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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations

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An AI-generated image depicts engineers working on an AI-enabled robot.

GauchoAI team takes second place in Amazon’s Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge
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Researchers at the 2023 Mellichamp Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit contemplate and discuss the state of artificial intelligence
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Oil and gas extraction infrastructure in the Permian Basin

MethaneMapper is poised to solve the problem of underreported methane emissions
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Leeta's Kira Wyckhoff (left), and Linus Kautzsch (right), with materials professor Ram Seshadri (center)

Leeta wins UCSB's 24th Annual New Venture Competition
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Capstone project client Steve Ferreira (center) with (from right): Professor Tyler Susko and team members James Freda, Carlos Rivera, Janna Crocker, Joseph Byun and Cannon Crow.

An innovative, student-designed weight machine makes working out more accessible to people who use wheelchairs
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Tresa Pollock is the first woman to win the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal for metallurgists
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From l to r: Ambuj Singh, Christopher Kruegel, João Hespanha, Giovanni Vigna

UC Santa Barbara to lead NSF-funded research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity
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Beyond Moore’s Law: Innovations in solid-state physics include ultra-thin ‘two-dimensional’ materials and more
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to hunt for human intelligence
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Jonathan Balkind receives NSF Early CAREER Award to improve cloud-based computing
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Professor Umesh Mishra

A new leader: Professor Umesh Mishra to become dean of engineering
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A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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