The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has established the Ding Prize for Scholarly Excellence in Electrical and Computer Engineering to recognize the top graduating student in electrical or computer engineering. Vivian Nguyen, a computer engineering student, is the award’s first recipient.
The path to a world without dementia starts with a brain tissue sample. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, are developing AI-driven tools to analyze vast digital archives of brain tissue scans — work that cannot be done at scale by humans alone — to better understand dementia and improve diagnosis and treatment.
The Outstanding Staff Award celebrates individuals who consistently perform above and beyond expectations with exceptional service, innovative approaches, community engagement and commitment to the college's community core values and diversity, equity and inclusion.
The University of California, Davis, has been selected as a core member of the Pacific Intermountain Network for Education in Semiconductors, a regional node of the National Network for Microelectronics Education, or NNME, designed to strengthen and scale the semiconductor workforce across the western United States.
Pranav Rawat had a moment of clarity when he took “Circuits I” at UC Davis. With circuity, he finally found a way to create physical models of the systems he had toyed with in his head his whole life.
The College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis, has selected electrical engineering student Hari Rakul Ambethkar to receive its highest honor for a graduating senior, the M.S. Ghausi Medal. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has also identified Ambethkar to receive its Outstanding Senior Award.
COFFEE is a student club that offers academic support, networking opportunities and community for electrical and computer engineering students. Since its founding in 2018, the club has grown from a small group to a cornerstone organization making visible, impactful enhancements to student life.
For innovative research on chips that can sustain high speeds without sacrificing power or signal amplification, a feat necessary for realizing the wireless networks of tomorrow, Phat Nguyen has received the Zuhair A. Munir Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Engineering at UC Davis.
For a master’s thesis describing a processing framework that achieved a 32 million-times improvement in speed and energy efficiency over NVIDIA, the College of Engineering celebrates Sagar Sajeev, a recent electrical and computer engineering alum.
On April 3, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering hosted its annual ECExpo, an event bridging the gap between academia and industry. Students, alumni and industry experts share takeaways from this year’s event.
Three College of Engineering undergraduate students recount their journeys majoring in CS, CE and CSE, detailing defining coursework, future career paths and plans.
Pranta Saha, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, was selected in recognition of his work to advance the future of semiconductor devices, technology, design and manufacturing through scalable quantum technologies.
Babak Taheri, Ph.D. ’94, has helped shape the technologies behind smartphones, motion sensing and the Internet of Things. Now, he is investing in the next generation of UC Davis engineers by supporting the André Knoesen Teaching Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Andrew Dienes, a seminal figure in the field of ultrafast optics and a dedicated member of the UC Davis faculty for decades.
Born in Hungary in 1939, Professor Dienes brought a world-class research pedigree to Davis. After receiving his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, in 1967, he spent six transformative years as a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey.
