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How Meriyah Deleon Haro Is Going to Engineer Magic

For Meriyah Deleon Haro, engineering has never been about equations alone — it has always been about wonder.

A defining moment for Haro came from a deceptively simple illusion: the use of the Pepper’s Ghost effect in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.

Aggie Engineers Go 'Face to Face' with Chancellor May

This month’s Face to Face With Chancellor May features Splash Tech, a forward-thinking startup tackling one of the most overlooked problems in home maintenance: swimming pool chemical management. The company grew out of a senior design project from electrical and computer engineering students at UC Davis.

Controlling the (Casimir) Force

As researchers continue to shrink the size of mechanical devices, controlling the Casimir force has become the first priority. At UC Davis, Calum Shelden, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is beginning groundbreaking experimentation to test the theories.