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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

5/2020 newsletter

Newsletter: May 2020

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news and research from January through April 2020. View the full newsletter at the…

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John Bowers gives Plenary Talk at CLEO Conference

IEE Director John Bowers was selected to give the Plenary Talk for the virtual annual CLEO conference.

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A Distinguished Lecturer

UC Santa Barbara chemical Engineering professor Michael Doherty has received one of the American Institute of Chemical…

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Our Future on Earth 2020: Uncovering the Linkages Among Global Risks

A bit of genetic material that skipped from animal to human, and from local market to international stage in a matter of weeks, is now a…

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eric masanet

The World's Data Plan

As the world uses ever more data, it seems reasonable that this must require ever more energy. Not so, says a comprehensive new analysis…

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Think Locally, Act Globally: UC Carbon Offset Project

The UC-initiated carbon offset project was created in an effort to help the UC meet its carbon neutrality goals while…

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Think Locally, Act Globally: UC Carbon Offset Project

The UC-initiated carbon offset project was created in an effort to help the UC meet its carbon neutrality goals while…

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Laser Focus

Honored for his innovations in ultra low-loss photonic integrated circuits and their applications, Daniel Blumenthal, a professor…

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Can the World Feed 10 Billion People by 2050?

Chandra Krintz is professor & vice chair of graduate affairs of Computer Science, co-directs the Lab for Research on Adaptive…

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For Pioneering Discoveries

Once in a great while a technology becomes so ubiquitous that it transforms modern life. Such has been the case for LED lighting —…

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Hydrogen identified as a culprit in capacity loss of batteries

Batteries power our lives: we rely on them to keep our cell phones and laptops buzzing and our hybrid and electric cars on the road. But…

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1/2020 newsletter

Newsletter: January 2020

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news, research and announcements from October 2019 through January 2020. View the…

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Saving Moore's Law

It’s a well-known observation: The number of transistors on a microchip will double roughly every two years. And, thanks to advances in…

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Imagination Plus Expertise

Two faculty members in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering have been elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI…

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Shuji Nakamura

Massive Impact

Not too long ago, if you left the lights on by accident overnight or while you were on a trip, you would pay for that mistake with big…

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