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Dec 16, 2024 | 
noozhawk.com | Andrew Masuda
Daniel Oropeza, an assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Early Career Faculty Initiative grant. A joint endeavor between LLNL and UC National Laboratories at the UC Office of the President, the initiative seeks to foster long-term academic partnerships and provide UC early-career faculty members with funding and lab support for their research.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
independent.com | Sonia Fernandez |Andrew Masuda |Caitlin Scialla |Tyler Hayden
Dr. Jennifer Doudna Talks Editing Genes and Shredding Cancer UCSB Arts & Lectures, Cancer Foundation of S.B. Host Nobel Prize–Winning Biochemist for Talk on CRISPR Dr. Jennifer Doudna, a UC Berkeley Biochemist, will be in Santa Barbara on Tuesday to shed light on the gene-editing technology that is shedding cancer cells.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
independent.com | Andrew Masuda |Caitlin Scialla |Harrison Tasoff |Margaux Lovely
Galan Moody | Credit: Courtesy This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College have joined forces to expand a program that provides critical workforce pathways for micro/nanotechnology and semiconductor manufacturing.
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May 1, 2024 | 
techxplore.com | Andrew Masuda
Researcher and technologist Matt Beane, an assistant professor in the Technology Management Department at UC Santa Barbara, is calling attention to an immediate and hidden concern in the modern workplace—and offering a surprising path forward.
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Dec 3, 2023 | 
noozhawk.com | Andrew Masuda
Researchers in UC Santa Barbara’s newly designated Biological Engineering (BioE) Department have received a significant boost from the U.S. Army, which awarded the university a $9.85 million grant to design and purchase state-of-the-art equipment that project leader Michelle O’Malley, a professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering, says “allows UCSB scientists to do things that we never thought were possible.” The funding, awarded through the Department of Defense’s Defense...
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Nov 12, 2023 | 
noozhawk.com | Andrew Masuda
UC Santa Barbara will play a key role in the United States’ effort to bolster semiconductor manufacturing and development and its competitiveness in the global market. The campus is a member of the California Defense Ready Electronic and Microdevices Superhub (California DREAMS), one of eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs established last week by the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
thepressroom.info | Andrew Masuda |Kazuo Ishiguro
Regional innovation hubs were also established at Stanford University, and in the states of New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana. In all, more than 360 organizations from over 30 states will participate in the national network of hubs, acting on a shared mission to expand the nation’s global leadership in microelectronics.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
noozhawk.com | Andrew Masuda
UC Santa Barbara will play a key role in the United States’ effort to bolster semiconductor manufacturing and development and its competitiveness in the global market. The campus is a member of the California Defense Ready Electronic and Microdevices Superhub (California DREAMS), one of eight Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hubs established last week by the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
noozhawk.com | Andrew Masuda
Pitching a faster and more sustainable manufacturing process to close the supply-and-demand gap for lithium-ion battery materials, Leeta, a team comprising two materials Ph.D. students, won the grand prize at UC Santa Barbara’s 24th Annual New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals. The team earned a total of $12,000 in cash and a start-up grant.
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Jun 10, 2023 | 
independent.com | Andrew Masuda
This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. Pitching a faster and more sustainable manufacturing process to close the supply-and-demand gap for lithium-ion battery materials, Leeta, a team comprising two materials Ph.D. students, won the grand prize at UC Santa Barbara’s 24th Annual New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals, earning a total of $12,000 in cash and a start-up grant.
