ECExpo 2025 Fuses Industry and Academia for ‘New Directions’
On April 4, Kemper Hall hummed with the unique frequency generated by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s ECExpo.
The annual event, now in its fifth year, brings students, faculty members, alumni and industry partners together to discuss next-level research, share innovations in education and forge connections between academia and industry at the University of California, Davis.
A core goal of the event is to unite students with members of industry. Undergraduate and graduate students can present their research to professional engineers during the poster session. Students are also able to see demonstrations of emerging technologies from leading companies.
"Technology is rapidly evolving, and it is critical that students are prepared with the skills that industry needs. To do this requires strong partnerships with industry to help us equip our students to become agile leaders," said Richard L. Corsi, dean of the College of Engineering, during his opening remarks for this year’s event.
Learn more about ECExpo 2025 by watching the recap video and a recording of the event’s keynote presentation below.
"New Directions:" ECExpo 2025 in Review
Faculty members, students and industry representatives discuss key takeaways from ECExpo 2025 — and the value of uniting academia and research. As Suresh Ojha '93 and M.S. '97 said, the event is an opportunity to discover "new directions" and to establish "a symbiotic relationship" between professional and aspiring electrical and computer engineers.
Keynote: "UC Davis and Back Again: A Lawyer’s Tale"
Stephen Henderson '95, the recipient of the 2024 ECE Distinguished Alumni Award and the Judge Haskell A. Holloman Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma, provided the event’s keynote presentation. Henderson discussed his experiences in formulating criminal and privacy laws that better fit modern technologies, in pondering how our systems of criminal justice ought to incorporate (or reject) intelligent machines and in puzzling over what it means to be a good engineer, a good lawyer and simply a good human.
ECExpo 2025 was sponsored by Analog Devices, Anritsu, Digikey, Elve, Keysight Technologies, Texas Instruments and Silvaco.