Civil and environmental engineering alum Sumeet Kumar Sinha, M.S. '17, Ph.D. '22 receives the annual Zuhair A. Munir Award for dissertation research on liquefaction-induced downdrag in deep foundations.
Each year, the College of Engineering celebrates the efforts of graduate students who make outstanding contributions in areas like research and safety.
The UC Davis College of Engineering's Jeffery C. Gibeling Master's Thesis Excellence Award is going to Margaret Duncan, who earned her master's degree in materials science and engineering in 2023 and whose research characterizes the optical properties of refractory materials in extremely high temperatures.
Dovin Kiernan, a recent graduate from the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis, explores biomechanics and wearable technology to reduce the high rates of overuse injuries in running.
After earning his Ph.D. in computer science through the College of Engineering's Distance Learning Program, Kevin Griffin is using his industry knowledge to help the next generation of computer scientists and build a Tulsa-based tech ecosystem from the ground up.
Kellen Ochi '22 cites his master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from UC Davis as the reason he now gets to shoot rockets into space as an engineer at The Aerospace Corporation, and how an early interest in planes, trains and automobiles fueled his passion for engineering.
New research published in Physical Review Letters shows how an experiment with lasers and magnets resulted in the domain walls within ferromagnetic layers moving at previously unheard-of speeds, paving the way for more sustainable and energy-efficient data storage.
During NASA internships, three graduates of the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at UC Davis contributed their knowledge and skills to the development of a new tool that quantifies battery failure and won the organization's 2023 Commercial Invention of the Year award.
As Rachita Rana says farewell to the chemical engineering department, the fifth-year Ph.D. student reflects on her research at UC Davis and the tools and lessons she will take with her.