Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seongkyu Lee will contribute to the $9 million South Korea-based center with his expertise in high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics. His group will be the first to investigate and predict mid- and high-frequency tonal and broadband noise emitted from UAM vehicles.
The Faculty Fellows Program has selected Assistant Professor Surl-Hee (Shirley) Ahn and Associate Professor Jiandi Wan, who will collaborate with investigators at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on research and workforce development in the fields of energy resilience and battery technology.
With a quick leaf scan, the AI-powered Leaf Monitor delivers real-time nutrient insights for crops. By replacing weeks-long lab tests, the new tool, developed by UC Davis engineers, can help farmers boost yields, cut fertilizer waste and manage fields with precision and sustainability.
Alissa Kendall, the Ray B. Krone Endowed Professor of Environmental Engineering, has been named the new director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, or ITS-Davis, the Office of Research announced today (Sept. 15). Kendall succeeds founding director Dan Sperling, who has led the institute since its establishment in 1991.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop new technologies and workforce training programs to grow plants in low-resource environments both on Earth and in space.
UC Davis researchers have created a miniaturized microscope for real-time, high-resolution imaging of brain activity in mice. The device is a significant step toward revolutionizing how neuroscientists study behavior and perception in the brain.
Presented at the American Chemical Society’s Fall 2025 meeting, jelly ice is a reusable, compostable cooling material made from gelatin that stays solid without meltwater. Developed by UC Davis engineers, it offers sustainable potential for food, medicine and biotech applications.
As a new assistant professor of computer science at UC Davis, Yang Zhou will create healthier software ecosystems that manage communication between GPUs to enhance performance and lower costs in technologies like machine learning and AI.
Driven by a desire to cure diseases, Kevin Zhongchao Zhao joins UC Davis as a chemical engineering faculty member who aims to create targeted therapies for cancer by engineering virus-like nanoparticles.
Three early-career faculty members from UC Davis are part of three of the four multicampus research teams selected to receive a 2025 Seed Award from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute, or CITRIS.
