The EPiC project is rethinking where biomanufacturing can happen, from remote deserts to space. With plant-based “mini factories,” 3D-printed handheld bioreactors and innovative training, the team is building a more sustainable future for making food, medicine and more.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Emilie Roncali is developing a digital twin to provide more precise and effective care of liver cancer, thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute. She envisions this research as a model of the future, where personalized replicas of the human body facilitate and improve medical care.
Flying taxis may have once seemed like science fiction, but UC Davis researcher Seongkyu Lee is helping make them a real-life commute option, from designing quieter vehicles to championing air mobility education.
As cybercrime surges, UC Davis computer scientist Matt Bishop aims to build a stronger frontline. His SWEEPS initiative trains developers to write secure, resilient software from day one — shifting cybersecurity from patching crises to proactively defending our digital lives.
The Student Startup Center in the UC Davis College of Engineering helps students turn ideas into companies through hands-on courses, daily programming and collaborative maker spaces. Open to all majors, the center focuses on real-world experience to help students engineer solutions to critical problems.
UC Davis alum and industry leader John Wasson reflects on how his chemical engineering degree prepared him to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges and highlights the value of supporting engineering education and research at UC Davis to help the next generation tackle the biggest issues of tomorrow.
As the chief safety officer at Roblox, UC Davis alum Matt Kaufman leads safety and civility efforts across one of the world’s most complex online ecosystems. Through this vast digital space, young users are gaining important socialization skills, such as how to communicate, collaborate and be respectful to one another.
Dean Richard L. Corsi sits down with Chancellor Gary S. May to reflect on the imagination, principles and lifelong curiosity required to build what’s possible — and to ensure all next-level solutions of tomorrow serve the planet and the public good.
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.
By pushing the boundaries of research and bridging the gap between theory and practice, engineers at the University of California, Davis, are working to usher in the unfathomable, paradigm-shifting potential of a fully realized quantum era.
