We are so glad to be able to invite industry back on to campus! We encourage you to attend upcoming events, meet our fantastic faculty and/or host an information session with students.

View our corporate success stories to see some examples of ways for industry to collaborate with the College of Engineering and the Sciences at UCSB.

UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced the appointment of Tresa Pollock, Alcoa Distinguished Professor of Materials, as the interim dean of the College of Engineering.

Pollock is a world-renowned expert in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys having applications in aerospace, energy, and automotive industries. Her current research is focused on 3D materials science and the mechanical and environmental performance of materials in extreme environments. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and is a Fellow of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. In 2018 she was named an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers and in 2021 received honorary membership in the French Society of Materials and Metallurgy.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Pollock as Interim Dean.

Corporate Programs Office is the portal for industry to discover Engineering and the Sciences at UC Santa Barbara. We provide corporations with insightful access to campus faculty, students, facilities, strategic planning for heightened corporate visibility and other key tools for success between industry and UC Santa Barbara. We are now able to host companies on campus in-person, so please contact us if you have any needs or questions.

Leslie Edwards, Director of Corporate Business Development, provides guidance to industry collaborators, supporting them with access to faculty and students, strategic planning and other key tools to ensure successful industry-university collaborative projects. 

Chris Russo, Associate Director of Corporate Business Development, has a broad background in engineering as well as high-tech business development and sales. He has been involved in forming collaborative strategic relationships for over 20 years, starting his career as an electrical engineer.

Ashley Antoon, Corporate Relations and Student Recruitment Manager, is responsible for developing and managing industry interactions that lead to expansion and growth of new science and engineering internships and full-time placement opportunities with corporations

The annual Materials Research Outreach Symposium (MROP) will be held on January 26th and 27th (Wednesday and Thursday) 2022 at the Corwin Pavilion at UCSB and is our premier event for showcasing new scientific programs at UCSB and outside to our industrial partners.

MROP brings industrial scientists and R&D leaders together with UCSB faculty and a few faculty members and scientists from elsewhere to the UCSB campus. The objective is to showcase the materials research strengths, highlight recent advances and applications in the industrial sector, and provide an opportunity for networking among academic researchers and industrial scientists studying a broad range of materials. http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/mrop2022.  Please check back later for updates to the meeting agenda.

In their biggest event of the year, UCSB Data Science Club is hosting the 2022 Project Showcase and Networking Event on Thursday, April 14, 2022! 

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Theogarajan, Academic Coordinator, Statistics & Applied Probability at academic-coordinator@pstat.ucsb.edu.

The 2021 CalTestBed Symposium will showcase the program’s innovative entrepreneurs and connect them with a national and global ecosystem of partners in order to accelerate the commercialization of their transformational technologies. It will also shine a light on our world-class testing facilities housed at nine University of California campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.