Ekaterina Shanina, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, has won the Physics in Medicine & Biology Early Career Researcher Award for her research paper describing a novel brain phantom for positron emission tomography (PET).
Engineering researchers and Proteus Space are shaking up satellite design with the first-ever real-time dynamic digital twin in orbit. The AI-enabled payload, designed in the HRVIP Lab, will model and predict spacecraft health on the fly, redefining the future of spaceflight.
As researchers continue to shrink the size of mechanical devices, controlling the Casimir force has become the first priority. At UC Davis, Calum Shelden, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is beginning groundbreaking experimentation to test the theories.
UC Davis is getting smart about smart tech. With new courses "AI for All" and "AI in Health," the College of Engineering is preparing students across disciplines to explore AI's foundations, applications and ethical impact.
UC Davis chemical engineering Ph.D. student Rajat Goel is using supercomputing and quantum chemistry to study how hydrogen binds to uranium oxide — a step toward safer nuclear waste storage. His work could help make next-gen nuclear energy cleaner and more reliable.
Having experience trekking literal and metaphorical hills, biomedical engineering graduate student Abigail Humphries explains how being in nature via hiking and endurance competitions has nurtured her research.
UC Davis Ph.D. student Declan Kopper is using high-temperature optical simulations to unlock materials for more efficient photovoltaic energy conversion. His research lights the way for thermophotovoltaic innovation.
Rachel Mizenko, who earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UC Davis in 2024, has been selected by the College of Engineering to receive the Zuhair A. Munir Award for best doctoral dissertation for her research with extracellular vesicles.
The annual award recognizes the master's student who submitted the best master's thesis in the College of Engineering. This year, it celebrates Noah Glick's outstanding thesis on nonlinear optics, a significant intellectual contribution already shifting academic perspectives on random quasi-phase matching processes.
These annual awards celebrate the doctoral students who have made outstanding contributions to research, service, safety, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
