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We make significant contributions to climate mitigation through innovations in energy efficiency, generation and storage.

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We advance human, infrastructure and ecosystem resilience in the face of potentially devastating climate impacts by developing and implementing leading-edge technologies and engineering approaches.

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We lead the development of future transportation systems for movement across land, water, air and extraterrestrial environments.

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Chem-E-Car Gains Momentum

  • by Jessica Heath
  • May 28, 2025
  • Students
After a pandemic pause, UC Davis students are catalyzing a rebuild of Chem-E-Car from the ground up — gel-powered engines, team chemistry and all. With lessons learned and eyes on next year's prize, they are engineering progress, one chemical reaction at a time.
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Among the Academies: Leading the Total-Body Imaging Revolution

  • by Neelanjana Gautam, UC Davis Office of Research
  • May 27, 2025
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  • Research
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering Simon Cherry's career spans more than three decades. His work has centered around understanding human health and disease as well as pursuing novel ways to develop faster and more sensitive imaging technologies that may benefit patients all over the world.
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Student Startup Teams Pitch Bold New Ideas at PLASMA Demo Day

  • by Jessica Heath
  • May 23, 2025
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  • Awards & Recognition
Thirteen student teams pitched their innovative start-up ideas — from accessible dishware to an on-the-go centrifuge and an app that identifies invasive fire-spreading plant species — to investors at PLASMA Demo Day, the culmination of the Student Startup Center's capstone 12-week accelerator program.
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Student Honored for Research to Improve Belonging in Biomedical Engineering

  • by Matt Marcure
  • May 22, 2025
  • Awards & Recognition
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Biomedical engineering senior Tiffany Chan received a Hanson Family Award for research on free student-faculty lunches that foster community in STEM. Her work blends empathy with evidence to shape a more inclusive academic culture — one lunch (and data set) at a time.
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California Risks Billions in Economic Losses Without Water Supply Action

  • by College of Engineering Communications
  • May 21, 2025
  • Research
  • Faculty
UC Davis civil and environmental engineering researchers have contributed to a new economic analysis that shows the high cost of inaction on California's perpetual water supply challenges. "We've done the math — and the costs of inaction are high economically and environmentally," says Professor Jay Lund.

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How Federal Funding Powers Dementia Insights
In a recent Labs to Lives video, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Audry Fan discusses how continued research support from the National Institutes of Health is critical for advancing dementia care, such as earlier diagnosis and improved treatments for Alzheimer’s.
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Emma Bernard Selected for DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program
The materials science and engineering Ph.D. student will spend a year at Advanced Light Source, a science user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to image magnetic spin textures in three dimensions and use advanced algorithms to reconstruct their magnetization vectors, which could lead to revolutionizing how information is stored and processed.
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UC Davis Hosts Annual NorCal Control Workshop
Organized by assistant professors Shima Nazari of mechanical and aerospace engineering and Matt Ellis of chemical engineering, the event brought together over 100 researchers from Stanford and the UC campuses of Davis, Berkeley, Merced and Santa Cruz, to discuss the current challenges and future directions in automation, systems and controls.

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