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Anokye-Bempah uses a 5-kilo PROBAT Roaster to roast coffee beans.

Innovating for our future

  • by Clémentine Sicard, UC Davis DEVAR
  • February 22, 2023
Coffee roasting is a crucial step in manufacturing and selling coffee. However, the exact chemical and kinetic changes that occur to coffee beans during the process are still relatively unclear.
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BAE Seniors Innovate to Solve Real-World Problems

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • July 29, 2022
The three-quarter Capstone course at UC Davis gives biological systems engineering students the skills and experiences they need to become leaders in engineering design. This year’s teams worked on projects ranging from remote sensing to aquaponic indoor plant growth to alginate encapsulation of caviar. Two exceptional teams are highlighted.
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Alice Dien Hits it Out of the Park, Advances to UC Grad Slam Finals with Revolutionary Drying Research

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • May 03, 2022

Biological Systems Engineering Ph.D. student Alice Dien won first place at UC Davis Grad Slam on April 6. Her winning research presentation “Cooling Down with the New Hot Air: The Future of Drying in Agriculture” earned her a $2,500 prize, and she will be competing for the top prize at the University of California Grad Slam Finals against winners from the other nine UC campuses on Friday, May 6.

Alice Dien with Graduate Studies Dean Jean-Pierre Delplanque

A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 08, 2022
Have you ever stopped to think about how much energy it takes to dry the coffee beans in your coffee? Or the corn in the tortilla chip you’re crunching? Or the rice in your sushi roll? Probably not — you might lose your appetite. Biological Systems Engineering Ph.D. student Alice Dien has thought about it a lot and come up with an intriguing solution: Desiccation.
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Ph.D. students Chang Chen and Ke Wang recognized in graduate paper competition

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters, Chang Chen, Ke Wang and Zhongli Pan
  • August 18, 2021

UC Davis biological systems engineers Chang Chen and Ke Wang placed first and third, respectively, in the 2021 graduate student paper competition hosted by the Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOCABFE, also known as AOC). The competition is held every year at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual Meeting.

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Kathryn Tarver: Machining for a Better World

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • June 03, 2021
Growing up, Kathryn Tarver would have never believed she would one day be an engineer. Now, she is graduating with a B.S. in biological systems engineering, having become a dedicated machinist and problem-solver.
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Student Spotlight: Wayne Low Kum

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • March 24, 2021

When Wayne Low Kum graduates this spring with a B.S. in biological systems engineering and a minor in psychology, it will mark the end of a journey over 20 years in the making. Wayne started at UC Davis as a first-year student in the late 1990s, but returned to school in 2020 to finish his degree after dropping out his senior year.

“It’s never too late to learn or to go back to school, and when an opportunity like this presents itself, you can’t be scared,” he said. “There’s no shame in learning.”

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Graduate students Achala Rao and Yike Chen named 2020-21 Business Development Fellows

  • by Noah Pflueger-Peters
  • November 19, 2020

Biological and agricultural engineering (BAE) graduate students Achala Rao and Yike Chen were selected to the 2020-21 class of Business Development Fellows by the UC Davis Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. As fellows, Rao and Chen are part of a diverse, interdisciplinary group of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from across UC Davis who will spend the 2020-21 school year developing the commercial potential of their research.

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