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John Bowers GRIT Talk: The Promise of Silicon Photonics

IEE Director, John Bowers, will give a GRIT Talk Wednesday, July 2nd on The Promise of Silicon Photonics.

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Newsletter: June 2014

Recent Research Findings

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Clustered Systems is Hot Property in Chill Off 2

The Chill Off 2 spent 18 months evaluating cooling technologies from many of the data center industry’s largest vendors. But in the end…

Industry and Business

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Royal Recognition

UCSB Professor Galen Stucky is a recipient of the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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Technology Roundtable Report on Standards for GaN Power Electronics Just Released

A report that details the outcomes of the Institute's Standards for GaN Power Electronics Technology Roundtable, held on March 11-12 at…

Research

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Using Small Particles to Reap Colossal Benefits

UC Santa Barbara researchers have created a unique semiconductor with coherently embedded metallic nanostructures, paving the way for…

Research

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The Zuli Smartplug: Creating a Smart Home

Taylor Umphreys, a UC Santa Barbara alumnus and former undergraduate researcher in Institute Director John Bowers’ lab, recently…

Research

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Institute for Energy Efficiency Announces New Director’s Council and Global Advisory Board Members

James Dehlsen and Ravi Viswanathan have joined the Institute’s Director’s Council, and Arun Majumdar is the newest member to join the…

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Multi-junction Solar Cells to Push CPV Efficiencies Beyond 50%

GaN-based solar cells for integration to multi-junction photovoltaics could raise concentrated photovoltaic system efficiencies to more…

Research

Tom Steyer Talk

Our Mission Should We Choose to Accept It

At May 6th's Energy Leadership Lecture, philanthropist and clean energy advocate Tom Steyer highlighted the actions needed to…

In the News

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Chemistry Professor Receives the 2014 Spiers Memorial Award

UC Santa Barbara’s Fred Wudl, a research professor in chemistry and materials engineering, has received the 2014 Spiers Memorial Award…

Awards and Accolades

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Facing the Elephant in the Room

Philanthropist and clean energy advocate Tom Steyer to come to UCSB to discuss the real urgency of confronting climate change.

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Averting Disastrous Climate Change Could Depend on Unproven Technologies

A U.N. climate report says we’ll overshoot greenhouse gas targets, and will need new technologies to make up for it.

Industry and Business

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Yingli Announce 300MW Agreement for PV Plants in China

Yingli Green Energy has announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with United Photovoltaic Group Limited for the…

Industry and Business

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News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Awarded $4.9 Million from the EPA for Chemical Research

UCSB professors to create the Sustainable Chemical Network to track the health and environmental impacts of new substances.

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News Release: Institute for Energy Efficiency Awarded $4.9 Million from the EPA for Chemical Research

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UCSB professors to create the Sustainable Chemical Network to track the health and environmental…

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