How does Disney make ghosts appear in the Haunted Mansion? That question launched Meriyah Deleon Haro into electrical engineering at UC Davis. Now she's building a career at the intersection of robotics, AI and theme park design.
UC Davis will soon open the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation, where Fadi Fathallah, professor and chair of biological and agricultural engineering, is leading robotics research to develop practical, field-ready technologies that improve efficiency, sustainability and resilience in modern agriculture.
UC Davis engineers Cristina Davis and Zhaodan Kong are building sensors and smart drones to spot the earliest signs of disease in wildlife. Their work with the NSF Center for Pandemic Insights could help catch outbreaks before they spread — and maybe stop them from becoming a global pandemic.
As California's agricultural sector adopts automation to manage costs, labor shortages and production risks, researchers at UC Davis are partnering with them to develop solutions that can make a real difference in the field.
