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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🏆Congrats to Prof. Pradeep Sen and former PhD student Nima Kalantari who were just awarded the SIGGRAPH Test-of-Time Award for their 2015 paper that transformed computer graphics rendering! Read more here👇 tinyurl.com/mvh569zx @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🔵⚡Big feature in @cnn.com this week on our very own Prof. Shuji Nakamura (Materials & ECE). The man who lit up the world with blue LEDs, and now wants to power it too. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/msm4h9bf @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations to @fatihdinc.bsky.social, postdoc in UC Santa Barbara #ECE and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, on winning the Richard C. DiPrima Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). 🏆 🔗 Read the full story: lnkd.in/gd27SUAA

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🎓After 38 years, Professor Forrest Brewer is retiring from UCSB ECE. His work in asynchronous logic, VLSI design, and sigma-delta computation has left a deep mark on this department and on the students he mentored along the way. We are grateful for every one of those 38 years.🙏

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🏆Congratulations to Prof. Elaheh Ahmadi, recipient of the 2026 Young Investigator MBE Award from the International MBE Advisory Committee! Her research on novel ultra wide bandgap devices is pushing the boundaries of high power, high frequency, and quantum applications.🔬⚡

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social is ranked #3 academic institution in the world for automation and control by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 🏆 At the heart of this success is the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation! Discover 👉 www.ccdc.ucsb.edu

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🏆 Congratulations to ECE Professor and Aeluma CEO Dr. Jonathan Klamkin on receiving the prestigious IPRM Award from Compound Semiconductor Week! Read more here👇 tinyurl.com/apx9phhc @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🏥Congratulations to ECE Prof. Ramtin Pedarsani's team on receiving a UC Noyce Initiative award to develop robust vision-language models for clinical applications — part of a $3.4M UC-wide research push for computational health and cybersecurity.🤖 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mm9jb8x

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🔬How do you study thousands of neurons at once? You build better tools. ECE Prof. Spencer Smith's SLAB Lab designed a scan angle multiplier that achieves the laser scanning trifecta: high speed, high resolution, and a larger area.🧠⚡ 📜https://tinyurl.com/36j7pa3d

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🎉Congrats to ECE undergraduate Roland Yin on receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship — one of the most prestigious honors in STEM!🏆 @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social 🔗https://tinyurl.com/63h5hvfz

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎉 Congratulations to ECE Professor James Buckwalter on being inducted as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors!🏆 @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/ubk93ahf

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering is launching METL — the Master of Engineering & Technology Leadership — the first fully online master's degree at UC Santa Barbara, built for working tech professionals around the world 🎓 @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Big news from our department! 🚀 Prof. Daniel Blumenthal and his group, in collaboration with @UMassAmherst, have demonstrated a chip-scale stabilized laser for trapped-ion quantum systems. 🔗https://bit.ly/4vgq7Wt @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The future of quantum is being built right here in the OCAQπ Lab!⚛️✨ Last Friday, March 13, @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social hosted "Quantum California" – bringing together state leaders and industry icons to explore the groundbreaking research happening in our department ⚡️🥼

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It’s March, and high school seniors are facing a huge choice: Where to call home for the next 4 years? 🎓 At @ucsbengineering.bsky.social, we offer elite #engineering research in a coastal environment designed to keep you inspired. 🌴🌊 #collegedecisions #ECE #UCSB

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Congratulations to ECE & Materials Distinguished Professor Steven DenBaars for receiving the 2026 @optica.org Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award! 🏆💡 Read more about this prestigious honor: bit.ly/4lj15RH #UCSB #Engineering #Optica #LED #Sustainability #GaN

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🏆UCSB ranked #1 public university in the US for scientific impact, and 3rd in universities overall!🎓 Congratulations to all of our researchers who are leading the global conversation.🌐🧵 @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Exciting news from OCAQpi! Researchers @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social have advanced photonics with PZT-integrated SiN microcomb resonators. 🌟 Dive into this innovation: tinyurl.com/258gp9x4

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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Exciting announcement ✨ Our work on brain-inspired AI computing, led by PhD student Boxun Xu and Prof. Peng Li, received ICCAD William J. McCalla Best Paper Award nominations in 2024 and 2025. Joint work with Georgia Tech and USC! #UCSB #ICCAD2024 #ICCAD2025 #EfficientAI

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