Awards & Recognition

At the 2026 Engineering Design Showcase, three teams were recognized with Sandia Engineering Design Awards for advances in aerospace, clean energy and biomedical engineering.

UC Davis undergraduate teams captured three of four major awards in the 2025-26 CITRIS Aviation Prize, developing innovative software and simulation tools to support California’s future advanced air mobility network and electric air taxi transportation systems.

The National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development will fund the assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering’s work investigating the wing movements hawks use to conduct lateral flight maneuvers.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has established the Ding Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Electrical and Computer Engineering to recognize the top graduating student in electrical or computer engineering. Vivian Nguyen, a computer engineering student, is the award’s first recipient.

Meet the College of Engineering faculty members and teaching assistants named 2026 Aggie Well-Being Champions.

A University of California, Davis mechanical engineering student has been named top graduating senior, earning the University Medal for academic excellence, leadership and impact in robotics, research and campus life.

A team of biological and agricultural engineering students from the University of California, Davis, won the Western Growers Award for Excellence in Specialty Crops during the 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge.

The Royal Society, the oldest continually operating scientific academy in the world, has elected Simon R. Cherry, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of biomedical engineering and radiology at the University of California, Davis, to the level of fellow.

Each year, the UC Davis College of Engineering celebrates the graduating seniors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, academic achievement and service both in and out of the classroom. These outstanding Aggie Engineers share their most impactful moments and fondest memories from their time at UC Davis.

The College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis, has selected electrical engineering student Hari Rakul Ambethkar to receive its highest honor for a graduating senior, the M.S. Ghausi Medal. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has also identified Ambethkar to receive its Outstanding Senior Award.