As the first academic research facility in the U.S. dedicated to coffee, the UC Davis Coffee Center is brewing up serious science. From roasting chemistry to flavor perception, Professor Bill Ristenpart talks with Atlas Obscura about the center’s mission to uncover what makes the perfect cup.
A few miles southeast of Downtown Sacramento, amidst world-class hospitals, research buildings and teaching facilities, biomedical engineers are helping shape the future of research, scholarship and entrepreneurship at UC Davis.
The club at UC Davis has coded its way to compete in the 2025 ICPC North American Championship. Their strategy for success? Practice, teamwork and camaraderie with "fellow nerds."
This summer, a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate students participated in a biomanufactured foods research challenge. Now, they are taking their project — turning agricultural waste into food using fungi — to Washington, D.C.
The annual UC Davis event, hosted by the Biomedical Engineering Society and the Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine Lab, allows undergraduates to apply their engineering skills and receive hands-on experience in product design and prototyping.
Arden Stratton, an undergraduate student at UC Davis, shifted gears from chemistry to materials science and engineering after discovering a passion for materials research. Now, she's steering toward success in conducting alloy research and driving a Unitrans bus.
In the UC Davis College of Engineering course "Hacking 4 Climate," teams of students tackle real-world environmental issues, from soil health to wildfires to solar energy for all, with an entrepreneurial angle, aiming to find impactful business-based solutions to global problems.
From capturing the cosmos through astrophotography to being boots on the ground as a NASA intern, aerospace and mechanical engineering undergraduate student Aidan Guerra is driven by exploring humanity's connection to space.
Through collaborations with colleagues, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Anthony Passerini has worked to refine the undergraduate curriculum so that students receive the requisite knowledge and experience to succeed in future academic and industry settings.
