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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations

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Aspiring engineers receive national research fellowships, with significant funding
Laser reflect on optic table un quantum laboratory
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Bright prospects for engineering quantum light
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Herbert Kroemer

Library acquires papers of Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer
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Shuji Nakamura to be inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame
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Laser tech expert wins major materials award
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McLean Echlin
The prototype of UCSB's TriBeam microscope, developed by the Tresa Pollock Lab before it was commercialized by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scientific research soars with NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation program
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The NSF BioPACIFIC MIP group.

BioPACIFIC MIP unites two UC campuses to advance a new model for materials research
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A major materials award for Chris Van de Walle
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The Materials Research Laboratory receives a six-year, $18 million grant from NSF
Auger-Meitner Effect on electron energy loss
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Fangzhou Zhao
The trap-assisted Auger-Meitner effect allows for energy to be transferred to another electron.

Trap-Assisted Auger-Meitner recombination exposed as a major loss mechanism in LEDs
The winners of the 2023 NVC with a big check
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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Tresa Pollock is the first woman to win the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal for metallurgists
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