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.
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.
Each year, students, faculty and alumni in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering nominate alumni who have made a significant impact as leaders or researchers and brought distinction to themselves and UC Davis.
Electrical and computer engineer Claudio Lopez Osses, M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’22, is accelerating the next generation of nuclear science through the use of artificial intelligence at Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, or CNL, at the University of California, Davis.
Neil Jacklin earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on systems engineering, signal processing, and applied research.
Constance Chang-Hasnain received her B.S. from UC Davis in 1982 and her M.S. and Ph.D from UC Berkeley in 1984 and 1987, respectively, all in electrical engineering.
Li, who was the first in her family to go to college, came to UC Davis in 2001, having immigrated from China, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.
Charles Chuck Nichols is a longtime leader of California agriculture and the president of Nichols Farms, one of the largest family-owned pistachio growing, processing and marketing companies in the state.
Michael Coffey graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 1984 and a master's degree in management from Golden Gate University before going on to a nearly 40-year career.
