The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has honored graduate and undergraduate students with awards and scholarships, celebrating excellence in academics, leadership, research and more.
Research led by a UC Davis Ph.D. student shows that AI models can maintain response quality while using far less energy on existing hardware. The work received the Best Paper Award at MLSys 2026, a leading machine learning and AI systems conference.
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.
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.
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.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has honored seven graduate students for outstanding scientific contributions, academic leadership and teaching during the 2024-2025 academic year.
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.
Two teams of electrical and computer engineering students have received top honors for their work at hackathons during the 2025 Design Automation Conference, the leading global conference for chips to systems research.
Thomas Liang has received the M.S. Poster Award from the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for his innovative work on a wearable and affordable at-home diagnostic tool for sleep apnea.
For an implantable device improving outcomes of rotator cuff surgery and an IoT waste sorting system, two undergraduate engineering teams have received the Sandia Engineering Design Award for their senior design projects at UC Davis.
