27
2015
Professor Matthew Helgeson has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the US Department of Energy's Early Career Research Program. Under the program, university-based researchers will receive at least $150,000 per year to cover summer salary and research expenses.  Complex fluids are at the heart of Helgeson’s research. These are materials that exhibit properties... read more »
Jan 15
2015
In recognition of his academic achievements, Scott Lynn, a chemical engineering junior, has been selected as a recipient of a 2015 National Engineers Week Scholarship. “I feel honored,” said Lynn, a chemical engineering junior who is currently researching microfluidics with a focus on stop-flow lithography in the lab of Professor Matthew Helgeson.  Lynn commented that... read more »