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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The inaugural METL class will start in fall 2027, and the application window for admission opens in September. Click here to learn more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/METL_La...
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UCSB Engineering Launches University's First Fully Online Master's Degree | The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering - UC Santa Barbara
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Engineering will launch the university’s first fully online master’s degree program, the Master of Engineering and Technology Leadership (METL), a bold expansion of UCSB’s engineering curriculum designed for working professionals across the globe.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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.👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/materia...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today, The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering hosted the deans and engineering leaders from all UC’s for a day of collaboration and innovation. 💡 These leaders worked together to discuss magnifying our strengths and ensuring the success of all engineering colleges in the UC.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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HerBrain: The Best Inventions of 2025
Find out why HerBrain is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
HerBrain, the first digital twin of the maternal brain, has been named one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025! 👏 Led by @ninamiolane.bsky.social the HerBrain app illustrates how brain structures change across the pregnancy and postpartum periods, so a woman can predict her weekly shifts.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
How can we use new technologies intentionally and avoid digital burnout?🤳 Paul Leonardi, Professor of Technology Management, explores this question in his newly published book, Digital Exhaustion: Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life. Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/node/4156
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
On October 9, aerospace engineer Sreedhara Somanath will be leading a seminar at UCSB, where he will discuss the resilience involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission and the growing technological strength of India as a whole. 🚀 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/former-...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "revealed quantum physics in action," affirming UCSB as the epicenter of quantum research.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Cadense, a UCSB startup that develops adaptive shoes, was recently selected as a finalist for a 2025 Innovation by Design Award presented by the American business magazine Fast Company.🏅 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/profess... #UCSBEngineering #Innovation
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We kicked off the new school year with the launch of the BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB). The new facility will allow researchers to make novel discoveries using previously unstudied microbes that could generate advances in biotechnology & biomanufacturing.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
UCSB distinguished professor Eckart Meiburg has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study sediment dynamics in collaboration with former UCSB mechanical engineering associate professor Alban Sauret.👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/eckart-...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
UCSB researchers have created a non-electronic soft robotic device that quickly and autonomously guides a soft tube into the trachea. The innovative tool improves airway access and raises survival odds in critical medical emergencies.💡 Click here to read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022019/...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Bioengineering assistant professor Marley Dewey has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research award to support her work on recently discovered extracellular vesicles that play an important role in tissue repair.👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/marley-...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Chuqiao (Elise) Chen, a postdoctoral researcher at UCSB, and her collaborators were awarded top honors at the 2025 Energy Frontier Research Center Principal Investigators’ Meeting. The team won the Student & Postdoc Team Science Competition.👏 Read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/ucsb-po...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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The 2nd Annual NIH T32 Symposium at UCSB
Keynote speakers, faculty researchers, and scholars in bioengineering presented their cutting-edge research addressing real-world health issues.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Seven graduate students recently presented their research at the 2nd Annual T32 Symposium, organized by the Bioengineering Department.👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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UCSB Professor James B. Rawlings Receives Top Honor for Control Systems Engineers
James B. Rawlings becomes only the fifth chemical engineer to receive the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award since 1979.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor James B. Rawlings has been named the recipient of the 2025 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, the highest recognition of professional achievement for U.S. control systems engineers and scientists.👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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UCSB Launches Hands-on Semiconductor-Manufacturing Summer Courses
The courses offer a pathway for non-engineers to fill important jobs in a critical industry.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This year, UCSB launched 2 new semiconductor-manufacturing summer courses! 🔬☀️ “Equipment Maintenance Technician” & “Microchip Fabrication I,” emphasize precision, documentation, teamwork & the iterative nature of device fabrication, all skills essential for careers in semiconductor manufacturing.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Chemical Engineering Student Anika Jena Receives ACS Award
The chemical engineering student was one of only two undergraduates nationwide selected to receive funding and present research at the national conference.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Congratulations to Anika Jena, a rising fourth-year chemical engineering major at UC Santa Barbara, for receiving an Eli Lilly Travel Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and Eli Lilly and Company.👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Arpit Gupta Receives Google Funding to Develop Low-Cost Network Foundation Models
The two awards reflect the perceived importance of his innovative research.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Arpit Gupta has been recognized with the Google Research Scholar Award and Google ML (machine learning) and Systems Junior Faculty Award for his pioneering work at the intersection of machine learning and computer networks.👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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Startup Leaders Present at the CNSI Technology Incubator’s Tenth Anniversary
Representatives from eleven companies that began in the Incubator shared their stories.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This past June, the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) Technology Incubator celebrated its 10th anniversary!👏 A group gathered to tell stories about their varied roads to creating, developing, and selling their diverse and innovative products — and the role of the Incubator in their progress.
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UC Santa Barbara @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Today it was announced that UCSB's next chancellor will be Dr. Dennis Assanis, a distinguished scholar and accomplished higher education leader. Approved by the UC Board of Regents, he'll assume his role on Sept. 1, 2025. ow.ly/haUT50WrqjM
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Dr. Dennis Assanis appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s next chancellor
Assanis comes to UC from the University of Delaware, where he has served as president since 2016. He will assume his role at UC Santa Barbara on September 1, 2025.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Rachel Segalman Named UCSB's Vice Chancellor for Research
The distinguished chemical engineer and materials scientist joined the UCSB faculty in 2014.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Congratulations to UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Rachel Segalman, who has been named the university’s new Vice Chancellor for Research!👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Her goal is to develop a hands-on curriculum and research program that prepares students to understand contemporary controls and robotics methodologies and encourages them to contribute in meaningful and responsible ways. 💡 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/qa-new-... #UCSB
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Q&A With New COE Faculty: Charlott Vallon
The new assistant teaching professor of mechanical engineering restructures the hierarchy of learning controls for complex cyber-physical systems.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In November, Charlott Vallon will join The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering’s Mechanical Engineering Department as an assistant teaching professor! 👏 Vallon is interested in decision-making for complex cyber-physical systems, systems that integrate both computation and physical processes.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Jeff Sakamoto Named Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
The UCSB professor is cited for leadership in the areas of electrochemistry and mechano-electrochemistry.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Jeff Sakamoto, professor of materials and mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara, was recently announced as one of twelve members of the 2025 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). 🎉
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Click here to read more about Bowers and his impact on the college: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/pioneer... #UCSB #UCSBEngineering
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Pioneering UCSB Laser Expert John Bowers Is Set to Retire
Materials professor Steven DenBaars succeeds him as director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
After 38 years as a professor at UCSB, John Bowers is retiring. Bowers, a pioneer in lasersand photonics has served as director of the IEE at UCSB since it was founded in 2008 and is also a Distinguished Prof in the Depts of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials, and Technology Management.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Class of 2025 Recognizes Outstanding Faculty
Two honorees are first-time winners of the recognition voted on by graduating seniors.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Graduating seniors in each undergraduate degree program in The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering select one Outstanding Faculty Award recipient every spring. The Outstanding Faculty for the Class of 2025 are Michael Gordon, Yoga Isukapalli, Ziad Matni, Andrew Teel, and Matthew Begley.👏
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The class of 2025 is just getting started! 🎓 🎉 We invited our newest alumni to share their thrilling plans for life after graduation.👏 #UCSB2025 #UCSBEngineering
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
“Dr. Mehrabian didn’t just build a college – he created a model for how engineering education should work,” said UCSB Dean of Engineering Umesh Mishra. “His vision of collaboration across departments laid the foundation for the top-tier national rankings our engineering programs enjoy today.”
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The UCSB College of Engineering is excited to announce that we have been named The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering for a former dean who has had significant impact on the college!👏 Click here to read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021920/...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We spoke with Arturo Juan, a materials PhD student, and Sam Rosen, a student in the Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Quantitative Biosciences (IPQB), about what Pride means to them and why it is important to share their stories. Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/celebra...
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Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community
The College of Engineering celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and Pride Month.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Each June we celebrate Pride in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and use this opportunity to lift the voices of our LGBTQIA+ community. #Pride #PrideMonth #UCSB #UCSBEngineering
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congratulations to Tianle Yu, a computer science major, for receiving the College of Engineering’s 2025 Tirrell Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Research!👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/recogni...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congratulations to Lauren Bajo-Smith, a chemical engineering major, for receiving the College of Engineering’s 2025 Hynes-Wood Award!👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/recogni...
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This year's commencement begins at 1 PM on Friday, June 13 on Commencement Green. Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/celebra...
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Celebrating a Record-Breaking Class
The class of 2025 set four College of Engineering records related to the number of bachelor’s degrees earned.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It's commencement week!🎓 The UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering will celebrate a record-breaking year during the 2025 Undergraduate Commencement! The college has conferred 472 bachelor’s degrees during the 2024-’25 academic year, breaking the previous record of 437 set last year.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Leveraging AI to Study Women’s Brains During and After Pregnancy
Nina Miolane is developing an innovative tool for real-time monitoring.
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
UC Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor @ninamiolane.bsky.social and her team are using AI to provide new insights into how the brain changes during pregnancy and motherhood and how such changes might shed light on postpartum depression and other issues.🧠
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The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering @ucsbengineering.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Leveraging AI to Study Women’s Brains During and After Pregnancy
Nina Miolane is developing an innovative tool for real-time monitoring.
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