UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Rachel Segalman has been named the university’s new Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR), effective July 1. The announcement was made by Chancellor Henry T. Yang, marking the conclusion of a comprehensive national search led by a campus advisory committee co-chaired by materials professor Tresa Pollock and physics professor Claudio Campagnari.| chemengr.ucsb.edu
The distinguished chemical engineer and materials scientist joined the UCSB faculty in 2014.| The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering - UCSB
The distinguished chemical engineer and materials scientist joined the UCSB faculty in 2014.| UCSB College of Engineering
Rachel Segalman receives her second major award in as many weeks, the latest from AIChE.| UCSB College of Engineering
Chemical engineering professor and chair receives prestigious mid-career award from the Department of Energy.| UCSB College of Engineering
Just days after winning the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the Department of Energy’s highest honor for mid-career scientists, Rachel Segalman, professor and chair of UC Santa Barbara’s Chemical Department, has received one of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) most prestigious prizes, the Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering. The AIChE annually presents the Professional Progress Award in recognition of one researcher’s sustained i...| www.chemengr.ucsb.edu
Rachel Segalman, professor and chair of UC Santa Barbara’s Chemical Engineering Department, recently received a memorable phone call. The caller identification on her cellular phone read “DOE,” standing for the Department of Energy, which piqued the interest and nerves of the Edward Noble Kramer Professor. | www.chemengr.ucsb.edu