Gozde Goncu-Berk, an associate professor of design at the University of California, Davis, is forging partnerships with professors from the College of Engineering to realize innovative research in wearable technology.
A multidisciplinary research team in communication and computer science at the University of California, Davis, performed a systematic audit of YouTube’s video recommendations in 2021 and 2022. They tested how a person’s ideological leaning might affect what videos YouTube’s algorithms recommend to them.
Materials science and engineering professor Marina Leite has received $1 million to make switchable photonic devices more efficient with hybrid perovskites, a class of materials with physical properties that can be controlled through light alone.
At first glance, Orobanche ramosa looks like an interesting blossoming plant, one that could add a unique flair to flower arrangements. But it’s a parasitic weed that attaches to roots, sucks out nutrients and is threatening California’s lucrative $1.5 billion processing tomato industry.
Erika La Plante, a new assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, leveraged her geochemistry background while applying the materials science paradigms to her unique research on cementitious materials.
UC Davis doctoral graduate Abby Niesen, M.S. '21, Ph.D. '23 is arguably one of the most productive doctoral students in the history of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and quite possibly the College of Engineering, according to faculty who have been associated with UC Davis for nearly 50 years.
Initial results of a unique, multi-disciplinary public scholarship partnership between UC Davis researchers and Shriners Children's Northern California to create better prosthetic options for children are "unexpected and amazing."
With parts more than 1,000 times smaller than a penny, professors in the Departments of Electrical and Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering collaborate on a device that uses infrared absorptive spectroscopy to identify cancer molecules from drops of saliva.
Blackjack with superposition? Check. Angry Birds with Schrödinger's cat for a primer on the uncertainty principle? Check. Quantum Computing at Davis takes a playful approach to bringing students into the burgeoning research field.
