A team of UC Davis computer science students won the Education and Educational Tools Award at this year's Big Bang! Business Competition with CourseAssist AI, a customizable chatbot designed to support and retain students in STEM classes.
Initiated as part of the College of Engineering’s Next Level strategic vision for education, E-SEARCH pairs undergraduate engineering students with graduate researchers, aiming to equip students with the tools they will need for success in graduate school or careers in engineering.
Elizabeth Hillman is a Herbert and Florence Irving Professor within the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology at Columbia University.
Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, Auditorium, 1005
The design of engineered structures relies on an understanding of material (soil and rock) properties. Applying those material properties during design without understanding the geologic context, however, can lead to problems.
Civil and environmental engineering alum Sumeet Kumar Sinha, M.S. '17, Ph.D. '22 receives the annual Zuhair A. Munir Award for dissertation research on liquefaction-induced downdrag in deep foundations.
Chris Carpenter, P.E. has 22 years of geotechnical engineering experience with Cornforth Consultants, Inc.-Landslide Technology working in the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Alaska. His areas of expertise include design of landslide stabilization measures, dam safety evaluations, seismic site response, slope stability and deformation analyses.
Each year, the College of Engineering celebrates the efforts of graduate students who make outstanding contributions in areas like research and safety.
