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Mar 17
2026Professor Daniel Gianola was chosen to receive a 2026 Brimacombe Medal from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Brimacombe medalists are recognized for sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science and engineering. Prof. Gianola was specifically honored "For innovation in... read more » -
Mar 17
2026Anya Muligan, a graduate student in the Seshadri Group, was selected for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and learn from a host of Nobel Laureates this summer in Germany. She is among 600 young scientists from throughout the world who will experience and contribute to the unique atmosphere of the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Anya’s participation is enabled... read more » -
Mar 10
2026From UC Santa Barbara's The Current. In 2020, tech businessman Roy Eddleman sought to advance quantum sciences at UC Santa Barbara, and did so with his support of the Eddleman Quantum Institute (EQI), formerly the Eddleman Center for Quantum Innovation. The generous gift from the late philanthropist enabled the acceleration of quantum research by funding... read more » -
Mar 4
2026Don M. Lipkin was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025, the first alumnus of the UCSB Materials Department to be so-recognized. He is currently Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, with a courtesy appointment in Aerospace Engineering. Lipkin did his doctoral research on metal-ceramic interfaces, working with... read more » -
Feb 25
2026From UC Santa Barbara's The Current. Quantum technologies are anticipated to transform computing, communication and sensing by harnessing the unusual behavior of matter at the atomic scale. Translating quantum’s promise into practical devices will require physical systems that have desirable quantum properties and can be easily manufactured. Silicon,... read more » -
Feb 19
2026From the Optica News Release“Optica Names Steven DenBaars the 2026 Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award Recipient” Optica is pleased to announce that Steven DenBaars, Materials & ECE Departments, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award. Steven DenBaars is... read more » -
Jan 21
2026From UC Santa Barbara's The Current. Research in the lab of UC Santa Barbara materials professor Stephen Wilson is focused on understanding the fundamental physics behind unusual states of matter and developing materials that can host the kinds of properties needed for quantum functionalities. In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, Wilson’s lab group... read more » -
Dec 17
2025The Materials Department is pleased to announce the hiring of three stellar new faculty, who, we know, will continue the legacy of excellence that has been recognized for more than thirty years. You can get to know a little about them below. Photo (L-R): G. Mazur, E. Berg, S. Billinge Simon Billinge, Professor, Materials Director, California NanoSystems... read more » -
Nov 13
2025Two UCSB Engineering Professors Named Among the World’s Most Influential Researchers The annual list recognizes scientists who rank in the top one percent of citations in their fields UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Phillip Christopher and materials professor Stephen Wilson... read more » -
Nov 13
2025Congratulations to Shane Gallagher for receiving the award for Best Student Poster at the International ECI Conference on Ceramic Matrix Composites held in Yamanashi, Japan. (Shane is a student of Frank Zok). -
Oct 27
2025The highly competitive awards support three years of advanced research in defense- relevant science and engineering fields Three materials PhD students at UC Santa Barbara —Amir M’Saad, Erick Lawrence, and Akhila Mattapalli — have been awarded 2025 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships, one of the most competitive honors for graduate... read more » -
Oct 27
2025Daniel Oropeza receives the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. UC Santa Barbara materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza has been recognized with the 2025 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the nation’s largest association supporting Hispanics in STEM. The award, part of SHPE’... read more » -
Oct 27
2025Researchers will work toward improving efficiency in electric motors, quantum computing, and large language models with IEE support. This month, three UCSB projects received awards from the Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE). The IEE’s Research Seed and Software Impact Seed Programs provide critical introductory funding to launch new research projects that promote... read more » -
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Sep 23
2025The Materials Department is excited to welcome our incoming class of graduate students! The 19 incoming students are about to start on an exciting adventure of research and learning, and we hope we can help them achieve their scientific and career goals. -
Aug 26
2025Materials faculty member Professor Ram Seshadri was recently announced as the new Lead Editor of Physical Review Materials. Prof. Seshadri is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and begins this leadership role on September 1st. See the APS announcement here. -
Aug 21
2025An article was recently published in the journal Annual Reviews of Condensed Matter Physics detailing the life and career of Professor Emeritus Fyl Pincus. Fyl was a founding member of the Materials Department at its inception and has served in numerous leadership roles at the UC Santa Barbara. Prof. Pincus's unique career spanned theoretical contributions to diverse... read more » -
Jul 29
2025Professor Shuji Nakamura received the 2025 Pioneer Medal Award at the Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony, hosted by the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), in partnership with the Stanford University Asian American Research Center. Professor Nakamura was honored for inventing the blue LED, energy-efficient lighting and advanced displays. More... read more » -
Jul 17
2025For the diligent computational materials scientist, 2025 started with a bang UC Santa Barbara materials professor Chris Van de Walle, a widely recognized computational materials expert, has had a busy first half of the year. It actually began even before January, when in fall 2024 he received the American Physical Society’s 2025 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational... read more » -
Jul 7
2025Two current graduate students in the UC Santa Barbara Materials Department, Anya Mulligan and Logan Winston, have received prestigious 2025 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). They are among the one thousand students nationwide who were offered 2025 Fellowships, which come with three years of financial support, totaling nearly $150,... read more » -
Jun 30
2025Congratulations to Scott Berens for receiving Best Poster Award at the ECI Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coating Materials conference held in Irsee Germany in June 2025. This is the pre-eminent international meeting on high temperature coatings, bringing together world-class experts to discuss materials, degradation mechanisms, processing innovations, and... read more » -
Jun 17
2025Prof. Jeff Sakamoto has been selected as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, Class of 2025. He will be recoginized at the 248th ECS Meeting this fall in Chicago. -
Apr 30
2025Irene Beyerlein has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. At UC Santa Barbara, she leads pioneering research in mechanics and materials science, advancing the design of resilient, high-performance materials through multiscale modeling and experimentation. “Our UC Santa Barbara community is... read more » -
Apr 29
2025Lillian Hughes was awarded the MRS graduate student silver award at the MRS Spring Meeting. MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. MRS seeks to recognize students of exceptional ability who show promise for significant... read more » -
Apr 21
2025Elizabeth Murphy, who pursues research in the area of materials chemistry, has won the prestigious 2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science & Engineering. The accolade, which Murphy received on February 21, a week before her PhD defense, acknowledges her exceptional work in developing a versatile strategy to accelerate the discovery of... read more »
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