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Jun 21
2022
A Call to Remember
Rachel Segalman, professor and chair of UC Santa Barbara’s Chemical Engineering Department, recently received a memorable phone call. The caller identification on her cellular phone read “DOE,” standing for the Department of Energy, which piqued the interest and nerves of the Edward Noble Kramer Professor.  “I answered the call with trepidation, because I... read more »
Jun 8
2022
End-of-the-Year Awards for Chemical Engineering Department
There will be plenty to celebrate when UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering hosts its first in-person Commencement on Saturday, June 11 from 3-4 p.m. on Commencement Green. During the 2021-’22 academic year, 402 engineering bachelor’s degrees have been awarded, including 49 in chemical engineering.  Read about some of the end-of-the-year awards given to and awarded... read more »
Jun 8
2022
COE Honors Vedika Shenoy for Undergraduate Research
Chemical engineering major Vedika Shenoy is the recipient of UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering’s 2022 Tirrell Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Research. The annual award, named in honor of the college’s former dean, Matthew Tirrell, recognizes a graduating senior who showed excellence and promise as a researcher during his or... read more »
May 5
2022
PNAS Profiles Professor Glenn Fredrickson
Chemical engineering professor Glenn Fredrickson, an elected member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, was recently featured in an issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviwed journal of the NAS. The profile, written by science writer Farooq Ahmed, details... read more »
May 3
2022
Mentoring Excellence
Mentoring graduate students is an essential component of the mission of a research institution such as UC Santa Barbara. For faculty, mentoring involves training graduate students for careers in academia and industry and preparing them to meet the highest ethical and professional standards. Chemical engineering professor M. Scott Shell is one of three... read more »
May 3
2022
Michael Doherty Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Michael Doherty is among 261 new fellows and international members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The new members join a distinguished group of individuals previously elected, including Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Margaret Mead,... read more »
Apr 7
2022
Chemical Engineering Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering graduate students, Michelle Baldini, Norleakvisoth Lim, and Elizabeth Schauer, and undergraduate Claire Wu have received prestigious 2022 graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Fellows in NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) receive... read more »
Apr 5
2022
UCSB ChemE Ranked Among the Nation's Best
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Program at UC Santa Barbara ranks among the nation’s top  universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Engineering Schools rankings. Out of 130 private and public institutions that offered doctorate degrees in chemical engineering, UCSB ranked ninth overall and sixth among public institutions. As a whole, UCSB’s... read more »
Mar 29
2022
UCSB Chemical Engineering Ranked Among the Nation's Best
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Program at UC Santa Barbara ranks among the best in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Engineering Schools rankings. Out of 130 private and public institutions that offered doctorate degrees in chemical engineering, UCSB ranked ninth overall and sixth among public institutions. It marked the fourth year in a... read more »
Mar 1
2022
A Rising Star in Polymers
Christopher Bates, an assistant professor of materials and chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara, has been recognized as one of the Rising Stars in Polymers in 2021 by ACS Polymers Au, the open-access journal of the American Chemical Society. Editors invited Bates and twelve other outstanding early-career polymer scientists who have been leading... read more »
Jan 26
2022
Hard Work Pays Off
The local omicron surge has peaked, infections are on the downturn and campus pandemic protocols that have been in place since last summer have proven highly effective, prompting reasonable expectations for a return to in-person classes at UC Santa Barbara at the end of the month. “It’s probably the safest place in the county as far as COVID transmission goes,” said... read more »
Dec 14
2021
Seeing is Believing
A new, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the finest imaging of soft and biological materials is in the works at UC Santa Barbara. Aided by a $1.5 million grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, scientists will come closer to visualizing molecular-level structures, such as cellular components and polymer assemblies, in their native... read more »

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