The University of California, Davis will be part of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing research and manufacturing of American semiconductors.
Renetta Garrison Tull, vice chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of California, Davis, has been elected president of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, or LACCEI. Her term will begin on January 1, 2025.
This fall, UC Davis broke ground on a first-of-its-kind bird flight research center, which will allow students and researchers in the College of Engineering and School of Veterinary Medicine to study how birds fly to advance scientific understanding and aerial system design.
The UC Davis College of Engineering has established a new center focused on artificial intelligence, or AI. The UC Davis AI Center in Engineering will work to leverage AI for the betterment of humanity and the planet through advancements in foundational research, translational applications and educational efforts.
A new video series developed by experts at the UC Davis College of Engineering and California Department of Public Health aims to help building and facility managers better understand how to manage indoor air quality. Better indoor air quality can reduce the spread of airborne diseases such as COVID-19 and improve productivity in schools and workplaces.
Islam will focus on furthering the department's position as a national leader uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of the nation's CHIPS and Science Act, which seeks to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing by up to 50%.
Fall 2024 marks the arrival of 10 new faculty members, who contribute to the college’s research and teaching enterprise with expertise in energy efficiency in software, water treatment technologies, biophotonics and more.
More than 5,500 College of Engineering alumni and friends contributed $131.55 million of the over $2.25 billion raised in UC Davis' historic Expect Greater: From UC Davis, for the World fundraising campaign.
The UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering is launching a new nine-month master's degree program in medical device development at Aggie Square, the expansive innovation district the university will open in Sacramento in 2025.