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Energy Efficiency

Generating new findings for a brighter future. We’re exploring how to improve energy production, storage, distribution and consumption that leads to efficient and effective energy use. 

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Roark Chao in lab
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Matt Perko
Doctoral student Roark Chao researches microLEDs at UC Santa Barbara

Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen

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A large field of sunflowers near Sacramento.
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Tfoxfoto via iStock
Tweaks to farming practices could preserve some of California’s declining water resources.
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A pumpjack nestled between trees and luxury homes.
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iStock
California currently has no setback restrictions, so oil production can occur in the middle of neighborhoods like Signal Hill, in Los Angeles.

Pushing Photons

‘Think Big’