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Today, we welcomed some of our newest faculty members to the UC Davis College of Engineering at a reception. 🤝

Learn more about our strategic vision for a next-level community, spearheaded by Dean of Engineering Richard Corsi: https://ow.ly/PQ8o50Xmbu8

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Two new faculty members chat while the reception goes on around them
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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A new generation of leaders is steering the Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Research Center at UC Davis into the future of transportation. 🚚

Read more: https://ow.ly/75SE50Xj9BX

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October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Alexander Gamero-Garrido, assistant prof. of computer science, joins the Internet Changemakers podcast to share how data-driven storytelling can help build a more transparent digital world.

🎙️ Listen: https://ow.ly/YQ3B50Xj93j

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October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This month, we hosted the #AI Innovation Showcase and Prem Jain Symposium at UC Davis, where researchers shared cutting-edge technologies/startups, and industry professionals remarked on the future of AI.

Read a recap here: https://ow.ly/Gwws50XiNpw

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October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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How does skin hold you in? How do heart cells beat together? Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering are exploring how structures called desmosomes function and react to mechanical stress.

Read more: https://ow.ly/kcBj50XiIrA

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October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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It’s #NationalWomenInAIMonth, and we’re spotlighting Diane Bryant ’85, former chairman & CEO of NovaSignal & UC Davis electrical engineering alum. She delivered the keynote address at the AI Innovation Showcase & Prem Jain Symposium on Oct. 16.

Read about the event: https://ow.ly/Kqy350XhJCH
Two photos rest on a blue background, one of Bryant speaking at the showcase and the other of Bryant posing outdoors with Raissa D’Souza, Chen-Nee Chuah and Marina Leite.
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It’s #NationalWomenInAIMonth, and today we’re spotlighting Chen-Nee Chuah, professor of electrical and computer engineering and co-director of the UC Davis AI Center in Engineering.

Explore the AI Center in Engineering: https://ow.ly/3RSp50XepPj💡

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October 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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An up to $40M contract is fueling @ucdavis.bsky.social & @virginiatech.bsky.social research to improve indoor air quality, creating smart systems that detect pathogens in real time and keep buildings healthier for everyone. 🌬️🏫

Read more: engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/federal...

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October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Tanishq Mathew Abraham earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UC Davis at 19 and now at 22, he’s co-founded a Sacramento-based medical AI startup that raised $9.2M to build open-source tools for understanding brain scans, lab tests and clinical data. 🧠

Read more: https://ow.ly/PS0B50XcBu1
Tanishq Abraham at a UCD Commencement Ceremony
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Real research. Real people. Real impact.

Federal funding turns our engineering research into real-world solutions that improve the lives of all people and the planet.

Learn more about @ucdavis.bsky.social engineering research by visiting: ow.ly/4E6550Xbt8W

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October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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ResearchQuest.ai is a new AI agent that scours academic papers for anything related to the query. The new tool, built by student researchers through E-SEARCH, could cut down a literature review from months to minutes.

Read more: engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/student...
Gerard Anderias, left, an undergraduate student in computer science, and Akash Bonagiri, a Ph.D. student in computer science
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This week, we join the @ucdavis.bsky.social community in celebrating #PostdocAppreciationWeek
— a time to recognize the contributions and impact of our postdoctoral scholars.

Thank you for your dedication and the difference you make every day! 👏

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October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Meet Matthew Paszek, our newest professor of biomedical engineering, whose research explores the sugar coating that covers every living cell in the human body, to understand how it shapes health and disease.

Meet Paszek: https://ow.ly/vhAb50X9kQ2

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October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The first cohort of the Master of Engineering in Medical Device Development at Aggie Square has just launched! 🌟

Learn more about the 9-month program that pairs students with UC Davis Health clinicians and helps strengthen entrepreneurship skills: https://ow.ly/ZNBt50X4HkS
The first cohort of MDD students stands in the Aggie Square lobby
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Campus-roasted. Student-designed. ☕✨

For National Coffee Day, we’re celebrating Phoebe Sothern, the student who designed three new coffee bags debuting at UC Davis Stores this November! Meet Sothern and see the bags: https://ow.ly/W1hp50X3S9k

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Sothern sips coffee with classmates and instructors. Text on top of the image reads "Meet the Student Behind New Coffee Bean Bag Designs"
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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It’s the #FirstDayOfFall and even the turkeys are out and about at @ucdavis.bsky.social, ready for classes to start this week 🦃

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September 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Here's a look at some of the things clubs and organizations brought with them to table at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Engineering Student Club Fair today, Sept. 19!

Interested in the student organizations we have? Learn more at engineering.ucdavis.edu/undergraduat...

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The back of a T Shirt with a cow wearing a rocket jet pack that reads "when cows fly" Cyclone RoboSub device sits on a table in a crowd of students BAJA Racing vehicle with students around looking it over Student Steel Bridge first place award rests on a piece of steel bridge
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Nothing says “welcome to @ucdavis.bsky.social” like a handshake from Richard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social, Dean of the College of Engineering, and a new set of keys. 🔑🐮

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September 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Engineers at @ucdavis.bsky.social have developed a mini microscope for real-time, non-invasive imaging of brain activity in mice. This opens new possibilities for understanding how brain activity drives behavior and for treating brain disorders.

📖 Read more ➡️ engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/enginee...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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With climate change and a population boom on the horizon, food needs innovation. 🍔

At the @ucdavis.bsky.social College of Engineering, researchers are crafting sustainable solutions that could change what’s on our plates and how we produce it.

Read more: engineering.ucdavis.edu/engineering-...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Thank you to our generous donors for making an impact during this year’s giving campaign. With 1,778 gifts to the College, your support strengthens student success, fuels faculty research & helps engineer a better world for all 🌎

Read more from @ucdavis.bsky.social: www.ucdavis.edu/news/acceler...
August 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This DIY air purifier, co-created by @corsiaq.bsky.social, can help deal with wildfire smoke. Hear all about the Corsi-Rosenthal box from our very own Dean of Engineering as he sits down for a discussion on Up to Speed with Faith Fundal: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Corsi stands with DIY air purifier as he builds it
August 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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AI 🤝 Engineering

Professors Ian Davidson & Chen-Nee Chuah sit with Dean @corsiaq.bsky.social to talk through AI’s current and near-future applications in the College of Engineering and society at large.

Read their conversation ➡️ engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/deans-d...

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Three people sit indoors with text that reads Dean's Download Discussing the Promise of AI
July 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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New from the UC Davis Emeriti Video Records Project 🎥

Watch Distinguished Professor Subhash Risbud reflect on decades of leadership in materials science and his continued mentorship of the next generation of engineers.

Watch: video.ucdavis.edu/media/546+Ri...

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July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Engineering researchers at @ucdavis.bsky.social & Proteus Space are shaking up satellite design with the first-ever real-time dynamic digital twin that predicts spacecraft health using AI, to be launched in October. 🛰️

Read how this can redefine spaceflight: www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...
Two researchers work on the dynamic digital twin in a lab with words overlayed that read "UC Davis and Proteus Space to Launch First-Ever Dynamic Digital Twin into Space" in yellow and white
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM