Coming from a background in art and animation, computer engineering student Victoria Lam understands that coding can be a form of creative expression and a powerful tool to solve problems with tangible impacts. Full Article: ece.ucdavis.edu/news/outstandi…

From an a-ha moment with LEGO airplanes to discovering a fascination with digital design, we spoke with Shawn Feezer to learn more about his journey to become an Aggie Engineer and his research aspirations. Full article: ece.ucdavis.edu/news/outstandi…

The Make Box, a STEM education startup founded by electrical engineering major Kavya Khare, won the Education and Educational Tools sector award and a $5,000 residency award at the 25th annual Big Bang! Business Competition. Full Article: ece.ucdavis.edu/news/snapping-…

A team of undergraduate EC Engineers, Angus Callahan, Jonathan Hess, Dominick Oleesky, Brian Olszewski and Jacob Petros, advised by Prof. Avesta Sasan, received Sandia Engineering Design Awards from Sandia National Laboratories. Full Article: bit.ly/44IiEnC

Thomas Liang has received the inaugural M.S. Poster Award from the ECE Department at the University of California, Davis. The award recognizes the best poster produced by a Master of Science student in Plan II. Full Article: bit.ly/4lpc2R7

Middle schoolers from San Joaquin County/Sac area are getting hands-on learning at the Future Scientists and Engineers BE-STARSE Camp, funded by the NSF ExLENT Grant! They are learning from UC Davis faculty & SJCOE staff at UCD & the SJCOE Fablab. More at: exlent.ucdavis.edu

Two teams of ECE students from UC Davis received top honors for their hackathon work during the 2025 Design Automation Conference. The teams of ECE students, all from Prof. Homayoun‘s Computing Lab, earned 1sr and 3rd place in their events. Full Article: bit.ly/4fvkeNE

A program led by ECE profs. at UC Davis rethinks STEM education from K-12/college by focusing on experience and workforce development opportunities in semiconductor tech, info. systems and data science to address the education gap of new tech. Full Article:bit.ly/4oxDgqA

Kavya Khare upgraded her skills to build a business. 6 years later, she is now an ECE alum and the founder of The Make Box, a UC Davis and Bay Area-based startup that makes modular robotic kits, SnapBots, for young students to engage in STEM. Full Article:bit.ly/4fAPt9L

Two Aggie innovators are making a splash in sustainable tech! Chancellor May goes Face to Face with EE master's student Rain Sun and CS graduate Sam Louderback, co-founders of Splash Tech—a startup revolutionizing pool chemical management. More at: bit.ly/45PBE2U

We're delighted to share our Fall Quarter schedule for the ECE Distinguished Seminar Series. The first seminar will be presented by Caltech's Prof. Gao and is scheduled for Friday, September 26 at 1:10pm in Kleiber Hall, Room 03.

A team of UC Davis researchers has developed Cool-Cover — a multilayer film that reflects heat but lets in light needed for photosynthesis. It could dramatically cut energy & water use in greenhouses with minimal impact on yield. Full Article here: bit.ly/425fSY0

We’re excited for our next scheduled Distinguished Seminar this Friday, September 26th. Caltech Professor Wei Gao will be presenting, "Body-Interfaced Biosensors."

UC Davis ECE researchers, led by Prof. Weijian Yang, have developed DeepInMiniscope - a compact microscope enabling real-time, high-resolution, non-invasive brain imaging in mice. This breakthrough opens new doors for neuroscience research. Full article: bit.ly/3Vt9VAr

We mourn the passing of Distinguished Professor Neville C. Luhmann Jr., a pioneer in plasma physics and vacuum electronics. His decades of leadership, scholarship, and mentorship left a lasting legacy at UC Davis and beyond. bit.ly/3KieATo

We’re excited for our next scheduled Distinguished Seminar this Friday, October 10th. UCSB Professor John Bowers will be presenting, "Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits with Integrated Lasers." Learn More: bit.ly/4o7dKYj

We’re excited for our next scheduled Distinguished Seminar this Friday, October 17th. Stanford University Professor James Zou will be presenting, "AI Agents to Automate Scientific Discoveries."

We’re excited for our next scheduled Distinguished Seminar this Friday, October 24th. UC Berkeley Professor Bora Nikolic will be presenting, "Chipyard: A framework for designing some exciting chips, both in research labs and in classrooms." Abstract: bit.ly/4qExYLd

The Department of ECE honors 7 graduate students with Graduate Student Awards, recognizing the outstanding scientific contributions, academic leadership and teaching of students within the department’s graduate-level ECE programs. Learn More: bit.ly/47ILyFI

Happy Halloween Aggies, from our ECE department staff!