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• Securing Military Wireless Networks
  UC Davis is one of five universities taking part in a 10-year $35.5 million project funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. It will focus on the science behind creating secure and trusted networks. Prasant Mohapatra, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the principal investigator for the UC Davis portion of the project.
• Yamazaki Elected Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers
  Kazuo Yamazaki, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Yamazaki’s work focuses on using computers to control machine tools in manufacturing, as well as the design and control of manufacturing processes and development of related software.
• [Video] Recorded Lecture by Alumnus Francis Lee '74
  A Discussion on Human Interface Technology and Interaction: A Dean's Distinguished Lecture by Francis Lee, chair of the board and former CEO of Synaptics, developer of more than 60 percent of the touch pads in electronic devices today. Forbes recently ranked Synaptics 13th among the top 20 small publicly traded companies.
• Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
  Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal policies on recycling electronic waste or handling hazardous materials from technological trash. It's time to change that, according to four University of California scientists, including Julie Schoenung, professor of chemical engineering and materials science.
• 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 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).
  
  
• Q & A with National Medal of Science winner Berni 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.
• 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.
• Chemical 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 Engineering Faculty Welcomed for 2009-2010
  The College of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty members across six departments for 2009-2010.
• Pan 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.
• Neff 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.
• An 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.
• Computational 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.
• Electrical 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.
• Fusion 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.
• NSF 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).
• Jenkins 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.
• Yamazaki 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.
• Schoenung 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 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.