If engineering is the translation of science, then Shahin Shams, a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Davis, adds another level of complexity to that maxim: "capable of bringing pathbreaking ideas to life."
UC Davis students now have expanded access to advanced engineering equipment, in a space all their own, largely because of a woman who looked beyond the career paths her parents laid out for her.
The College of Engineering recognizes teaching excellence at the department level with Excellence in Teaching Awards. Awards are presented annually to one faculty member and one graduate student teaching assistant in each department for their strong commitment to the educational mission and vision of the college.
Recognizing excellence in research and teaching, the College of Engineering celebrates its faculty members with outstanding faculty awards yearly. Departments nominate faculty members who are selected to receive the honors by the college's Faculty Awards Committee.
The College of Engineering Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series wrapped up on April 19 with the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, or LLNL, Kim Budil visiting campus.
The 13th director of the LLNL, Budil oversees an annual operating budget of about $2.9 billion and a workforce of about 8,300 employees – about 3,000 of whom have been hired over the last three years.
The University of California, Davis College of Engineering is now ranked 34th out of more than 200 graduate schools nationwide that offer Ph.D. degrees in engineering, according to the U.S. News and World Report's ranking of 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools released April 24. The college is among the top 13 percent of Ph.D. conferring colleges and schools of engineering at public institutions.
The Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine, an interdisciplinary research and education unit housed in the College of Engineering, is addressing the need to train the next generation of engineers in the field of neuroengineering with the creation of a Designated Emphasis in Neuroengineering, or DE-NE, for Ph.D. students.
Department Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering Steve George has been named the Edward Teller Chair for the University of California, Davis College of Engineering.
Chancellor Gary S. May joined the National Society of Black Engineers, or NSBE, as an undergraduate at Georgia Tech and has been an active member ever since, serving in leadership for many years and becoming lifetime member No. 3 in 2001.
Amit Kanvinde, professor of civil and environmental engineering, will serve as the College of Engineering’s next associate dean for academic personnel and planning. His appointment begins July 1, 2023 and is effective until June 30, 2028.
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Graduate Student Excellence Awards: Isabella Loureiro Muller Costa, Peifen Lyu, Patrick Cunningham, and Tanner Finney.
February 23 marked the return of the College of Engineering Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series with a full crowd at the Student Community Center welcoming Linsey Marr to campus.
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, Distinguished Professor in the University of California, Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Curtis, who served as the first female dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering from October 2015 through December 2020, is one of 16 current UC Davis faculty members in the academy.
University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May has appointed Professor Emeritus Jeffery Gibeling to serve as the interim vice chancellor for research effective March 1. May will form a recruitment advisory committee soon to conduct a nationwide search for the next vice chancellor. He anticipates Gibeling will serve in the interim role for approximately six months.
As part of a sit down with UC Davis Magazine, Dean Richard Corsi and UC Davis' new deans in the College of Letters and Science and School of Veterinary Medicine discussed their plans and visions for the respective departments. Dean Corsi's answers are excerpted below.
