NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

May 16, 2008

Student Life

Engineer is First Recipient of Baskin Undergraduate Research Award

During the Spring Commencement Ceremony on June 15, 2007, the first annual Ronald and Lydia Baskin Undergraduate Research Award was presented to Edgar Sanchez.

Steel Bridge Team Places Second in National Competition

AIChE Team Sweeps the Western Region Competition

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Honors Program

Tundra Toilets for Remote Alaska Communities

The UC Davis College of Engineering and the Cal Aggie Engineering Alumni Association have awarded the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal to Dr. W. Allen Marr, a geotechnical engineer and President and CEO of Geocomp Corporation.

Faculty

Emeritus Professor Dick Walters Builds Cultural Bridges

With an international background and more than 40 years of experience in computer science, medicine, and distance learning, Dick Walters is the natural choice to help University Outreach and International Programs develop these types of collaborative agreements between UC Davis and Egypt. "It just fits my life," Walters explains. "My commitment to promoting international cooperation and to promoting ties between UC Davis and the Middle East is very strong."

Toward the Right Mix: Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

When Karen McDonald was recruited to UC Davis in 1985, the campus issued a press release about it. Today, her department — Chemical Engineering and Materials Science — and the Department of Chemistry have some of the nation's highest ratios of female faculty, when compared with similar departments at other schools.

Research News

Next Generation of Nuclear Energy

Using Nanoparticles to Fight War on Terror

$4.25M Gift for Machine Tool Research

Pollution in China Could Impact Our Air

DOE Solar America Initiative Funds Organic Solar Collector Research

$3.1 M. NSF Training Grant for Plant Sciences, Biotech and Engineering

Why the Rich Get Richer

Awards & Honors

Simon Cherry Elected IEEE Fellow

Applied Science Professor David Rocke Elected AAAS Fellow

Tonya Kuhl Named 2007 Outstanding AIChE Student Chapter Advisor

Simon Cherry Recognized by Academy of Molecular Imaging

ASME Honors MAE Professors Velinsky and Karnopp

Lund Receives Service-to-Profession Award

2006-2007 NSF Career Awards

Events

Undergraduate Student Events.

College of Engineering Calendar

FROM THE DEAN

Engineers, by their very nature, believe in the future.

But the challenges of the future are difficult: communities thirsty for renewable, clean energy; complex, serious health challenges; and a global information network that is both promising and vulnerable.

The UC Davis College of Engineering is striving to meet these challenges with technical solutions that will serve California, the nation and the world. And we are educating the next generation of engineers who will address socially significant needs and improve the quality of life for people everywhere.

The College plays a dynamic role in the mission of UC Davis, one of the nation's top public research universities. Together, we are making a difference today and for the future.