Faculty | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Disruptioneering: The Quantum Vacuum for Nanotechnology

by Gina Pottenger
August 08, 2022

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Jeremy Munday recently received a $2.2 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to deepen our understanding of the quantum forces at work in nanotechnology.

saif islam and lbnl partnership photo by Gregory Urquiaga

Improving Agricultural Production by Slowing Down the Speed of Light

by Sarah Colwell
August 01, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Professor Saif Islam from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be forging a new partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories to create innovative, fluorescence lifetime imaging—a process currently used in the medical field—for improving agricultural practices.

Assistant Professor Marina Radulaski Recognized as Optica Senior Member

by Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide
July 21, 2022

Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, recognized Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Marina Radulaski as a Senior Member in the announcement of the class of 2022 on June 29, 2022.

Opus Number Three: A Symphonic Relationship Between Engineers and Winemakers

by Sarah Colwell
July 21, 2022

For more than 30 years, a partnership between the UC Davis College of Engineering and Opus One Winery has fostered new, reciprocal innovations in winemaking and engineering.

Research in Action: Weijian Yang Advances Optical Methods and Neurotechnologies

by Molly Bechtel and Cristina Deptula
July 15, 2022

Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Weijian Yang’s goal is to decode how the brain works in various processes, such as learning and memory formation, through the development of advanced optical methods and neurotechnologies to record and modulate brain activity. Additional interdisciplinary research has applications in biomedical imaging and smart health.

ECE Professor Houman Homayoun Receives $1.2M from NSF to Develop Secure Cloud Systems

by Chongzhou Fang and Houman Homayoun
June 14, 2022

Professor Houman Homayoun’s Accelerated, Secure, and Energy-Efficient Computing (ASEEC) Lab in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and collaborators at George Mason University received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build secure resource provisioning systems in the cloud.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Marina Radulaski Earns Google Research Scholar Award for Quantum Computing

by Cristina Deptula
June 14, 2022

UC Davis electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Marina Radulaski recently earned a Google Research Scholar award for her work in quantum computing.

Let There Be Light: ECE professor William Putnam's Lab Receives NSF and DOE Awards for Quantum and Ultrafast Photonics

by Cristina Deptula
May 05, 2022

UC Davis electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor William Putnam’s lab received a National Science Foundation award for using vacuum electronics to generate entangled photons.

UC Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Juan Sebastian Gomez-Diaz Receives Department of Defense Grant for Miniaturized Infrared Sensing Technology

by Cristina Deptula
April 28, 2022

UC Davis electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Juan Sebastian Gomez-Diaz received a Department of Defense grant for research into ultrathin, ‘smart’ infrared sensors that could revolutionize infrared sensing technology.

Virtual ECExpo Celebrates UC Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering Community's Resilience and Innovation

by Cristina Deptula
April 14, 2022

On Friday, April 8, UC Davis' electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department's alumni, students, and professors presented groundbreaking research, creative projects, and inspirational stories at the annual UC Davis ECExpo.