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Institute Faculty Member Kim Turner Elected to ASME

UCSB Mechanical Engineering Professor Kimberly Turner is recognized for her contributions to the field of micro-electro-mechanical…

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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Newsletter: March 2014

Recent Research Findings

Replacing the…

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News Release: An Unconventional Talk on Unconventional Oil and Gas

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Energy Efficiency, Game Changer: Unconventional Gas & Oil and the Energy Landscape brought…

In the News

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Unconventional Gas and Oil: Symposium on a Game Changer

Join the Institute, Carsey-Wolf Center and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management for Game Changer: Unconventional…

In the News

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Companies Lighting the Way of Government Regulations

As of January 1, 2014 U.S. manufacturers are no longer legally allowed to produce these bulbs, so the 40-watt and 60-watt bulbs you see…

Industry and Business

Jim Speck

Solar3D Aquires 100% of SUNworks

The sun is shining brightly on solar energy providers in California, and for companies like Goleta-based Solar 3D Inc (OTC: SLTD), a…

Industry and Business

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Super High Power LEDs to be in 50% of Lighting Shipments by 2017, According to Strategies Unlimited

According to The Market for High-Brightness LEDs in Lighting Applications report, revenues for LEDs in lighting applications, which…

Industry and Business

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Seven Countries Responsible for Two-Thirds of Climate Change, Research Shows

New research has found that just seven countries, including the UK and USA, account for 63% of climate change. Relative to population…

Research

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HyperSolar Extends Agreement With UC Santa Barbara for Research and Development

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today…

Graduate, Undergraduate

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News Release: Umesh Mishra Joins New Nationwide Research and Manufacturing Consortium

UC Santa Barbara is one of several institutions participating in investigation and innovation at the Next Generation Power Electronics…

In the News, Industry and Business

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Startup Gets $30 Million to Bring High-Energy Silicon Batteries to Market

Amprius, a startup working on a new type of long-lasting lithium-ion batteries for laptops and electric vehicles, has started to sell…

Industry and Business

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Consumer Reports: The Best Energy-Saving Halogen, CFL, and LED Replacements

As of January 1, incandescent light bulbs can no longer be made in the U.S. or imported. The good news is their replacements can save…

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: December 2013

Research News

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Two UCSB Engineering Professors Named to National Academy of Inventors

UC Santa Barbara engineering professors Samir Mitragotri and Steven DenBaars have been named to the rank of Fellows of the National…

Awards and Accolades

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Blue Semi-Polar Laser Catches the Performance of Incumbents

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), have produced a blue-emitting semi-polar laser that is claimed to…

In the News, Research

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News Release: Institute Faculty Igor Mezic Finds a way to Predict Cascading Power Outages

UC Santa Barbara professor Igor Mezic along with Yoshihiko Susuki from Kyoto University can predict future massive instabilities in the…