Volume 27 · Number 1 · Winter 2009
Cover: Department of Applied Science Professor Atul Parikh in his lab
Feature Articles
From Kitty Hawk to the Internet, engineering innovations have profoundly changed the way we live. Now what? Future technology promises to be just as game changing. Read about UC Davis engineering researchers who will play a role.
Undergraduate research at the UC Davis College of Engineering allows students to bring their learning to life. Read more about them.
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Engineering Progress is published by the College of Engineering, University of California Davis.
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- Editor:
- Jo Ann Shroyer
- Designer:
- Patricia Graves
- Contributors:
- Janet Krovoza
- Amy McGuire
- Aaron Samson
- Madelyn Taylor
- Ken White
- Photographs:
- Robert Durell
- Patricia Graves
- Karin Higgins
- Tim Wong
Outside the Box
What do engineers do in their spare time? A lot, as it turns out. Here are four examples from our UC Davis College of Engineering community.
College of Engineering dean Bruce White started playing hockey in Minnesota when he was 4 years old, competing on city leagues, in high school and in college. As a young professor at UC Davis he spent three years on the Sacramento Rebels semi-pro team. While the Rebels’ practice and playing commitment were difficult to combine with his academic career, White has remained active on the ice. He enjoys playing in a local hockey league and views it as a way to stay fit and have fun.
“Engineer” is a word that hardly encompasses Jason Moore, pictured here in Guatemala. A graduate student in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, he is also a humanitarian, an idealist and an adventurer. Moore has been taking trips to developing countries, working to design simple, human-powered machines to counteract the limited resources. His achievements include human-powered ambulances, corn de-kernelers, water pumps, and knife sharpeners. He is channeling his idealism into his research and studies, and using them to help others and spread the word about “the power of the bicycle to make the world a better place.”
Paul Craig, professor emeritus in the Dept. of Applied Science, became interested in art during his years at UC Davis, but didn’t start creating art until he retired. Fascinated with welding, he started with steel, then graduated to brass and aluminum. He loves making objects that are “totally useless.” He also does nature photography and credits his love of nature with introducing him to his wife, who he met on the John Muir Trail. He is a member of the local artists’ cooperative in Martinez, mARTinez GALLERY, located in the old Martinez train station.
Dean Karnopp, professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, is pictured here holding his latest creation, a cockroach named Gregor Samsa. The horse drawing in the background is also his work. “Ever since I was a little boy I have enjoyed making sculptures and drawings. My wood carvings got bigger as I grew up, and became so numerous that I had to give some to my children and to banish some to the outside. My metal sculptures are quite large, and some are heavy, so they clutter my back yard. I love turning hardware materials to works of art.”
