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IEE's M. Scott Shell elected AAAS Fellow

Two professors in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering, Beth Pruitt and M. Scott Shell, have received a…

Awards and Accolades, Research

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UCSB's Team Klaatu Designs Innovative Farming Robot, Gort

Team Klaatu, a team comprised of students from UCSB and advised by Professors Chandra Krintz and Rich Wolski, recently designed an…

General, Research

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2023-2024 IEE Seed & IGSB SW Impact Grant Applications Are Now Open!

The Institute for Energy Efficiency is pleased to announce that applications for our 2023-2024 Seed Grant and IGSB SW Impact Grant are…

Research

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Researchers Develop a Scaled-up Spintronic Probabilistic Computer

Researchers at Tohoku University, the University of Messina, and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have developed a…

In the News, Research

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They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look

For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed…

In the News, Research

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Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency

Faculty at UC Santa Barbara seeking to develop breakthrough energy-efficient software will have the opportunity to receive seed funding…

Research

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Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency

Faculty at UC Santa Barbara seeking to develop breakthrough energy-efficient software will have the opportunity to receive seed funding…

Research

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Investing in the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency

Faculty at UC Santa Barbara seeking to develop breakthrough energy-efficient software will have the opportunity to receive seed funding…

Research

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Convergence of Silicon Photonics and Electronics

Silicon photonics research and commercialization has intensified as both photonic component performance…

Research

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Investing In Innovation

Three projects that take innovative approaches to solving critical energy-efficiency challenges have been awarded seed funding from UC…

Awards and Accolades, Research

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AIM Photonics Awaits 2nd Round of Funding

In the News, Research

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A Second Look at Sunlight

A year ago scientists everywhere were scrambling to get their minds around the SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that caused the pandemic…

Research

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Power, Water and Climate

As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and…

Research

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Institute for Energy Efficiency Announces 2020-2021 Excellence in Research and Frenkel Foundation Fellows

IEE selected this year’s Excellence in Research and Frenkel Foundation fellows. The IEE Excellence in Research Graduate…

Research

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From the Poles to the Stars

On November 16, 2019, pilot and author Robert DeLaurentis took off on an ambitious adventure. Setting out from San Diego county’s…

Research

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Building An Ideal MOSFET

As our electronics continue to proliferate and become more sophisticated, the race continues for more power efficient and scaleable…

Research