Congratulations to Sanliang Zhang, who’s project, Super Lithium Technology, placed in the top 5 of 42 entries. In addition, the project won the Clean Tech Award!
Sanliang worked on the project with Colin Lewis, a Fiber and Polymer Science major. Dr. Ning Pan was the faculty leader for the project.
Thuy Tuong Nguyen, a postdoc in Professor David Slaughter’s lab, won the Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research, presented by the department of Graduate Studies. This award is offered to recognize the vital role that Postdoctoral Scholars play in maintaining the reputation of excellent research at the University of California, Davis.
Congratulations to Amanda Hildebrand, a PhD student in Biological Systems Engineering, who was named recipient of the 2016 Kinsella Memorial Prize by the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.
The ASABE California-Nevada Section meeting on February 10 in Tulare attracted a good turnout.
Congratulations to the graduate student teams and their advisors for their winning entries in the poster competition. First and second prizes in the graduate poster category were awarded to:
Congratulations to former undergrad Josh Goldschmid, who’s now a PhD candidate at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He was honored with the Steven M. Atkins Ability and Achievement in Science, Engineering, and Technology (AASET) Award during the SAE International AeroTech Engineering Congress held recently in Seattle.
BAE undergraduate Mitchell McCarthy is making news! He was recently on the cover of the Sacramento Bee, and is featured in a UC Davis video.
McCarthy is involved in work on a mobile chicken coop, to transport pasture-raised chickens to various farms where they can be of use. The project is a collaboration between several departments, and is led by Deb Niemeier of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Maurice Pitesky of Veterinary Medicine, and our own Jean VanderGheynst of BAE.
Akshata Mudinoor, Maria Cardona, Nardrapee Karuna, Chris Roberts and Scott Strobel are graduate and undergraduate students in the Jeoh Lab, and make up team Sensozyme in this year’s Big Bang! Business competition held by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. The team is one of five finalists in the annual competition, which provides a forum for the UC Davis community to collaborate, develop and test business visions and plans. The winner of the competition receives $10,000.
BAE grad student Lauren Jabusch has been elected as a recipient of the Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community for 2014-2015 in the Graduate Student category. This award recognizes contributions in enhancing inclusiveness and diversity within the campus community.
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) student design competition is an international design competition in synthetic biology – a growing area of biotechnology. This year, over 250 college and community lab teams and more than 2500 people competed in Boston. There are two divisions “undergrad” and “overgrad” separated by age.
Brendan Higgins was recently awarded the Ernest E. Hill Fellowship to support his research on sustainable water treatment and algal biofuel production. Wastewater treatment processes have been reported to contribute 35 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions as carbon dioxide equivalents annually. Brendan proposes to examine co-cultivation of algae and other microorganisms as a means of treating wastewater while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and producing biofuel.
Congratulations to Lauren Jabusch, a PhD student studying in Jean VanderGheynst’s lab, for winning one of the Sierra Nevada Region of Soroptimist International of the Americas Fellowships! These fellowships are being offered to women who are in a Doctorial Graduate school program attending school in the Sierra Nevada Region.
Jabusch will receive her award at the Spring Conference of the Sierra Nevada Region of Soroptimist International of the Americas in Reno on April 26, 2015.
Simon Staley, a biological systems engineering undergraduate working with Professor Jean VanderGheynst, was featured on an article about undergraduate research. Read about his research in the Enterprise.
