Through leadership roles, entrepreneurship and direct experience in artificial intelligence, computer science and engineering major Senara Millawabandara found a strong sense of community and purpose at UC Davis — and a commitment to building solutions that improve people’s everyday lives.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has established the Ding Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Electrical and Computer Engineering to recognize the top graduating student in electrical or computer engineering. Vivian Nguyen, a computer engineering student, is the award’s first recipient.
Clinicians and engineers at the University of California, Davis, are collaborating on AI-driven tools to analyze vast digital archives of brain tissue scans — work that cannot be done at scale by humans alone — to better understand dementia and improve diagnosis and treatment.
Inspired by her father's life-changing spinal cord injury, student athlete Lillie Vehling is pursuing mechanical and aerospace engineering to help others. Whether she's designing solutions at the Engineering Student Design Center or competing in Division I water polo, community remains at the center of her world.
White and rosé wines can turn cloudy due to protein instability, requiring time-consuming bentonite clay treatment. UC Davis chemical engineers are developing a faster, reusable resin-based method that reduces waste, minimizes wine loss and could transform how winemakers stabilize wines.
The Center for Animal Locomotion and Innovation hosted a grand opening ceremony at its UC Davis location in May. The afternoon event featured interactive research displays, technology demonstrations and meet-and-greets with experts (and their birds).
Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Ruihong Zhang has received the 2026 Yolo County Climate Crisis Champion award from Rep. Mike Thompson. The annual award honors the outstanding efforts to address climate change from community members in California’s fourth congressional district.
From advancing cybersecurity to building inclusive communities and strengthening campus safety, four UC Davis students are honored with the College of Engineering’s Graduate Student Excellence Awards.
The UC Davis College of Engineering honors four faculty members for excellence in teaching and research, recognizing innovations in engineering education, aerospace design, materials discovery and network science with outstanding faculty awards.
From GLP-1 treatment to upcycling coffee and legume waste streams, students tackled real food-related issues with an entrepreneurial mindset in Innovation for Impact: Food Systems, colloquially called “Hacking 4 Food.” Instructor and facilitator Alice Dien, a Ph.D. candidate in biological systems engineering, shares her reflections.
