DAVIS, Calif., June 20, 2017 – Emmet Francis from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the 2017 M.S. Ghausi Medal at the College of Engineering’s spring commencement ceremony. The award, named for former College of Engineering dean, Mohammed S. Ghausi, is the highest honor bestowed upon a graduating senior in engineering.
A Regents Scholar, Francis ...
DAVIS, Calif.; March 11, 2016 – Yannis F. Dafalias has been elected a Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dafalias is a UC Davis Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering specializing in structural and geo-mechanics.
Dafalias joins an elite group of his peers as an ASCE Fellow with less than four percent ...
MEMORIAL: Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 4 p.m. at Davis Community Church, 412 C Street, Davis, CA.
The faculty and staff at the UC Davis College of Engineering is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Charles Beadle on Monday, March 7, 2016.
Beadle received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts College in 1951, and ...
DAVIS, CA; FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — The UC Davis College of Engineering will kick off its Engineering Week (E-Week) activities with an exciting collection of Learnathon demonstration and activity stations, taking place from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Tercero’s Wall Hall.
This event will follow an introductory “Donuts with the Deans” ceremony, from ...
DAVIS, CA; FEBRUARY 12, 2016 — The Geochemical Society has awarded its 2016 Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award to Alexandra Navrotsky, an interdisciplinary UC Davis Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering, and ceramic, earth and environmental materials.
The Goldschmidt Award is the Society’s highest honor, and is given annually for major achievements in geochemistry or cosmochemistry. The award ...
DAVIS, CA; FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) lead engineer Adam Steltzner, who obtained his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at UC Davis in 1990, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has been recognized for “the development of the Mars Curiosity 2011 entry, descent and landing system, ...
Simon Cherry, a Distinguished Professor in the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), and co-leader of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Biomedical Program, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Cherry is being acknowledged for research that has put UC Davis on the leading edge of molecular imaging nationwide.
He is the ...
The UC Davis College of Engineering kicks off its fourth annual Innovators Exhibit with a reception at 4 p.m. on Friday, February 26, in Kemper Hall’s Bruce and Marie West Lobby. The reception will be highlighted by a presentation from Alison Sheets, a senior biomechanics researcher at Nike. Her talk is titled “Applying Rigor to ...
DAVIS, CA; JANUARY 26, 2016 — Yayoi Takamura, an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, has been invited to attend the 2016 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, which will take place June 16-18 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif.
As a symposium participant, Takamura will ...
Lissa Joy Geiken — who encourages folks to call her “LJ” — has accepted a joint position as College Counselor for the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science.
Formerly a senior staff psychologist and Career Counseling Program Coordinator at UC Davis, Dr. Geiken replaces Elena Herrera, who has departed for a position ...
DAVIS, CA; JANUARY 25, 2016 — Cristina Davis, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
Davis is being recognized for her “outstanding contributions to non-invasive chemical and biological sensing tools, algorithms and applications.” A formal ...
Jinbo Li, a PhD student in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), won the Best Student Paper Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) annual Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2015), held Dec. 6-9 in Nanjing, China.
The paper, titled “Passive Interferometer for Wideband and Linear Transmitter Leakage Cancellation,” is ...
January 6, 2016, Davis, CA—Ever wonder whether Captain America’s “vibranium alloy” shield actually could absorb kinetic energy, or whether Iron Man’s weaponized “repulsor beam” could deliver such concussive force? Thanks to Ricardo Castro, an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, the scientific credibility of such fanciful superhero physics ...DAVIS, CA, JANUARY 6, 2016—NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) lead engineer Adam Steltzner became a highly visible presence during 2012’s Mars Curiosity Rover mission. Steltzner has detailed the richly improbable events that led to this successful mission in his first book: The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership and High-Stakes Innovation, ...
UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Emeritus Professor Izzat M. Idriss and his wife have presented the College of Engineering with a $100,000 gift, to establish the Mariam and Izzat M. Idriss Endowment Fund for Geotechnical Engineering Education.
The endowment will enrich the post-graduate experience in geotechnical engineering, through the support of graduate student ...
1) Where are you from?
I was born and raised in the Central Valley region of Merced, CA, after my parents immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, in order to pursue a brighter future for the family.
2) Why UC Davis?
UC Davis has become one of the top research institutions in the field of computer graphics and ...
Following their first-place victory at a regional event held during spring quarter, the UC Davis Chem-E-Car team placed third overall at the annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Student Conference Competition, which took place Nov. 8 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Aggie engineers competed against 33 other regional ...
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, Nov. 10, 2015 — Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, who became Dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering on Oct. 19, has won the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AlChE) F.J. & Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award, which recognizes outstanding technical and professional contributions to the field of chemical engineering.
Curtis was recognized formally during the ...
1) Where are you from?
I’m from Fairfield, CA. (I didn’t get too far from home!) I earned my BS in mechanical engineering from UC Davis in 2014.
2) Why UC Davis?
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and College of Engineering have been my No. 1 supporters, and that’s a big reason I chose UC Davis; ...