College of Engineering News
Top Stories
- Securing Military Wireless Networks
- Yamazaki Elected Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- [Video] Recorded Lecture by Alumnus Francis Lee '74
- Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
- Q & A with National Medal of Science winner Berni Alder
- New Engineering Faculty Welcomed for 2009-2010
Research
Securing Military Wireless Networks
UC Davis is one of five universities taking part in a 10-year $35.5 million project funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. It will focus on the science behind creating secure and trusted networks. Prasant Mohapatra, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the principal investigator for the UC Davis portion of the project.
Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal policies on recycling electronic waste or handling hazardous materials from technological trash. It's time to change that, according to four University of California scientists, including Julie Schoenung, professor of chemical engineering and materials science.
College Awards Recognize Four Engineering Faculty
Three awards given by the College of Engineering recognize researchers and educators who merit special mention for their achievements at various stages in their careers and a fourth honors great teaching.
Levent Kavvas Receives Prestigious Civil Engineering Award
Civil engineering professor Levent Kavvas has received the 2009 Ven Te Chow Award, the highest honor awarded a hydrologic engineer by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and its specialty organization, the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI).
Q & A with National Medal of Science winner Berni Alder
Computational pioneer Berni Alder recently received the National Medal of Science, presented by President Obama at a White House ceremony. UC Davis science writer Andy Fell interviewed the emeritus professor about the experience and about his life in science.
Growing Cartilage from Stem Cells
Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering and his colleagues.
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Receives GAANN Fellowship Funding
The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has received a U.S. Department of Education GAANN Award to enhance graduate education. The award provides fellowships totaling $174,208 a year for 3 years, with a match of an additional 25 percent of the total from UC Davis.
Pan Receives CAREER Award for Printable Lab-on-a-Chip Research
Tingrui Pan, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research using micro-nanotechnology to create cell-analysis tools with an inexpensive customized Xerox office printer.
Neff Receives CAREER Award For Research in Computer Animation
Michael Neff, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award that recognizes and supports promising junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar. The funding supports Neff's research in creating better computer tools for character animation.
An Inspired New Way to Mine Data
Researcher Weixiang Zhao, working with Assistant Professor Cristina Davis in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has discovered a novel way to mine information from mass spectrometry data. This new strategy for data analysis could ultimately lead to better, earlier diagnosis of disease. Their findings were published in a recent issue of Analytica Chimica Acta.
Computational Pioneer Berni Alder Receives National Medal of Science
Computational pioneer Berni Alder, a retired physicist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and professor emeritus in the Department of Applied Science at the University of California, Davis, has received the National Medal of Science.
Electrical Fields Don't Always Increase Droplets' Urge to Merge, Study Finds
A new study led by William Ristenpart, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, shows that increased electrical fields can prevent oppositely charged drops from coalescing. The findings were published in the September 17 issue of Nature.
Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes Creates New Hybrid Technology
UC Davis chemical engineering and materials science professor Pieter Strove is one of three lead scientists on a team that has created a hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components. The lipid-coated nanocircuits mimic the transport of molecules back and forth through cell walls and could lead to a number of innovative biological applications, including new classes of biosensors.
NSF CAREER Award for Horsley
David A. Horsley, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to support research in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
Jenkins Receives Linneborn Prize
Bryan M. Jenkins, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has received the Johannes Linneborn Prize at the 17th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. The Prize recognizes Jenkins contributions to the development of energy from biomass.
UC Davis Receives $3M from Energy Commission for Renewable Energy Programs
To speed the transfer of renewable-energy advances from research laboratories to homes and industries, the California Energy Commission will award the University of California, Davis, $3 million to coordinate the efforts of four statewide programs.