The materials science and engineering researcher and an interdisciplinary team formed at the Research Corporation for Science Advancement's Scialog have received funding to investigate water-free mining of valuable metals like iron and lithium.
Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dan Sperling is the 2024 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s S.S. Steinberg Award.
The professor of chemical engineering at UC Davis has been elected to the 2024 class of APS Fellows, an honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing the field of physics.
Mingwei Zhang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UC Davis, has been awarded nearly $1 million for groundbreaking research on refractory complex concentrated alloys as next-generation structural materials for ultra-high-temperature applications.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Yi Xue has received a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award, which celebrates early-career researchers who demonstrate outstanding potential to advance biological research, for her program to advance microscopic techniques in deep tissue imaging.
The American Ceramic Society has honored the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering with the 2025 James I. Mueller Award for his 50-plus years of service to the organization and his contributions to the international ceramics community.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus Zuhair A. Munir, has been named a Distinguished Life Member by the American Ceramic Society. Munir is recognized for his pioneering work on the use of electromagnetic fields in the synthesis and processing of materials.
UC Davis Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Klaus van Benthem has been recognized for his research in studying ceramic microstructures and his dedication to perpetuating the scholarship and field of ceramics by the American Ceramic Society.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Jonathon Schofield has been recognized with a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or NSF CAREER, Award for his research on engineering effective prosthetics for children born without fully formed limbs.
Each year, the College of Engineering celebrates outstanding faculty with awards that recognize their dedication to ensuring the future of engineering through teaching and research.
