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Dec 12
2024
Michelle O'Malley Appointed to the Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair
The UC Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering Department recently honored Professor Michelle O’Malley for her pioneering research and appointment to the Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair with an inaugural lecture and investiture. The chair was established through a generous gift from Cliff R. Scholle, as a way to honor early leaders in the department: Professors... read more »
Dec 2
2024
UCSB Ranks Eighth Globally for Interdisciplinary Research
“Research without walls” isn’t just a phrase at UC Santa Barbara; it is the very foundation of the university’s academic endeavors. This is especially true within the College of Engineering, where new discoveries have been made and impactful technologies designed through interdisciplinary research. The college has long embraced a culture of collaboration and is home to... read more »
Dec 1
2024
A Catalyst for Discovery
Phillip Christopher, a professor of chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara, has received the 2025 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis from the North American Catalysis Society (NACS). The prize, first awarded in 1971, recognizes substantial contributions in the field of catalysis with emphasis on discovery and understanding of catalytic... read more »
Sep 27
2024
UCSB Chemical Engineering Announces New 2024-25 Assistant Professor Position
  The Chemical Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara is seeking applications as part of an external search for one tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Details about the position and applying can be found here: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02843   Position details: Job location: Santa... read more »
Sep 26
2024
Ryan Berry Receives Prestigious Dow Discovery Fellowship
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering faculty members have awarded the department’s top honor for a rising third-year PhD student, the prestigious Dow Discovery Fellowship, to Ryan Berry. The department bestows the fellowship each year upon one student who has made outstanding strides in research and presents a compelling plan for an innovative project.... read more »
Aug 28
2024
UCSB to Lead $22M NSF-Funded Center on Exceptional Microbes
This week, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UCSB under its biofoundries program for the establishment of the BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB), a collaboration led by UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), together with UC Riverside (UCR), and Cal Poly Pomona (CPP). The NSF ExFAB BioFoundry... read more »
Aug 1
2024
Keeping the Faith
Every human starts out as a single cell, a fertilized egg, which then divides and develops into various cell types, such as skin cells, liver cells, and blood cells. Although these cell types look and function differently, they contain exactly the same DNA. But, how can the same genetic code be used to build more than two hundred different cell types in a human body?... read more »
Jul 30
2024
Excellence in Education
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has received the most prestigious award for chemical engineering education in the U.S., the Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The prize, named after one of the founders of the chemical engineering discipline,... read more »
Jun 18
2024
Still Among the Nation's Best
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Program at UC Santa Barbara once again ranks among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Engineering Schools rankings. Out of 134 private and public institutions that offer doctorate degrees in chemical engineering, UCSB ranks thirteenth overall and ninth among public institutions. The rankings, which were... read more »

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