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 »

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 »

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 »

Phineas Lehan, a chemical engineering major, has received the College of Engineering’s 2024 Hynes-Wood Award, which recognizes a student for outstanding contributions to student activities and helping others with professional growth and development. The award is named for Jacqueline Hynes, former assistant dean for academic programs in engineering, and... read more »

Three chemical engineering PhD students, Daniel Arnold, Elaina Blair, and Titus Quah, have received fellowships for the 2024-’25 academic year from UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division. The Central Campus Fellowships are awarded on the basis of merit and promise of productivity.   Arnold, a fifth-year PhD student,... read more »