Research Centers

• Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology.
• Air Quality Research Center.
• C-STEM UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education.
• HOME Space Technology Research Institute.
• Hyundai Center of Excellence.
• iPGS --  Innovative Power Generation Systems.
• SpaceED Space Engineering Research and Graduate Program.
• TNNC Transportation Noise Control Center.
• Western Cooling Efficiency Center.

Research Labs

Following is a partial list of laboratories in our department.

• ACRES – Advanced Composite Research, Engineering and Science.
• Aerospace Wind Tunnel Facility – Wind tunnel computational projects, such as predictions of boundary layers and lift performance.
• Advanced Research for Manufacturing Systems (ARMS) Laboratory - Professor Soshi aims to improve machining and additive manufacturing processes for the state-of-the-art CNC machine tool systems in his Advanced Research for Manufacturing Systems (ARMS) laboratory. 
• Bionic Engineering and Assistive Robotics (BEAR) Laboratory – Interdisciplinary engineering lab that aims to promote the integration of humans and advanced assistive technologies.
• Bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS Laboratory – Research, design, and implementation of analytical sensors for extremely small concentrations of chemical and biological materials.
• Cyber-Human-Physical Systems Lab -- Engineering and understanding collaborative, assured autonomy. 
• DynaaTECC (Dynamics Acoustics Aeroelasticity Theory Experiments Computations Controls) Lab -- The DynaaTECC research laboratory deals with dynamics, acoustics, aeroelasticity, theory, experiments, computations and controls of mobility systems found in engineering and medical cross-disciplinary fields that can behave rigidly or flexibly under natural and forced environments. 
• Energy Systems Automation, Optimization, and Integration Lab - Enabling Next Generation Energy Systems.
• Green Transportation Laboratory (GTL) – Design, test, in-situ neutron radiography and numerical modeling on Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells and Li Batteries. UC Davis Formula SAE Hybrid Racing Team Project.
• Human Robotics Vehicle Integration and Performance - Broadly interdisciplinary research to keep humans alive in extreme and highly hazardous environments, such as spaceflight, aircraft emergencies and robotic surgery. 
• Hydrogen Production and Utilization Laboratory – Study of hydrocarbon reformation via steam and autothermal reforming methods, renewable hydrogen production, hydrogen clean-up methods, optimization of fuel cell vehicles and fuel cell power systems, Hydrogen combustion, demonstration and operation of a Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Transit Bus.
• Integration Engineering Laboratory – Interdisciplinary study of all aspects involved in developing  networked intelligent robotic and mechatronic systems, from designing mechanical components to control systems and custom software development.
• Intelligent Manufacturing Laboratory – Development of software and automation technologies, including tools, robots, computers, and instruments, with application to mechatronics and manufacturing process design and control.
• Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies Research (MASTeR) Laboratory -- Educating people about sustainable manufacturing, researching process mechanisms, and identifying how manufacturing processes affect product life cycle, all within the scope of abrasive processes.
• Material Performance Laboratory – Study of material endurance using mechanical testing, simulation, residual stress measurements, and advanced data acquisition systems.
• SMARTLAB -- Scaled Model Aerospace Research and Testing Laboratory.
• Steel Lab -- The Solar Thermal and Energy Enhancement Laboratory (STEEL) was developed to further research in advanced heat exchangers for a variety of applications such as solar power generation, thermal desalination, waste heat utilization, and solar fuels.