Breaking Grounds
The UC Davis Coffee Center, a center of excellence of the College of Engineering and the first academic research and teaching facility in the U.S. entirely dedicated to the study of coffee, celebrated its grand opening on May 3, 2024.
What Happens Inside the UC Davis Coffee Center?
Coffee science and engineering come together at the UC Davis Coffee Center in the College of Engineering — the first multidisciplinary university research center dedicated to advancing coffee research and education. In this tour, M.S. student Willian Klippel-Huber walks through the Coffee Center’s collaborative space, where researchers across UC Davis tackle challenges facing the global coffee industry.
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. William Ristenpart, Professor, Chemical Engineering
Dr. William Ristenpart is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the UC Davis Coffee Center. Ristenpart’s research group focuses on understanding complex transport phenomena in a variety of important applications. Recent research topics include the behavior of colloids near electrodes, charge transfer into emulsified water droplets in high voltage fields, the behavior of red blood cells in constrictions, splatter of blood in forensics investigations and the production of expiratory aerosols during vocalization.