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ECE Department Spin-Off Advances to Final Phase of NIH Competition

The Davis-based Storx Technologies has made it to the final round of a National Institutes of Health competition for advancing fetal monitoring technology. The startup’s device builds on the patented work on transabdominal fetal oximetry by Soheil Ghiasi, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

International Women’s Day Spotlight on UC Davis Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, the University of California, Davis, College of Engineering recognizes women in engineering, their journey to and in the field, and how they promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive world.

Meet some remarkable women in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and learn how they inspire inclusion in engineering.

Soheil Ghiasi Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

The National Academy of Inventors has conferred senior membership to electrical and computer engineering professor Soheil Ghiasi. Senior memberships recognize success in the patenting, licensing and commercialization of technologies that promise positive change to the welfare of society.

ECE Department to Host Virtual Visit for Graduate Applicants

The ECE department would like to invite all applicants of our ECE graduate program (ECEGP) to attend a virtual visit event. This event will be held from 5:30PM to 8:00 PM (Pacific Time) on March 6, 2024. In this virtual visit, applicants will have the opportunity to meet ECEGP faculty and students. During this event, we will introduce UC Davis, ECE graduate program, exciting research projects, funding opportunities, graduate courses we offer and much more. We will also have Q&A sessions to answer applicants' questions.

New Model May Change Artificial Intelligence for Good

Artificial intelligence models can now build and train new models with minimal human intervention thanks to a collaborative project spearheaded by Silicon Valley-based startup Aizip and its co-founder Yubei Chen, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis.

Ph.D. Student Receives Graduate Fellowship from NVIDIA

Toluwanimi Odemuyiwa is one of ten doctoral students to receive the 2024-2025 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship. The award includes a scholarship of up to $60,000 to support innovative research that may lead to major advances in accelerated computing.