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Dec 18
2015Alstria office REIT-AG, one of Germany’s largest listed commercial real estate companies, has made a gift to UCSB to support research in organic solar cells. John van Oost, former Deputy Chairman of Alstria and now Managing Partner and co-founder at Fluxus Ventures, recognized that organic solar cells have potential in the area of building integrated solar and initiated... read more » -
Nov 23
2015Craig Hawker, a UC Santa Barbara professor of Materials, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is one of 43 new members elected to the organization’s Chemistry section, and is recognized “for revolutionizing materials research through the development of powerful synthetic methods and strategies for molecularly... read more » -
Nov 23
2015UCSB Materials welcomed new Associate Professor Daniel Gianola on November 1 to the Structural Materials research group. Prof. Gianola’s research interests span from the nanomechanical behavior of ultra-strong materials to the development of tunable energy conversion materials for applications in structural settings, micro- and nanoelectronics, robust thermal management,... read more » -
Nov 11
2015Written by Leah Kuritzky, Materials Ph.D. candidate, and Chelsea Catania, Materials Ph.D. candidate The debut event, “Our Material World,” hosted by the UCSB Materials Research Laboratory was held at Santa Barbara’s New Vic Theater on September 10. The event featured four speakers covering topics in materials science... read more » -
Nov 11
2015A new era for advanced materials When UCSB Materials Professors Anton Van der Ven and Tresa Pollock accepted the invitation to the White House for the kickoff of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) in 2012, it was clear that a new era for Advanced Materials had reached the national agenda. In the intervening years, a broad array of federal and industrial programs aimed... read more » -
Nov 9
2015Mari Lou Balmer-Millar, recently named a General Manager in Large Power Systems Division at Caterpillar Inc., spent four years as Caterpillar’s Director of Research and Advanced Engineering in the Product Development & Global Technology division. In that role, she was responsible for the execution and governance of Caterpillar’s technology strategy, overseeing... read more » -
Nov 9
2015Thomas (Tom) Nizolek and Jaclyn (Jackie) Avallone, Ph.D. candidates in Materials have been awarded the 2014 Buehler Technical Paper Merit Award for Excellence and the Jacquet-Lucas International Metallographic Award. The award-winning paper provides an overview of a unique accumulative roll bonding technique used to synthesize bulk nanolaminates of Cu and Nb. The paper... read more » -
Nov 6
2015Professor Rachel Segalman was recently elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Prof. Segalman was nominated by the Division of Polymer Physics for “pioneering contributions to the understanding of conjugated, polypeptoid, and ion-containing polymers and co-polymers.” To be elected as a Fellow of APS, a candidate must have exceptional contributions to... read more » -
Oct 26
2015In 2012, alum James Rogers founded Apeel Sciences, where he now serves as CEO and leads an award-winning team of scientists who aim to help provide new organic technology solutions for sustainable agriculture. At Apeel Sciences, James and his team increase the shelf life of produce without the need for refrigeration using purely organic solutions, drastically reducing... read more » -
Oct 22
2015On a Saturday morning in early October, the Materials family came together to celebrate the life of Tony Evans in the 4th Annual Tony Evans 5K Memorial Run. Congregating just steps away from the office Tony once occupied, over 100 people prepared to honor his memory and daily practice of running around the lagoon and back through campus. While not everyone present had met... read more » -
Oct 21
2015UCSB’s College of Engineering and Institute of Energy Efficiency (IEE) hosted a symposium to celebrate the International Year of Light as designated by the United Nations. The event brought the greatest minds in lighting and light-based research together to recognize the substantial technological advancements made in the recent past. Of the various speakers who made... read more » -
Oct 21
2015In June, Professor Christopher Palmstrøm was chosen as a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF), one of only seven distinguished faculty scientists and engineers, by the Department of Defense (DoD). Significant research support is granted to each fellow and Prof. Palmstrøm will use the grant to study a class of functional materials known as... read more » -
Oct 19
2015Four faculty from the UCSB Materials Department were named by mass media company Thomson Reuters to its Highly Cited Researchers 2015 list. Professors Alan Heeger, Craig Hawker, Guillermo Bazan, and Arthur C. Gossard are recognized by Reuters for their published work having a major impact on their fields of research. Highly Cited Researchers 2015 recognizes scientists... read more » -
Oct 16
2015Assistant Professor Stephen Wilson, recently named a 2015-2016 Hellman Fellow, will receive support from the Hellman Fellows Fund for new research addressing the role of electronic correlations in transition metal oxides being explored as battery materials. Prof. Wilson’s current research focuses on materials with complex electronic structure that have promise for... read more » -
Oct 13
2015While living and attending graduate school in Santa Barbara, alum Michael Titus took advantage of the opportunities he discovered in a place where, as he says, anything is possible. Scientifically, he found the opportunities to make, model, test, and characterize materials, a grand slam combination that is a hallmark of UCSB. The level of expertise, and mentorship, he... read more » -
Sep 10
2015With a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Stephen D. Wilson is on his way to finding the 21st century’s silicon, a key element used in the semiconductors of today’s electronics. His latest project aims to grow new exotic materials capable of driving technological and scientific advances to new levels. “I was absolutely... read more » -
Jul 27
2015In a bid to boost photonics manufacturing and bring more skilled, high-tech jobs to the country, as well as push the boundaries of energy efficiency and performance in computing and telecommunications, the Obama administration announced today that it has selected the American Institute for Manufacturing of Photonics (AIM Photonics) to lead research and manufacturing of... read more » -
Jul 3
2015Graduate student Luke Rettbert received an Excellent Poster Award during the closing banquet of the 123HiMAT-Advanced High-Temperature Materials Committee's 1st International Conference, 123HiMAT 2015, held June 29 - July 3 at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. His poster, titled Rejuvenation of Ni-Based Superalloys René N5(SX) and GTD444(DS), was voted one of the... read more » -
Jun 30
2015Professor Larry Coldren received the International Conference on Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM) Award in recognition of his leading contributions to the development of InP-based semiconductor lasers and photonic integrated circuits for optical fiber communications. The award was presented on June 30th at the 2015 Compound Semiconductor Week, held at UC... read more » -
Jun 26
2015Graduate Student Alan Liu was awarded the Best Student Presentation Award at the 2015 Electronic Materials Conference for his presentation, "Record Lifetimes of GaAs Based Lasers Epitaxially Grown on Silicon." Student awards are given annually by the Electronic Materials Committee for the presentations at the EMC Conference. Student papers are judged on scientific content... read more » -
May 28
2015Professor Tresa Pollock has been elected for membership to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Election to the academy is made in recognition of her scientific achievements and her personal standing. -
Apr 27
2015In recognition of his groundbreaking work in LED (light-emitting diode) technology, UC Santa Barbara materials professor Shuji Nakamura has been chosen as a 2015 Global Energy Prize Laureate. The prestigious Russian award “honors outstanding achievements in energy research and technology from around the world that are helping address the world’s various and pressing... read more » -
Apr 8
2015In the world of performance materials, we can be pretty demanding. We want things to be strong but light, flexible but resilient, high quality but easily manufactured and sustainable. UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger has developed a material that can fulfill all those ideals — a solid foam that he describes as “the most... read more » -
Apr 3
2015UCSB Materials graduate student Christopher Proctor has been awarded a 2015/16 Whitaker International Program Scholars post-doc grant to develop organic electronic devices for the treatment of neurological disorders at the École Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne in Gardanne, France. The Whitaker International Program sends emerging leaders in U.S. biomedical... read more » -
Feb 19
2015The editors of the Journal of Polymer Science and the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the ACS are delighted to announce that the JPS Innovation Award winner for 2015 is Rachel Segalman. The award recognizes Rachel for her innovative work, such as unraveling the principles underlying the processing /structure/property relationships in block... read more »
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