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How Big Can Wind Turbines Get?

Lower levalized cost of energy (LCOE) has driven the move to taller, larger, more efficient turbines across the globe.

Industry and Business

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Praise for Polymer Science

Engineer Glenn Fredrickson receives the William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature!

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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Solar Cell Game Changer

IEE faculty members Guillermo Bazan and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen develop a simple processing technique that could cut the cost of organic…

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Solar Cell Game Changer

IEE faculty members Guillermo Bazan and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen develop a simple processing technique that could cut the cost of organic…

In the News

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Without the Clean Power Plan, Are Nuclear Plants Essential to Combat Climate Change?

At-risk nuclear plants, those which are too expensive to upgrade or to keep running, are soon to be shuttered across America. PG&E…

Industry and Business

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Germanium Can Take Transistors Where Silicon Can’t

While Silicon's wider band gap and greater abundance have made it the material of choice for chips, the high mobility of electrons in…

Research

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New Perovskite Could Lead the Next Generation of Data Storage

A new perovskite material has the ability to rapidly change magnetic order, making it ideal for constructing the next generation of hard…

Research

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Three UCSB Faculty Members Named 2016 AAAS Fellows

Three UCSB professors, including IEE faculty member Kaustav Banerjee, have been awarded a fellowship with the American Association for…

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Girl Power

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New Understanding of Metastability Clears Path For Next-Generation Materials

A new study quantifies the thermodynamic scale of metastability for thousands of materials, paving the way for use in a variety of next-…

Research

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Utility Regulators Finalize Ratemaking Manual for Distributed Energy Resources

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has adopted a manual on the compensation of distributed energy…

Industry and Business

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NREL 2016 Standard Scenarios Outlook Shows Continued Growth in Renewables and Gas in the US Power Sector

The newly released Standard Scenarios outlook shows projected growth in natural gas and renewable sources of energy as costs are…

Industry and Business

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Highest Performing Tungsten Disulfide Yet Brings Flexible 2D Circuits Closer

NYU engineers have made progress on a new manufacturing process for tungsten disulfide used in the synthesis of 2D TMDs, an attractive…

Research

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Computer Scientists Find 'Inexact Computing' Can Improve Answers

In efforts to find more efficient approaches to super-computing, researchers have improved the quality of their supercomputing answers…

Research

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Net-Zero Homes and the Future of Energy Consumption

As green technology transforms residential living, from solar modules to energy-efficient light bulbs, the future of home design is…

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'Bottlebrush' Polymers Make Dielectric Elastomers Increasingly Viable for Use in Devices

An electroactive polymer has been developed that can change size and shape when exposed to an electric field.

Research