The UC Davis College of Engineering is one of four undergraduate colleges on the campus of the University of California,Davis. One of the largest engineering programs in the U.S.,the UC Davis College of Engineering offers 11 ABET-accredited undergraduate engineering majors. The college offers majors from a broad scope of engineering disciplines,including aerospace science,biochemical,biological systems,biomedical,chemical,civil,computer science,electrical,materials science,and mechanical engineering.
Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering,drug delivery,bionanotechnology,pharmaceutical sciences,chemical and polymer engineering has provided seminal foundations based on the physics and mathematical theories of nanoscale,macromolecular processes and drug/protein transport and has led to numerous biomedical products or devices.
Mary Rita Cooke Greenwood is a nationally recognized leader in higher education,nutrition,and health sciences. Additionally,her research has been extensively published,internationally recognized,and has earned awards.
Jerry M. Woodall is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California,Davis who is widely known for his revolutionary work on LEDs and semiconductors. Over the course of his career,he has published close to 400 scientific articles and his work has directly contributed to the development of major technologies that are used around the world,such as TVs,optical fibers,and mobile phones. Woodall currently holds over 80 U.S. patents for a variety of inventions and has received prestigious awards from IBM,NASA,and the U.S. President for his contributions to science,technology,and humanity.
Louise H. Kellogg was an American geophysicist with expertise in chemical geodynamics and computational geophysics and experience in leading multidisciplinary teams to advance geodynamics modeling and scientific visualization. Kellogg was a Distinguished Professor at the University of California,Davis and director of the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics. She was also a major contributor to the Deep Carbon Observatory project of the Sloan Foundation.
Margaret Katherine "Kathy" Banks is an American academic,engineer,and was the 26th president of Texas A&M University from 2021 to 2023,only the second woman to hold that position out of 41 total presidents at the time,including her interim successor.
Charles Sherwood Fadley was an American physicist who was a professor at University of California,Davis and an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society,the American Association for the Advancement of Science,the American Vacuum Society and the Institute of Physics.
Francis "Frank" J. Doyle III is an American engineer and academic administrator. He is the dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Doyle is also affiliated with the Division of Sleep Medicine of Harvard Medical School. On December 15,2022,it was announced that Doyle will serve as the 14th provost of Brown University starting in the 2023 academic year.
Jonna Ann Keener Mazet is an American epidemiologist and Executive Director of the University of California,Davis One Health Institute. Recognized for her innovative and holistic approach to emerging environmental and global health threats,she is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mazet is a professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine,where she focuses on global health problem solving,especially for emerging infectious disease and conservation challenges.
Susan M. Kauzlarich is an American chemist and is presently a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California,Davis. At UC Davis,Kauzlarich leads a research group focused on the synthesis and characterization of Zintl phases and nanoclusters with applications in the fields of thermoelectric materials,magnetic resonance imaging,energy storage,opto-electronics,and drug delivery. Kauzlarich has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications and has been awarded several patents. In 2009,Kauzlarich received the annual Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring,which is administered by the National Science Foundation to acknowledge faculty members who raise the membership of minorities,women and disabled students in the science and engineering fields. In January 2022 she became Deputy Editor for the scientific journal,Science Advances.
Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Sinnott is a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS),the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS). She has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.
Sharon Y. Strauss is an American evolutionary ecologist. She is a Professor of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California,Davis.
Janet K. Yamamoto is an American immunologist. Yanamoto is a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Florida where she studies the spread of HIV/AIDS. In 1988,she co-developed a vaccine for the feline version of HIV with Niels C. Pederson and was subsequently elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
Nancy E. Lane is an American rheumatologist. She is an Endowed Professor of Medicine,Rheumatology,and Aging Research at the University of California,Davis and director of the UC Davis Musculoskeletal Diseases of Aging Research Group. She has also sat on the editorial boards of Nature Reviews Rheumatology,Rheumatology,Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism,Arthritis &Rheumatology, and The Journal of Rheumatology.
Allison Brashear is an American neurologist. As of October 2021,she has accepted a position as Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo,New York. Her last day as dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine is November 12,2021 and she previously served as the Walter C. Teagle Endowed Chair of Neurology at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Christine E. Schmidt is an American biomedical engineer. As a professor at the University of Florida,Schmidt was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame for her creation of the Avance Nerve Graft which has "improved the lives of numerous patients suffering from peripheral nerve damage."
Prasant Mohapatra is an Indian-American computer scientist. Mohapatra is currently the Provost of the University of South Florida. Previously,he was Vice Chancellor for Research at University of California Davis (UC-Davis).
M. Saif Islam is a Bangladeshi-American engineering professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California,Davis.
Christine M. Hrenya is an American chemical engineer and applied mathematician whose research involves computational fluid dynamics,especially of aerosols,multiphase flow,and fluidization of granular materials. She is a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado.
Arezoo M. Ardekani is an Iranian-American physicist who is a professor at Purdue University. Her research considers the flow of complex fluids. She was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022.
