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  • College Awards Recognize Four Engineering Faculty
    Three awards given by the College of Engineering recognize researchers and educators who merit special mention for their achievements at various stages in their careers and a fourth honors great teaching.
  • There's an app class for that...
    A new class by computer science professor Ken Joy teaches students how to create apps for the Apple app store. The class, which filled up immediately, includes a speaker series and practical instruction and experience in building and submitting apps, as well as starting a business.
  • Levent KavvasLevent Kavvas Receives Prestigious Civil Engineering Award
    Civil engineering professor Levent Kavvas has received the 2009 Ven Te Chow Award, the highest honor awarded a hydrologic engineer by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and its specialty organization, the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI).

  • alder, obamaQ & A with National Medal of Science winner Bernie Alder
    Computational pioneer Berni Alder recently received the National Medal of Science, presented by President Obama at a White House ceremony. UC Davis science writer Andy Fell interviewed the emeritus professor about the experience and about his life in science.
  • knee cartilege Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells
    Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering and his colleagues.
  • Roland FallerChemical Engineering and Materials Science Receives GAANN Fellowship Funding
    The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has received a U.S. Department of Education GAANN Award to enhance graduate education. The award provides fellowships totaling $174,208 a year for 3 years, with a match of an additional 25 percent of the total from UC Davis.
  • new faculty 2009-10New Engineering Faculty Welcomed for 2009-2010
    The College of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty members across six departments for 2009-2010.
  • Tingrui PanPan Receives CAREER Award for Printable Lab-on-a-Chip Research
    Tingrui Pan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research using micro-nanotechnology to create cell-analysis tools with an inexpensive customized Xerox office printer.
  • Michael NeffNeff Receives CAREER Award For Research in Computer Animation
    Michael Neff, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that recognizes and supports promising junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar. The funding supports Neff's research in creating better computer tools for character animation.
  • Cristina Davis and Weixiang ZhaoAn Inspired New Way to Mine Data
    Researcher Weixiang Zhao, working with Assistant Professor Cristina Davis in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has discovered a novel way to mine information from mass spectrometry data. This new strategy for data analysis could ultimately lead to better, earlier diagnosis of disease. Their findings were published in a recent issue of Analytica Chimica Acta.
  • Berni AlderComputational Pioneer Berni Alder Receives National Medal of Science
    Computational pioneer Berni Alder, a retired physicist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and professor emeritus in the Department of Applied Science at the University of California, Davis, has received the National Medal of Science.
  • William RistenpartElectrical Fields Don't Always Increase Droplets' Urge to Merge, Study Finds
    A new study led by William Ristenpart, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, shows that increased electrical fields can prevent oppositely charged drops from coalescing. The findings were published in the September 17 issue of Nature.
  • bioelectric nano-circuitFusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes Creates New Hybrid Technology
    UC Davis chemical engineering and materials science professor Pieter Strove is one of three lead scientists on a team that has created a hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components. The lipid-coated nanocircuits mimic the transport of molecules back and forth through cell walls and could lead to a number of innovative biological applications, including new classes of biosensors.
  • David A. HorsleyNSF CAREER Award for Horsley
    David A. Horsley, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to support research in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
  • Bryan M. JenkinsJenkins Receives Linneborn Prize
    Bryan M. Jenkins, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has received the Johannes Linneborn Prize at the 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. The Prize recognizes Jenkins contributions to the development of energy from biomass.
  • Kazuo YamazakiYamazaki Receives Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal
    Kazuo Yamazaki, a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, has received the Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. The medal — which recognizes significant published research leading to a better understanding of factors involved in improving manufacturing processes — was awarded to Yamazaki for his body of research and development.
  • Julie SchoenungSchoenung Appointed to "Green Ribbon" Science Panel
    Julie Schoenung, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, has been selected to serve on an advisory panel that will help guide the state of California toward adoption of a "green chemistry" program.
  • Bruce C. GatesBruce Gates Named 2009 Robert Burwell Lecturer
    Bruce C. Gates, a distinguished professor of chemical engineering and materials science, has been awarded the 2009 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis from the North American Catalysis Society.