Assistant Professor Wenzhong Yan joins the UC Davis Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research focuses on soft robots that are made of engineered materials and draw inspiration from biology and origami.
A collaboration between engineering and veterinary medicine, the new Center for Animal Locomotion and Innovation at UC Davis will use cutting-edge technology to understand birds of prey in flight, advancing the design of uncrewed aerial vehicles and the treatment and rehabilitation of birds.
Assistant Professor Mohsen Habibi is part of a collaborative effort to develop a new 3D printing technique that uses sound waves for printing tiny structures onto soft polymers with intricate precision, paving the way for manufacturing microscale devices with greater detail than ever before.
Recent alum Tim Linke leveraged ties between UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to conduct his computational research and develop a new framework that couples atom-scale simulations with code that describes the macroscopic world, all within a single simulation.
What if a smartphone could see what the human eye misses? A new UC Davis-designed app uses machine learning to track subtle hand movements during stroke rehabilitation, giving clinicians more specific data to assess recovery and tailor patient care.
Undergraduate students Lena Araya and Lydia Miteza found their way to mechanical engineering through hands-on making, mentorship and accessible spaces offered by the Women Machinists’ Club at UC Davis. Now they are leading the WMC and reshaping how students encounter engineering.
by Hope Muñoz, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute, and College of Engineering Communications
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Zhaodan Kong has earned a CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship to pilot FireFly, an AI-powered sensor and drone system designed to detect wildfires at their earliest stages.
In this Q&A, Aggie Engineer Ava Lewis shares the ins and outs of attending a major aerospace conference as an AIAA Rising Star, from meeting aerospace influencers to landing recruiter conversations to forging connections that will last a lifetime.
UC Davis senior Shreya Chandra has been named to Aviation Week’s 2026 20 Twenties, a global honor recognizing standout STEM students in the aerospace field. The award highlights her achievements in mechanical and aerospace engineering and connects her with industry leaders.
