alumni

The electrical and computer engineering alum has received the Aggie Service Award from the Cal Aggie Alumni Association for exemplary Aggie Pride and dedication to UC Davis through personal commitment of time and energy, volunteerism and leadership.

Stephen Henderson, B.S. '95, is a shining, if not atypical, example of Aggie Engineering excellence. After earning his electrical engineering degree, he has shown outstanding leadership as a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma, where he is known for his expertise in criminal law and law reform.

Three-time alum Jeff Reed is an internationally recognized leader in wireless communications. Across his career, Reed’s scientific collaborations and leadership have significantly shaped the planet and its future — and communicate the innovative spirit of Aggie Engineers.

As a front-end system architect, my interests are in developing RF systems utilizing the state of art hardware elements for next generation communication technologies.

Jin Bains graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in 1994.

Dr. Mark Gitin has been appointed CEO of IPG Photonics as of June 2024.

Professor Christopher Lupo is currently the founding Director of the Noyce School of Applied Computing at Cal Poly, a cross-disciplinary school comprised of three founding departments: Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Software Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.

After graduating UC Davis in 1991, Ali moved to New Jersey to work for Hoechst Celanese Corporation, focused on development of high-speed optical modulators using non-linear optical polymer.

Francis Lee graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1974. In 1998, after two decades in industry, Lee became CEO of Synaptics, a position he held until 2009.

Babak Taheri is the CEO and Member of the Board of Directors at Silvaco Group.