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UCSB announces long‑term lease of 105,000‑sq‑ft research facility; plans ‘OASIS’ scale‑up center across Los Carneros Road
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UCSB’s engineering dean described a new long‑term lease on a 105,000 square‑foot R&D facility on Los Carneros Road and outlined plans for OASIS, a translational hub for semiconductors, quantum materials, advanced batteries and biomaterials to help startups scale research to manufacturing. The university requested continuing partnership with the
UCSB Dean Umesh Mishra told the Goleta City Council during public comment on Sept. 16 that the university has secured a long‑term lease on a 105,000‑square‑foot research and development facility on Los Carneros Road and will transition the site—taking over the lease from a private tenant—into a translational center called OASIS.
Mishra, dean of the Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, said OASIS…
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