Colleen Reynolds, a 2nd-year Ph.D. student co-advised by Profs. Tresa Pollock and Anton Van Der Ven, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF’s mission. The award provides 3 years of stipend and tuition funding. Out of 12,000 applications for the 2019 award cycle, only 2000 awards were granted. Congratulations Colleen!

On August 2, Prof. Tresa Pollock visited the White House for the fifth anniversary of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) to participate in presentations and panel discussions about the accomplishments and opportunities of the program.

Aiming to develop high-performance materials for use in extreme environments — one of her primary research interests — UC Santa Barbara materials professor Tresa Pollock and her team are collaborating with GE and others to push the effort forward. Their work, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is the subject of a new video produced for the NSF series “Science Nation.”

Jaclyn Avallone, a Materials Ph.D. student, received a Gold Certificate in the Young Scientist Competition at the Ultrafine Grained Materials (UFG) IX Symposium at the 2016 TMS Conference.

UCSB engineers receive their sixth DMREF grant from the National Science Foundation to research and develop advanced materials.

Better, more efficient batteries and photovoltaics. High-performance materials that withstand extreme temperatures and conditions. High-tech devices that require only minimal amounts of energy. There seems to be no limit to the technology we can imagine to solve global problems, improve life in developing countries or enhance our day-to-day activities.