Professor Saif Islam will translate groundbreaking cybersecurity research into a viable commercial solution, thanks to a new award from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute, launched in partnership with the Academic Innovation Catalyst.
The National Academy of Inventors has elected Junshan Zhang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, as a fellow. The fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
The University of California, Davis will be part of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing research and manufacturing of American semiconductors.
Renetta Garrison Tull, vice chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of California, Davis, has been elected president of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). Her term will begin on January 1, 2025.
Jeong is one of 12 early-career faculty members who will receive a boost as this year's class of Hellman Fellows at UC Davis. The fellowship includes funding that will directly support Jeong's research into autonomous seizure management.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jeremy Munday and his lab have demonstrated a method for controlling the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical effect that draws small objects toward each other. The force can be so strong as to tear components inside a device apart.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to present the Winter Quarter Distinguished Seminar Series. ECE will host four distinguished and accomplished individuals. The first seminar is via Zoom, and is scheduled for, Friday, January 24. The second, scheduled for Friday, February 7, third and fourth seminar, scheduled for Friday, February 28, of the Fall Quarter will be presented in person.
Please see more details below and click the hyperlink to view each guest's abstract.
Before Judy Chang was overseeing the country's energy transmission as the first Asian American woman Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, she was an undergraduate engineer walking through Kemper Hall. She talks about laying the groundwork for her career in energy policy and how her love of electronic music brought her to UC Davis.
Professor Chen-Nee Chuah leads AI/ML efforts within a multidisciplinary team that has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to deepen the understanding of the neuropathologic landscape of Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on individuals who identify as Hispanic/Latino.
Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offer insights on devices that operate like solar cells in reverse and can generate power even in the absence of sunlight, offering an alternative route for energy production.
Islam will focus on furthering the department's position as a national leader uniquely positioned to meet the challenges of the nation's CHIPS and Science Act, which seeks to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing by up to 50%.
More than 7,500 miles separate Nepal and the University of California, Davis. That distance becomes imperceptible in a lab at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, the country's capital.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to present the Fall Quarter Distinguished Seminar Series. ECE will host two distinguished and accomplished individuals. The first seminar is via Zoom, and is scheduled for, Friday, November 1. The second and final seminar of the Fall Quarter will be presented in-person on Friday, November 8.
Please see more details below and click the hyperlink to view each guest's abstract (additional seminar details for Pro. Yablonovitch coming soon).
S. J. Ben Yoo, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis, leads a project to address large-scale issues in artificial intelligence at the chip scale.
