Skip to main content
College of Engineering
UC Davis Logo
UC Davis Logo
Site Logo
  • Apply
  • Alumni
  • Intranet for Faculty & Staff
  • Directory
  • Give to Engineering

Main navigation (extended config)

  • About
    • Strategic Vision
      • Next Level Research
        • Next Level Research Awards
      • Next Level Education
      • Next Level Community
        • Awards and Recognition
    • Leadership
      • Dean's Executive Committee
    • Departments
      • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
      • Biomedical Engineering
      • Chemical Engineering
      • Civil and Environmental Engineering
      • Computer Science
      • Electrical and Computer Engineering
      • Materials Science and Engineering
      • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Faculty Honors/Awards
    • Facilities
    • Safety
      • Safety Training and Learning Tips
      • Safety FAQs
    • Connect with Us
      • Directory
      • Visit
        • 360 Virtual Tour
    • Careers
  • Admissions
    • Undergraduate
      • Majors and Minors
        • ABET
      • Transfer Admission Resources
    • Graduate
      • Graduate Programs
      • Application FAQ
      • Funding Your Degree
      • Pathways Program
    • Youth Outreach
  • Student Experience
    • Undergraduate
      • Newly Admitted Students
        • Aggie Advising for First Year Students
        • Aggie Advising for Transfer Students
      • Academic Advising
        • Degree Requirements
        • International Advising
        • Forms
        • Mandatory Advising
        • Advisors
        • Advising FAQs
          • Minimum Progress FAQ
          • Passed/Not Passed (P/NP) Policy Info
          • Student Computer Recommendations
      • Advising FAQs
      • AvenueE Program
      • LEADR Support Program
      • Honors and Awards
      • Engineering Monthly
    • Graduate
      • Current Students
        • Advising and Coaching Support
      • Degree Requirements
      • Graduate Advising Contacts
      • Honors and Awards
      • How Curious!
    • Student Life
      • Clubs and Teams
        • USRSO
      • Engineering Ambassadors
        • Engineering Ambassadors Tours & Live Chats
      • Engineers Week
      • Commencement
      • Picnic Day
        • Picnic Day 2023
        • Picnic Day 2024
      • Engineering Design Showcase
    • Student Spotlights
    • E-SEARCH
    • Student Startup Center
  • Research
    • Revolutionizing Energy Systems
    • Strengthening Climate Resilience
    • Transforming Mobility
    • Advancing Human Health
    • Expert Directory
  • Alumni
    • About Our Alumni
      • Alumni Spotlights
    • Attend an Event
    • Get Involved
      • Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal (DEAM)
      • GOLD Board
    • Alumni Network News
    • Give to Engineering
      • Crowdfund UC Davis
    • Resources
  • Industry
    • Industry Partners
    • Sponsored Research
    • Connect with Students
    • Corporate Branding Opportunities
    • Use Research Facilities
  • Diversity & Inclusion
    • Engineering an Inclusive Future
    • Department Efforts
    • Programs, Centers and Organizations
  • News
    • Engineering Progress Magazine
    • News Bytes
    • In The News
    • Upcoming Events
Text the reads "Congrats Class of 2025! Once an Aggie Engineer, Always an Aggie Engineer" on a backdrop of graduating students
Apply
Visit
Student Experience
Advising
Events
Give

Engineering a better world for all with Next Level research, education and community.

We are creating a sustainable world through socially responsible engineering, inspiring education and transformative research. We connect people and technology to solve the world’s most pressing problems, design a better tomorrow and make a positive difference in the world.

About Us Next Level Strategic Vision

What's Trending

Two people work in lab
UC Davis and Proteus Space to Launch First-Ever Dynamic Digital Twin into Space

Engineering researchers and Proteus Space are shaking up satellite design with the first-ever real-time dynamic digital twin in orbit. The AI-enabled payload, designed in the HRVIP Lab, will model and predict spacecraft health on the fly, redefining the future of spaceflight.

Nuclear power stacks emitting smoke
Tackling Nuclear Waste Challenges One Atom at a Time

UC Davis chemical engineering Ph.D. student Rajat Goel is using supercomputing and quantum chemistry to study how hydrogen binds to uranium oxide — a step toward safer nuclear waste storage. His work could help make next-gen nuclear energy cleaner and more reliable.

A young man sitting at a desk and wearing an armband
Combining Signals Could Make for Better Control of Prosthetics

A UC Davis team is combining muscle bulge and electrical signals to make prosthetic hands smarter and more natural. With 97% gesture accuracy, their EMG-FMG fusion could be a game-changer for prosthetics, robotics and virtual reality control.


More News

This fiber optic probe is used to image the inside of tubular samples, such as vessels and intestines.

Majors and Minors

Four people in PPE stand near lab equipment

Graduate Programs

Explore Departments

The UC Davis College of Engineering is home to eight departments dedicated to creating a sustainable world through socially responsible engineering.

Microscopic view of nanoscale detecors, which look like black and white lines and squares in a geometric pattern on a blue background

Meet Students

Students at the UC Davis College of Engineering impact a wide-ranging field of areas in energy, aerospace, transportation, computer science, medicine and more.

Person wearing safety goggles smiles while operating machinery in a lab

Join the Team

Join our team! Be part of the UC Davis College of Engineering.

Professor Q. Jane Gu in a lab

More Engineering News

Subhash Risbud
American Ceramic Society Honors Subhash Risbud as Distinguished Life Member
July 10, 2025
Ekaterina stands next to poster
Ph.D. Student Earns Prestigious Early Career Researcher Award from Physics in Medicine & Biology
July 02, 2025
Alba Alfonso García standing outdoors
Alba Alfonso García Earns Young Researcher Award in Optical Technologies
July 01, 2025
Rows of people presenting at Engineering Design Showcase at UC Davis
Sandia National Laboratories Celebrates Aggie Engineers with Design Awards
June 27, 2025

All recent news

Eco Car

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At the UC Davis College of Engineering, we’ve invested in specific efforts to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering and help them flourish.

Learn More

News Bytes

Kent Leach
Federal Support of Biomedical Research Invests in Health of Americans, National Economy
Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kent Leach's NIH-funded lab develops biomaterials to help the body heal damaged bone, crucial innovations for the 1 in 2 American adults with a musculoskeletal disorder. In 2034, when seniors will outnumber children in the U.S., these breakthroughs will have significant implications for the national economy.
Shreya Rastogi
Q&A: Alum Builds Aerospace Future in India
Shreya Rastogi '18 founded S R Aerospace Solutions to advance India’s aerospace industry. A licensed pilot and UC Davis aerospace science and mechanical engineering alum, she champions innovation and inclusion in STEM — especially for women and underserved communities.
Bird flight
New AI System Reshapes Understanding of Bird Wing Evolution
Assistant Professor Christina Harvey's aerodynamic expertise and development of a proxy metric to estimate the pitch agility of birds have contributed to an AI system that automatically identifies and measures bird bones from photographs. A collaborative study using this system has observed that birds in warmer climates have longer limbs.

More Bytes

watercolor of campus

UC Davis College of Engineering
Kemper Hall
Undergraduate and Advising Office
engugrad@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-1979

Your gift can make a world of difference.

Give to Engineering

Show your #AggieEngineer Pride.
Order College of Engineering merchandise.

Follow Us

UC Davis footer logo

University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 | 530-752-1011

  • Questions or comments?
  • Privacy & Accessibility
  • Principles of Community
  • University of California
  • Sitemap

Copyright © The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. All rights reserved.

This site is officially grown in SiteFarm.