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  • UC Davis Wins Amazon’s 2018 Alexa Artificial Intelligence Challenge

    November 27, 2018 By Bonnie Dickson UC Davis Team Gunrock won the global 2018 Amazon Alexa Prize for creating the best conversational chatbot and advancing modern artificial intelligence. The announcement of this $500,000 prize was made yesterday at the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Zhou Yu, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering’s ...

 

 

 

  • Alumni Honored at College of Engineering Awards Dinner
    DAVIS, Calif.; March 27, 2017–The UC Davis College of Engineering celebrated outstanding faculty and alumni last month at its annual Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal awards ceremony at the Mondavi Center. More than 120 alumni, faculty, staff, and friends gathered on Feb. 23 to recognize notable graduates whose professional and personal achievements have brought special honor to ...
  • Superhero Science Meets Real-World Engineering in Return of Popular Undergraduate Course
    DAVIS, Calif.; March 28, 2017–Have you ever wondered if cosmic radiation can actually produce the superpowers of characters like Mister Fantastic or the Invisible Woman? Or if there is a real-world equivalent to the adamantium in Wolverine’s claws? With the return of the popular engineering course that’s open to all students, Materials Marvels: The Science of ...
  • Distinguished Lecture Sparks Student Interest in Smart Grid Technology, Renewable Energy
    DAVIS, Calif.; March 27, 2017 – Special guest lecturer Dr. H. Vincent Poor discussed the growing benefits of smart grid technology at a Feb. 16 Distinguished Lecture, “Smart Grid: Energy Meets Information,” hosted by the UC Davis College of Engineering. Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University and served as dean of Princeton’s School ...
  • UC Davis College of Engineering 2018 Graduate Rankings
    DAVIS, Calif.; March 16, 2017–The UC Davis College of Engineering continues to rank among the nation’s top public graduate engineering schools, according to the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings of America’s Best Colleges. The report ranks the College of Engineering 20th among public institutions and 34th – tied with Boston University – among both ...
  • Two Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Engineering
    DAVIS, Calif.; February 8, 2017-Two engineering professors at the University of California, Davis, Deb Niemeier and Ross Boulanger, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest honors in the profession. Both are faculty members in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis College of Engineering. “This is a first ...
  • UC Davis Engineering Week Schedule
    February 21-24, 2017 The UC Davis College of Engineering, joining colleges and universities across the country, will celebrate National Engineers Week this month. Come celebrate engineering at UC Davis with this four-day long event featuring activities and speakers. Engineering Week (E-Week) includes hands-on activities like launching bottle rockets, participating in an Ideathon that showcases the latest technology ...
  • Memorial Fund Established for Dr. Chao Wei Yu
    DAVIS, Calif.; January 27, 2017–Dr. Chao Wei Yu passed away November 1, 2016 at the age of 35 after a long battle with cancer. Chao Wei was a postdoctoral scholar in the UC Davis Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. He was a great friend of the College of Engineering, a true scholar, and inspiring ...
  • Measuring and Optimizing Computer Networks
    By Kelley Weiss DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 27, 2017— Monitor. Analyze. Learn. Improve. Then repeat. Chen-Nee Chuah says she’s applied this approach to most things in her life, even in childhood. She says her need to bring order to her environment would drive her parents crazy. But she says she came by it naturally. Chuah grew up in ...
  • Third Annual Make-a-thon Looks Blindness in the Eye
    DAVIS, Calif.; January 25, 2017–Sixty-four students from universities all over California competed in the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Society student chapter’s third annual Make-a-thon January 14-16, 2017. The Make-a-thon happens every Martin Luther King Day weekend because it is a three-day weekend and students work around the clock for 72 hours to fabricate a working ...
  • Professors Jeoh and Kendall Named Chancellor’s Fellows
    DAVIS, Calif.; January 10, 2017–Two of the 11 UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellows selected this year are engineering faculty who are specializing in sustainability. Tina Jeoh Tina Jeoh, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, is noted for her work in developing sustainable biofuels and bio-based products. Jeoh is investigating how to best commercialize the conversion of cellulosic biomass – tough, ...
  • Simon Cherry Elected to National Academy of Inventors
    DAVIS, Calif.; January 4, 2017–The National Academy of Inventors has elected Simon Cherry, distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering, to its 2016 class of fellows. The academy accords fellowship status to “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact ...
  • Professors Cui and Mukherjee Named Highly Cited Researchers
    DAVIS, Calif.; December 2, 2016–UC Davis College of Engineering professors Shuguang (Robert) Cui and Biswanath Mukherjee have been noted among the world’s most influential scientific minds. The Thomson Reuters 2016 report of Highly Cited Researchers recognizes research that’s in the top one percent of most cited works within each subject field. According to Thomson Reuters, the final ...
  • Simon Cherry Elected as AAAS Fellow
    DAVIS, Calif.; November 30, 2016–The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Simon Cherry, distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering, to its newest class of fellows. Cherry is pioneering new medical imaging technologies to improve cancer detection and treatment. In 2015, the National Institutes of Health awarded Cherry and his ...
  • One Month in a Floating Village
    Engineering Students Design Sanitation Systems in Cambodia By Kelley Weiss DAVIS, Calif.; November 4, 2016–A team of UC Davis engineering students and a nonprofit in Cambodia are working together to clean up the water in the Tonle Sap Lake, one of the world’s most productive freshwater fisheries. The three mechanical engineering undergraduates — Joanne Wu, Rachel Muradian, and Yao ...
  • Building a “BugSwarm” Database to Help Fix Software Glitches
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 24, 2016–Most of the time, our cell phones and computers run software to help us drive, cook, bank and shop without a hitch. But when these programs have defects, they can bring our daily activities to a screeching halt. Software engineering researchers are hard at work developing new ways to find and fix ...
  • Laura Hackett Receives Outstanding New Advisor Award
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 14, 2016–A UC Davis College of Engineering advisor focused on helping first-generation college students has been recognized as the 2016-17 Campus Outstanding New Advisor. Since Laura Hackett’s arrival at the college in 2015, she has advised students in the Leadership in Engineering Advancement, Diversity and Retention (LEADR) Program. After being nominated by her colleagues ...
  • Raissa D’Souza Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 14, 2016–The American Physical Society (APS) has elected Raissa D’Souza to its Class of 2016 Fellows. D’Souza is a professor with dual appointments in the UC Davis Departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. APS fellowship is a distinct honor that shows recognition by one’s professional peers with less than one percent of ...
  • American Water Resources Association Honors Geoff Schladow
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 10, 2016–Geoff Schladow, professor in the UC Davis Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the American Water Resources Association 2016 David R. Maidment Award for outstanding contributions to Water Resources Data and Information Systems. He received the award on July 13, 2016 at an American Water Resources Association ...
  • Jean VanderGheynst Named a Congressional Woman of the Year
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 10, 2016–Congressman John Garamendi will honor Jean VanderGheynst during the 2016 Women of the Year Awards ceremony on Thursday, October 13. The award recognizes outstanding women of the 3rd Congressional District. Jean VanderGheynst is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in the UC Davis College of ...
  • Pilot Program Helps First-Generation Students Start College
    DAVIS, Calif.; October 10, 2016–Instead of working in the strawberry fields like most of her family, Elsy Mora decided to go to college. The freshman from Lompoc is starting her first year at the University of California, Davis, with the help of a scholarship. After her first days on campus, she’s quick to smile and wears ...