Ruling on UCSB researcher’s death unlikely to provide real answer
By the time you read this, a coroner’s inquest into the death in Singapore of a promising young UC Santa Barbara-trained scientist will be headed toward a verdict. The coroner’s ruling cannot be appealed and thus it will be the official word on whether Shane Todd was murdered or committed suicide. It is a case Read More →
Asta Fluidic takes top spot at UCSB competition
A UC Santa Barbara team developing a cheap and easy technology to test for a serious pregnancy complication is the winner of the school’s 14th annual New Venture Competition. Asta Fluidic Technologies is developing a chip that could drastically reduce the time and cost of testing for fetomaternal hemorrhage, a condition in which the red Read More →
Editorial: To become tech magnet, region should think big
We’d encourage UCSB to think bigger when it comes to the longterm effects of the startups it spins out and embrace a broader role along the entire Highway 101 corridor.
Former Energy Secretary calls for manufacturing renaissance
In his first speech since stepping down as U.S. Secretary of Energy in late April, Steven Chu said American needs to actually produce the things it invents or risk losing competitiveness on the global stage. Speaking at the 2013 Summit on Energy Efficiency in Santa Barbara, he pressed scientists from UC Santa Barbara and elsewhere Read More →
Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet hires executive director
A public-private initiative to lure more tech businesses to Goleta has hired its first executive director. The Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet, or GEM, appointed Doug Lynch to lead the group, which is a collaboration between the city of Goleta, the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and UC Santa Barbara designed to create and maintain a tech Read More →
Electrical engineer’s death may be linked to GaN work at UCSB
Singapore police have asked the FBI to join their investigation into the death of Shane Todd, a promising young scientist who received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UC Santa Barbara. The death initially was ruled a suicide but a growing number of people think he may have been murdered. FBI involvement represents a small Read More →
