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Professor David Slaughter Receives Prestigious Cyrus Hall McCormick-Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal

Posted by Benjamin Bradford Dally on July 10, 2019
Since 1932, the American Society of Biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE) has selected one recipient, if any, for the Cyrus Hall McCormick-Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal. The medal is awarded to those who show "exceptional and meritorious achievement in agriculture that has resulted in new concepts, products, processes or methods that advanced the development of agriculture.” This year's medal has been awarded to Biological and Agricultural Engineering Professor David Slaughter.
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EBS Grad Student Kyle Cheung places in ASABE poster competition

Posted by Andrea Thompson on August 20, 2019

Congratulations to graduate student Kyle Cheung, who placed in the ASABE Oral/Poster Competition within the NRES technical community for his work entitled, “Identification of Drought Stress in Turfgrass Using Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing”. Cheung presented this work during the ASABE Annual International Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in July.

Cheung researches drought stress in Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist Ali Pourezza's lab.

Read his ASABE AIM 2019 Presentation Abstract:

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Dr. Singh receiving an honorary degree from the University of Guelph in 2018

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Singh invited to join Food and Nutrition Board

Posted by Andrea Thompson on August 09, 2019

Distinguished Professor Emeritus R. Paul Singh has been invited to serve on the prestigious Food and Nutrition Board of the Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Prof. Singh will provide input related to issues pertaining to food technology and engineering.

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Grad student Rayan Kawakita receives predoctoral fellowship from USDA

Posted by Andrea Thompson on August 09, 2019

Congratulations to graduate student Ryan Kawakita of the Jeoh lab, who has won a fellowship from the USDA. Ryan recently learned of his award of the predoctoral fellowship from USDA NIFA, specifically for education and workforce development (EWD) with the intent to develop the next generation of professionals in the food and agricultural sciences.

David Slaughter in field

SmartFarm highlighted on GrowingProduce.com

Posted by Andrea Thompson on July 25, 2019

Professor David Slaughter was featured in the article discussing the changes ahead for agriculture as the workers will move from manual labor to digital labor.

Read the article, titled "Where Will We Find Tech-Savvy Farm Workers?" at GrowingProduce.com.

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Alumni Spotlight: Carolyn M. Jones '01

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on July 17, 2019

Growing up, Carolyn M. Jones ‘01 excelled in math and physics while falling in love with agriculture through organizations like 4H and FFA. She combined her passions at UC Davis—she studied Biological Systems Engineering while becoming involved in the animal science community and living and interning at the campus horse barn managing foals.

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Professor Zhongli Pan elected Fellow of ASABE

Posted by Andrea Thompson on July 15, 2019

Congratulations are in order for BAE Adjunct Professor Zhongli Pan, who has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers!

ASABE is honoring Dr. Pan's long career providing scientific leadership in food and bioprocessing, and wrote in their award pamphlet:

Awards and Competitions
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BAE student team wins 2nd place in ASABE robotics competition

Posted by Andrea Thompson on July 12, 2019

Congratulations to the UC Davis Ag Robotics team, who participated at the Robotics Competition

at the International ASABE meeting in Boston and walked away with second prize!

The UC Davis team was the top American team in their division at the competition.  The team won a trophy and cash prize as well.

Well done BAE students!

 

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uc davis biological agricultural engineering associate professor tina jeoh

Tina Jeoh: Sustaining the planet with bioactives

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on July 01, 2019

Biological and Agricultural Engineering associate professor Tina Jeoh is an innovative researcher, passionate mentor and an advocate for women in STEM. Since joining the BAE department in 2008, she has been a leader in bioconversion for biofuels and microencapsulation of bioactives—all with an emphasis on scaling for industrial production.

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Student Spotlight: Tyler Barzee

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on June 12, 2019

Tyler Barzee, a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Systems Engineering, is one of the BAE department’s highly active graduate students, skillfully balancing his education, research, hobbies and involvement in the campus community.

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BAE team wins several awards in Big Bang! competition

Posted by Andrea Thompson on May 28, 2019

Congratulations to Biomilitus, a team comprised of BAE grad students, a BAE researcher, and a Department of Entomology grad student student, for winning big in the UCDavis Big Bang! Business Competition.  The team won six awards at the competition, including the People’s Choice Award, $7,500; the Central Valley Innovation Award, $10,000; the Food, Ag + Health Innovation Award, $3,000; two prizes totaling $1,500 in a Little Bang!

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Jennifer Nill with her poster

BAE Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Nill wins SIMB poster competition

May 23, 2019

By Noah Pflueger-Peters

Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Nill won the 2019 student poster competition at the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB)’s Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) for her poster, “A multi-scale study to elucidate the role of cellulose physiochemical properties in productive binding of cellulases.”

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Picnic Day 2019 Exhibit

BAE Exhibit Wins New Frontiers in Innovation Award

Posted by Benjamin Bradford Dally on April 24, 2019
Each year, departments have a chance to win awards for the floats and exhibits they present for Picnic Day. This year, the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering received an exhibit award for New Frontiers in Innovation.
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GSA Picnic Day Float 2019

Picnic Day 2019 Filled With Fun and Collaboration

Posted by Benjamin Bradford Dally on April 17, 2019

UC Davis and the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering celebrated another successful Picnic Day on Saturday, April 13th. The theme of this year's float was the adventure that comes along with being a biological and agricultural engineer:

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