The Academic Senate of the University of California, Davis, has awarded a 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching to electrical and computer engineering professor Erkin Şeker.
Jie Zheng, a new assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, studies the cognitive mechanisms the human brain uses to structure and store memories. Through a deeper understanding of these processes, Zheng hopes to improve medical interventions for cognitive disorders like dementia.
Modeling computers after the human brain — coding in electrical impulses instead of ones and zeroes — promises advanced problem-solving skills and low energy consumption.
For the second straight year, the Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine hosted the UC Davis Mind and Machine summer camp for area middle school students. The three-day camp is organized by Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and faculty affiliate of the Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine Sanjay Joshi.
The Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine, an interdisciplinary research and education unit housed in the College of Engineering, is addressing the need to train the next generation of engineers in the field of neuroengineering with the creation of a Designated Emphasis in Neuroengineering, or DE-NE, for Ph.D. students.
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program is the oldest program of its kind that directly supports STEM graduate students in the United States, recognizing exceptional individuals who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.
The UC Davis Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine (NE&M) hosted their inaugural Research Symposium in partnership with the UC Davis College of Engineering in June 2022, with more than 80 faculty, students and invited guests attending.
The UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering recently received a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create a new graduate-level training program that stands to transform the field of neuroengineering.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Weijian Yang’s goal is to decode how the brain works in various processes, such as learning and memory formation, through the development of advanced optical methods and neurotechnologies to record and modulate brain activity. Additional interdisciplinary research has applications in biomedical imaging and smart health.
