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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

Newsletter

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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…

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Advanced Wireless Lighting System Implementation at UCSB

The deployment phase is underway for UC Santa Barbara's energy-efficient networked lighting control systems.

Graduate, Undergraduate

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Project Led by Mishra Group Selected for ARPA-E's SWITCHES Program

Umesh Mishra's group received $3 million in ARPA-E funding for vertical GaN semiconductor research.

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UCSB Fundraising Event to Bring Solar-Powered Lamps to Community in Zambia

A team of students from UC Santa Barbara's Department of Film and Media Studies are seeking to provide a secondary light source to the…

In the News

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Audubon Report Says Wind Turbines, Wildlife Can Coexist in Maine

One of Maine’s top wildlife advocacy groups says there’s plenty of room in the state to accommodate animal habitat and wind energy…

Industry and Business

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Cree Launches Dissipation-Defying 75W-Equivalent LED Bulb

Cree, the LED company best known for their $10 LED bulb, announced a 75W-equivalent, 1100 lumen model, priced at $24.

Industry and Business

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The World's First Full Line of LEDs Guaranteed for Life - Never Change a Light Bulb Again

Energy Saving Solutions announced that their popular ‘Forever LED Light’ and induction lighting systems, an energy-efficient, long-…

Industry and Business

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Limited Area Epitaxy Applied to Semipolar GaN Laser Diodes

Institute faculty members Shuji Nakamura and Steven DenBaars are participating in LED research involving true green semipolar InGaN-…

Research

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Ink-Jet Printing Could Be the Key to Next-Generation OLED Displays

Manufacturing equipment maker, Kateeva, says its new manufacturing equipment can produce affordable displays based on organic light-…

Industry and Business

Shuji Nakamura

New Materials Light The Way To Blue LED Innovations

Institute faculty member Shuji Nakamura enabled an entire industry based on high-brightness LEDs by developing a practical way to…

In the News