UC Davis engineering student Trey Lowry blends rocketry, cultural pride and community leadership. After guiding his team to a national First Nations Launch victory, he’s shaping new opportunities for Native American students in STEM and planning a future serving tribal communities.
The Universities Space Research Association, or USRA, named Aidan Guerra, a fourth-year mechanical engineering and aerospace science and engineering double major at the University of California, Davis, to the class of 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Award winners.
At LBNL’s mechanical engineering summer internship, undergraduate student Jack Hervey learned how much he enjoys the hands-on aspects of engineering, from modeling support structures to vibration testing, which involves hitting things with a sledgehammer.
ResearchQuest.ai is a new AI agent that scours academic papers for anything related to the query. The new tool, built by student researchers through E-SEARCH, could cut down a literature review from months to minutes.
Biomedical engineering undergraduate Kathleen Scott reflects on summer internships with Willow Innovations Inc., a breast pump company based in Mountain View, California. Through the internships, Scott has explored real-world applications of engineering concepts and gained confidence in herself as an engineer.
The UC Davis team was the top award winner at the 2024-25 CITRIS Aviation Prize competition, earning $12,000 for their innovative design of an intercampus air transportation system for UC students, faculty and staff.
The Vertical Flight Society takes off with a brand-new chapter at UC Davis. The new club, which integrates undergraduate and graduate students, explores the current technologies and possible advancements for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft like helicopters and drones.
For an implantable device improving outcomes of rotator cuff surgery and an IoT waste sorting system, two undergraduate engineering teams have received the Sandia Engineering Design Award for their senior design projects at UC Davis.
UC Davis EcoCAR reached new milestones at this year's challenge, earning top awards for energy efficiency and design. From high-speed tests to teamwork under pressure, communications manager Riddhi Puranik shares how the team proved they're ready to accelerate into Year 4.
A partnership between Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chen-Nee Chuah and UC Davis Health is turning the Yolo Causeway into an arterial thoroughfare for student learning and innovation in artificial intelligence at the University of California, Davis.
