Education

A new driver is learning to drive a manual transmission on the highway and fumbles the gear shift, causing the vehicle to stall and the cars behind to honk. Then, the new driver takes their virtual reality headset off, calms down and tries the level again from the start.

by Matt Murphy

For the second straight year, the Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine hosted the UC Davis Mind and Machine summer camp for area middle school students.  

The three-day camp is organized by Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Steering Committee member, and Founding Co-Director Emeritus of the Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine Sanjay Joshi and designed to introduce students to the concepts of engineering and neuroscience.

by Kathleen Holder

When Valerie Klein enrolled at UC Davis on a pre-med track in fall 2021, her mind's-eye image of research revolved around looking at cells under a microscope. Thanks to a program that gets students into labs early, the aspiring psychiatrist is now investigating frontiers of the human brain and has gained a more expansive view of research. 

My name is Greg Disse, and I am a third-year medical student in the UC Davis MD/PhD program. A few weeks ago, I completed my PhD in Neuroscience where, under the mentorship of Dr. Karen Moxon, I analyzed neural signals generated by populations of neurons in the cerebral cortex during movement and investigated how those signals change after spinal cord injury.

by Molly Bechtel

The College of Engineering recognizes teaching excellence at the department level with Excellence in Teaching Awards. Awards are presented annually to one faculty member and one graduate student teaching assistant in each department for their strong commitment to the educational mission and vision of the college. Awardees consistently perform above and beyond expectations in teaching and mentoring the next generation of engineers and leaders.

by Matt Marcure

The National Science Foundation has honored four graduate students in the college of Engineering at the University of California, Davis, by admitting them into the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or GRFP. 

by Maybeline Hinlo

Second-year mechanical and aerospace engineering master's student Anna Rita Moukarzel’s love for the world of neuroengineering is rooted in her background in robotics and the performing arts.  

The Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine and the NeuralStorm program invite proposals for outreach materials and demos relevant to neuroengineering, to be exhibited at upcoming events including NeuroFest (March 18), Picnic Day (April 15) and similar outreach events. 

by Gina Pottenger

It is, perhaps, inevitable that Xianglong Wang was to become a new assistant professor of teaching at the UC Davis College of Engineering. He’s been teaching since grade school.

“In elementary school, I was already teaching,” he recalls. “My teacher handed me an hour around noontime so I could actually teach my classmates. Starting from that time, I have felt like teaching is a very rewarding job and it makes a lot of impact.”

Based on article by Sarah Colwell ǀ July 15, 2022

The UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering recently received a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create a new graduate-level training program that stands to transform the field of neuroengineering. The grant is part of a larger effort by the Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine to promote neurological health and extend human capacity.

By Noah Pflueger-Peters

Second-year Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M.S. student Morgan Harris wants to be on the front lines of building a healthier community. Through her research on prosthetic devices and her dream of opening her own prosthetics and orthotics clinic, she wants to improve people’s lives while offering the same type of mentorship and outreach experiences that inspired her.

By Gabriela Lee and Noah A Pflueger-Peters

Neuroengineering is an emerging field where engineering, medicine and neuroscience come together to engineer innovative tools to study the operation of the central and peripheral nervous systems and develop impactful solutions to treat their pathologies. Neuroengineers work across disciplines in highly-collaborative research projects to develop technologies such as prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation and post-neural injury rehabilitation tools.

By Adil Abbuthalha

Please join us in celebrating Prof. Erkin Şeker as a 2020 recipient of the Graduate Studies Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Award!