The National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development will fund the assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering’s work investigating the wing movements hawks use to conduct lateral flight maneuvers.
A University of California, Davis mechanical engineering student has been named top graduating senior, earning the University Medal for academic excellence, leadership and impact in robotics, research and campus life.
Mechanical engineering senior Julian Eastman combined creativity, engineering and imagination throughout his time at UC Davis. From designing manufacturing tools to building fantasy worlds inspired by orbital mechanics, Eastman discovered that engineering is about creating possibilities that improve the world around us.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering students Esther Kung and Huy Tran were selected to receive scholarships from the Vertical Flight Society’s Vertical Flight Foundation, which recognizes and supports outstanding students pursuing careers in vertical flight.
Maury Hull, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of biomedical engineering and mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received the Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award from Carnegie Mellon University for his exceptional leadership in building the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering.
The fourth-year aerospace science and mechanical engineering double major has been selected for the first-ever Solastra Fellowship, which recognizes Latin American student leaders in aerospace.
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Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Zhaodan Kong has earned a CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship to pilot FireFly, an AI-powered sensor and drone system designed to detect wildfires at their earliest stages.
UC Davis senior Shreya Chandra has been named to Aviation Week’s 2026 20 Twenties, a global honor recognizing standout STEM students in the aerospace field. The award highlights her achievements in mechanical and aerospace engineering and connects her with industry leaders.
The Universities Space Research Association, or USRA, named Aidan Guerra, a fourth-year mechanical engineering and aerospace science and engineering double major at the University of California, Davis, to the class of 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Award winners.
The UC Davis team was the top award winner at the 2024-25 CITRIS Aviation Prize competition, earning $12,000 for their innovative design of an intercampus air transportation system for UC students, faculty and staff.
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.
Inspired by a tough structures class and hands-on research, mechanical and aerospace engineering senior Michael Taylor is heading to Stanford for graduate school. He credits UC Davis with showing him the value in every challenge and every course.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Raissa M. D’Souza, associate dean of research for the College of Engineering at UC Davis, to its 2024 class of fellows for her distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications.
A visionary proposal for developing a pathway to 3D printing inside the human body using soundwaves took top prize at this year's Society of Manufacturing Engineers NSF Blue Sky Competition.
Gutta Prudhvi Reddy, an alum of the UC Davis mechanical and aerospace engineering master’s program, earned the IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, or ITherm, 2024 Best Overall Poster Award for his research titled “Assessment of Bubble Pump Model for Fluid Directional Motion for Asymmetric Heated Ratchets.”
