Recent Engineering News

Microfabrication is gaining more importance than ever in the US. Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Erkin Şeker and his lab believe video games may be the answer for training the growing workforce.

Non-invasive implant surgery? Fixing a space shuttle from the outside in? Mohsen Habibi, a recent addition to mechanical and aerospace engineering, is on the cusp of making these a reality with his breakthrough discovery — printing with soundwaves.

A groundbreaking material — engineered bone marrow (eBM) — has the potential to improve treatment for osteosarcoma, a malignant bone cancer with low survival rates.

In a paper published last week by Physical Review Letters, Jean-Pierre Delplanque, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the dean of graduate studies at the University of California, Davis, and a team of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Sandia National Laboratories, have developed a scaling law to analyze the kinetics of high-pressure, rapid solidification of metastable liquids observed in national laboratory and academic experiments over the past few decades.

It’s a scorching summer morning at UC Davis, but inside a laboratory at Everson Hall, about 20 students are busy brewing hot cups of joe. They’ve just completed a competition to brew the perfect cup of coffee — and earned college credits at the same time.

Richard Neptune's ’91, M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’96 contributions to the field of engineering and his mentorship of future engineers have led to him receiving a 2023 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal, or DEAM.

Balint Szigeti Csucs, a third-year computer science and engineering major originally from Hungary, spent the first two years of his undergraduate experience exploring opportunities and building community.

When considering what interested him in food engineering, Bruno Augusto Mattar Carciofi talks about growing up close to his Lebanese grandmother in Brazil, who was constantly in her kitchen cooking.

As associate dean, Cappa will provide leadership for advancing the college’s engineering graduate programs with a focus on broadening participation through the development of online master’s degree and professional certificate programs.

Terry Lowe '78 credits his UC Davis education with shaping his life. His thoughtful approach to mentorship and pioneering achievements in materials science and engineering led him to receive a 2023 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal. 

Four College of Engineering Ph.D. candidates are among the 20 UC Davis graduate students and postdoctoral scholars named as 2023-24 fellows in the Professors for the Future program.

AI has affected numerous job markets with Goldman Sachs economists estimating that 300 million jobs across the globe could be automated by AI. However, AI is not always better, faster or cheaper with current iterations prone to mistakes or false information.

Amir Saeidi, assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was selected as one of eight Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows the University of California, Davis Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement announced the 2023-24 cohort on Tuesday.  

The College of Engineering has recognized Kerry Kinney '88, M.S. '93, Ph.D. '96 with a Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal for her work to make communities stronger.