UC DAVIS College of Engineering 2012 – 13 Annual Report College of Engineering, UC Davis

Administration Enrique J. Lavernia, Dean Jean VanderGheynst, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Bruce White, Executive Associate Dean Jeff Lefkoff, Executive Assistant Dean, Administration Oliver Ramsey, Assistant Dean, Development and External Relations

CREDITS Design: Academic Technology Services, UC Davis Photography: Karin Higgins, Watson Lu, Kevin Tong, Michelle Tran Writing/Editing: Derrick Bang

While every attempt has been made to eliminate errors in this publication, we realize they may occur. If you note any discrepancies or omissions, please accept our apologies. Please send corrections to: Oliver Ramsey, CFRE Assistant Dean, Development and External Relations College of Engineering, UC Davis 1 Shields Avenue, Kemper Hall 1027 Davis, CA 95616 530-752-7412 direct [email protected]

More info: engineering.ucdavis.edu WELCOME

The UC Davis College of Engineering continued its yearlong 50th anniversary celebration as the 2012-13 academic year began, starting with a thought-provoking symposium — “Sustainable Development for the 21st Century” — that discussed the modern university’s role in this ongoing challenge. The conference drew roughly 120 attendees from academia and industry, and included speakers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, General Motors, Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford, along with Chancellor Linda Katehi and faculty from several UC campuses.

UC Davis students were delighted by their opportunity Enrique J. Lavernia, Ph.D. to meet Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist Steve Wozniak, whose fall quarter presentation also was part of our anniversary schedule. We concluded our 50th year — and welcomed our second half-century — with both an Awards Gala in San Francisco, and a Closing Reception at UC Davis’ Kemper Hall.

In January the College of Engineering dedicated the new Center for Leadership in Engineering Advancement Diversity and Retention (LEADR) Student Center, created with the generous support of Chevron with additional support from Boeing, Cisco, Northrop Grumman, and Union Pacific. This facility, which blends comfort with state-of-the-art academic resources, is designed to help improve our retention of a diverse population of undergraduates.

The following month, Kemper Hall’s Bruce and Marie West Lobby unveiled museum-quality displays designed to honor some of the distinguished personalities associated with the College of Engineering. Our inaugural exhibit, which opened with an Engineering Inventors Day Reception during e-Week, showcased the work of electric vehicle pioneer Andrew Frank, former Synaptic CEO Francis Lee, NASA engineer Adam Steltzner, wind studies expert Bruce White, and bioenvironmental engineer Ruihong Zhang.

The College of Engineering continues to fast-track innovative, high-impact ideas from lab bench to the marketplace, thanks to the efforts of our Engineering Translational Technology Center (ETTC). After “graduating” its first tenant in May 2012 — Dysonics, an audio technology start-up — ETTC was named one of the “Ten College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About” by bestcollegesonline.com. In January 2013, ETTC announced its second graduate: Ennetix Inc., a clean tech/networking company that will dramatically reduce the energy consumed by IT networks and connected systems across the world.

With investment support from federal, state and private sources, we eagerly anticipate the next ambitious phase of our second half-century, building on the achievements of our past 50 years.

Enrique J. Lavernia Dean, Distinguished Professor FACTS AND FIGURES

Undergraduate Founded in majors

Graduate 196214 programs 9

Academic Faculty departments 198

Alumni Current and former faculty elected to national academies Faculty Early Career Development Awards (NSF)50 10 Endowed Chairs and Professorships 20

2 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING student information

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT 4,025 1,130

degrees awarded: bachelor’s master’s Doctoral 696 218 132

th TOP “COOLEST SCHOOL” 20 4 (Sierra, 2013)

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 3 rankings

Among the TOP Among the TOP U.S. public university public engineering undergraduate graduate schools engineering programs (U.S. News, 2012) (U.S. News, 2012) 16 rd 18 Public research university in U.S. among top 50 engineering programs for percentage of female faculty (U.S. News, 2014) th 3 TH Research funding among U.S. ranked public universities 9 (NSF 2011)14

2012-13 Research Expenditures Trends in Research Expenditures by Department 100 $91.7 Biological and $90.4 $7,128,620 $86.3 $87.1 $87.1 Agricultural Engineering

80 $75.7 Biomedical Engineering $18,088,820 $68.3 Chemical Engineering $11,605,889 $61.6 and Materials Science $58.3 $60.0 60 Civil and Environmental $21,435,277 Engineering $45.7 Computer Science $10,270,495 40 Electrical and Computer $12,090,715 Engineering Mechanical and 20 $11,068,101 Aeronautical Engineering

TOTAL $91,687,917 0

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

4 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Research awards

Top Research Grants and Contracts 2012 –13 n Joan Lindberg Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Delta Smelt Research and Refugial Population Development, USDI Bureau of Reclamation $3,365,790 n Bryan Jenkins Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Renewable Energy Resource, Technology and Economic Assessments, California Energy Resources and Conservation Development Commission $2,000,000 n Mark Modera Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering WCC, RTU Retrofit And Maintenance Behavior Southern California Edison Company $1,939,682 n Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Department of Biomedical Engineering n Frank Loge Tissue Engineered Cartilage from Autologous, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Demis-Isolated Adult Stem Cells, California Institute Delivery Order #11 Lower Granite Dam Juvenile Fish for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Collection Channel Prototype Overflow Weir and Enlarged $1,735,703 Orifice Biological Evaluation, US Army Corps of Engineers/ Walla Walla District n Julie Sutcliffe $1,052,875 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Radiochemistry Research and Training, UC Davis (R2@ n Matt Bishop UC Davis), DOE/Miscellaneous Offices and Programs Department of Computer Science, CC-NIE Integration: $1,460,000 Improved Infrastructure for Data Movement and Monitoring, n M. Levent Kavvas National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering $992,746 Upper Middle Fork Project, Plumas County $1,358,000 n François Gygi Department of Computer Science, High Performance n Ross Boulanger First-Principles Molecular Dynamics for Predictive Theory Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Modeling, DOE/Miscellaneous Offices and Programs NSF-NEES, Purdue University $991,884 $1,181,626 n n Jean VanderGheynst M. Levent Kavvas Department of Biological and Agricultural Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering, Renewable Energy Systems Opportunity Ongoing Study of Cache Creek Settling Basin Trap Efficiency for Unified Research Collaboration and Education Study, Hydrodynamics and Sediment Patterns, Department (RESOURCE), National Science Foundation (NSF) of California Water Resources (DWR) $1,130,421 $961,328

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 5 departments

Facts, Figures and Leadership

Biological and Agricultural Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering n Faculty: 18 n Faculty: 33 n Undergraduates: 142 n Undergraduates: 621 n Graduate Students: 42 n Graduate Students: 239 + 48 *(TTP) n Research Expenditures: $7,128,620 n Research Expenditures: $22,785,074 n Undergraduate Majors: Biological Systems n Undergraduate Majors: Civil Engineering Engineering n Graduate Programs: M.S., Ph.D.; Areas of n Graduate Programs: M.S., Ph.D., Master of Specialization: Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Doctor of Engineering Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Chair: Raul Piedrahita Engineering and Structural Mechanics, Transportation Planning and Design, Water Resources Engineering. Biomedical Engineering: n Faculty: 25 Chair: Sashi Kunnath n Undergraduates: 528 n Graduate Students: 135 Computer Science n Research Expenditures: $18,088,820 n Faculty: 30 n Undergraduate Majors: Biomedical n Undergraduates: 682 Engineering n Graduate Students: 212 n Graduate Programs: M.S., Ph.D. n Research Expenditures: $10,270,495 Chair: Kyriacos A. Athanasiou n Undergraduate Majors: Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science (in College of Letters and Science) Chemical Engineering n Graduate Programs: M.S., Ph.D. and Materials Science: n Faculty: 30 Chair: Nina Amenta n Undergraduates: 572 n Graduate Students: 122 Electrical and Computer Engineering n Research Expenditures: $11,605,889 n Faculty: 34 n Undergraduate Majors: Biochemical n Undergraduates: 513.5 Engineering, Chemical Engineering, n Graduate Students: 171 Materials Science and Engineering, n Research Expenditures: $12,090,715 Chemical Engineering/Materials Science n Undergraduate Majors: Electrical Engineering, and Engineering, Electronic Materials Computer Engineering Engineering. n Graduate programs: M.S., Ph.D. n Graduate Programs: M.S., Ph.D. – Chemical Chair: Kent Wilken Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering. Designated emphases in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Biotechnology, Biophotonics. n Faculty: 32 Chair: Ahmet Palazoglu n Undergraduates: 786.5 n Graduate Students: 167 n Research Expenditures: $11,068,101 n Undergraduate Majors: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science Engineering n Graduate programs: M.S., M.E., D. Eng., Ph.D. Chair: C.P. “Case” van Dam

*Transportation, Technology and Policy Students 6 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Philanthropic support

2012-13 Gift Source Alumni Total = $12,501,304 $3,154,439

Foundations $119,434 Individuals $3,082,866

Other Nonprofit Corporations $ 4 , 7 95,117 $1,349,448

2012-13 Purpose of Gifts Total = $12,501,304 Other Purposes $168,600

Department Support $5,831,175

Research Campus Improvement $4,455,147 $1,034,877

Student Support Instruction $985,776 $25,729

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 7 Dean’s Executive Committee

The continuing success of the College of Engineering is fueled by the involvement of influential friends and alumni who promote its visibility and help secure philanthropic support to advance its goals in education, research and public service.

The Dean’s Executive Committee is composed of 17 executive-level leaders, including venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs. They work closely with the Dean to assist the College of Engineering through advocacy, prospective donor identification and cultivation, and personal philanthropy.

■■ Enrique Lavernia ■■ Alfred Chuang ■■ Cynthia Murphy Dean and Distinguished Founder and CEO, Magnet Systems Portfolio Manager – University Professor Affairs, Chevron Corporation ■■ Richard Chuang ■■ Diane Bryant CEO, Cloudpic ■■ Jim Olson Vice President and GM, Founder, Westshore Datacenter and Connected ■■ Dick Dorf Management Group Professor Emeritus, UC Davis Systems Group ■■ Earl Rennison Intel Corporation ■■ Layton Han CTO and Founder, Trovix CEO, Adara Media ■■ Tim Bucher ■■ Jerry Suran President and Founder, ■■ Adam Hansel Professor Emeritus, UC Davis Lyve Minds COO, DTL Mori Seiki Co. Vice President (Ret), General ■■ Jeff Child Electric ■■ Financial Advisor, Francis Lee Chairman (Ret), Synaptics ■■ Brian Underwood Oshman Family Office President/CEO, California Gold ■■ ■■ Mike Child Steven Montoya Almonds LLC Vice President for Product Senior Advisor, ■■ Bruce G. West Engineering, Topanga TA Associates, Inc. Principal, West Yost & Technologies (Ret) Associates Inc

Strategic Leadership Board

The College of Engineering’s Strategic Leadership Board is a distinguished group of thought-leaders whose expertise and industry leadership represent, inspire and honor the College’s vision.

n Curtis Carlson, Ph.D. n John Maroney n William “Bill” Sullivan Chairman, SRI International President/CEO, ForSight VISION President, Agilent Technologies 5 Venture Partner, Delphi Ventures n irwin Jacobs, Ph.D. n alan Taub, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Qualcomm n masahiko Mori, Ph.D. Professor, University of Michigan President, DMG Mori Seiki Vice-President, Global Research & n David Kappos Company Development, General Motors (Ret) Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP n indira Samarasekera, Ph.D. n Woong-Chul Yang, Ph.D. President, University of Alberta Vice Chairman, Hyundai Kia n stratton Sclavos Motors Partner, Radar Partners

8 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING John owens John Owens, left

john owens joined the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2003, shortly after obtaining his Ph.D. in the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford’s Department of Electrical Engineering. His research interests cover broad topics in the field of computer systems, notably those that use innovative hardware and software that work together to solve challenging engineering problems. He’s particularly captivated by parallel computing and projects in graphics hardware/GPGPU computing “...one always (general-purpose computing on graphics processing units). In the spring of 2012, Owens’ efforts were recognized when Nvidia must think named him a CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) Fellow, joining the ranks of those who have demonstrated the benefits of GPU outside the box.” computing to advance their fields of research, and have been instrumental in introducing GPU computing to their peers. He is one of only 11 CUDA Fellows in the entire world. A few months later, he began a sabbatical at Twitter, where he has broadened his research work to include investigations into cloud-based computing, real-time issues, functional programming and the nature of the Web itself. Although kept quite busy by his research and academic responsibilities, Owens makes time each year to participate in weekend-long, puzzle-solving-scavenger-hunting-road-rally events, known simply as “The Game.” This geeked-out challenge dates back to the 1980s, and Owens became a regular contender — and, eventually, planner and designer — shortly before he joined the UC Davis College of Engineering. Solving conceptual puzzles, after all, is very much like research: One always must think outside the box.

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 9 “...even Rube Goldberg would have rejected as too far-fetched.”

When the robotic explorer Curiosity successfully touched down inside Mars’ massive Gale Crater at 10:32 p.m. PDT Aug. 5, 2012, the jubilant scientists and technicians trading enthusiastic high-fives included Adam Steltzner, whose 1990 undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at UC Davis eventually led to his becoming team leader of Curiosity’s Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) System. Earlier NASA projects included Galileo, Cassini, the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rovers. An episode of the PBS series Nova — “Mars: Dead or Alive,” which aired Jan. 4, 2004 — profiled several scientists and engineers who worked on the successful Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity; Steltzner was prominent among their number, in part because his rock ‘n’ roll background, pierced ears, snakeskin boots and duckbill haircut made him such a colorful figure. He has done nothing to discourage this hipster-turned-rocket scientist image. In fact, the stage presence cultivated during his early rock club career has served him well, as he has become one of our space program’s most visible and media-

savvy advocates. NASA’s Seven Minutes of Terror — a five-minute video that has become a YouTube sensation, with more than two million views — gets much of its gravitas from Steltzner’s on-camera narration. For Curiosity, Steltzner and his colleagues spent a decade designing, building and testing a crazy-quilt landing system — a rocket-powered “platform” that hovered over the planet’s surface and lowered Curiosity down on a cable — that even Rube Goldberg would have rejected as too far-fetched. Steltzner had the last laugh; Curiosity’s successful landing represents a triumph of ingenious design for the former high school near-dropout who earned his own chapter in the 2004 book, Going to Mars: The Stories of the People Behind NASA’s Mars Missions. The chapter title? “Elvis,” of course, after the rock ‘n’ roll god whom many say Steltzner resembles.

Adam Steltzner

10 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Student Scholarships and Awards n Alan Jackman Scholarship Fund n northrop Grumman’s Graduate Fellowship n Amorocho Memorial Scholarship n Pamela J. Fair ’80 Undergraduate Scholarship for n Anil K. Jain Memorial Prize Leadership in Engineering n Arthur and Julia Suran Endowed Scholarship n ramey & Romstad Endowed Scholarship I n Astronaut Alumni Scholarship n ramey & Romstad Endowed Scholarship II n The Beaver’s Charitable Trust n richard C. and Joy Dorf Graduate Student n Ben L. Hagglund Scholarship Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering n Boeing Scholar Award n richard C. and Joy Dorf Fund for Academic n Brian and Louanne Horsfield Fund Excellence and Leadership n Bud and Lorraine Gerdes and Walt and Paula Rohrich n richard Snavely Memorial Award Grants in Engineering and Veterinary Medicine n risken Environmental Engineering Fund n Chemical Engineering Alumni Fellowship n robert A. and Denzil M. Kepner Endowment Fund n Chevron Scholar Award n robert L. Huddleston Award n College of Engineering SFC Graduate Fellowship Fund n robert Murdoch Memorial Scholarship n Dean Karnopp Endowed Fellowship n robert Roy Owen Scholarship in Engineering n Diane Bryant Scholarship for Diversity n robert Wiley Ross Award n farrer/Patten Award Fund n rocky Han Scholarship n fred Fuchslin Memorial Scholarship n rose C. and David B. McCallen Endowed Award n genCorp/Aerojet Scholar Award n roy Bainer Engineering Scholarship n george and Rosemary Tchobanoglous Graduate n russell L. Perry Scholarship Fellowship n Sander Wilson Memorial Award n Howard R. Murphy Scholarship n SFC – Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship n Jane C. Elliott Scholarship Fund n Soohoo-Lee Endowed Fellowship n Jeff and Dianne Child/Steve Whitaker n Teichert Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship n UC Davis Prize for Excellence in Geotechnical n John C. Harper Memorial Scholarship Fund Engineering n John W. and Ernestine L. Heinrich Scholarship n Walter D. Buehler Scholarship n Joseph L. Steger Memorial Fellowship n Wasson Family Scholarship n Kind Family Scholarship n Wasson Family Scholarship for Education Abroad n Maury L. Hull Endowed Fellowship n Won Family Scholarship n M.S. Ghausi College of Engineering Medals n Wu Family Foundation Endowed Fund n Montoya CALESS Scholarship Fund n Zuhair A. Munir Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation n n&M Sarigul-Klijn Space Engineering/ n Zuhair A. Munir Mentorships and Opportunities for Flight Research Award Research in Engineering (MORE) Fund Endowed Chairs and Professorships n Blacutt-Underwood Professorship in Materials Science n Jeff and Dianne Child-Steve Whitaker Professorship in n Child Family Professorship of Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Entrepreneurship n Joe and Essie Smith Endowed Chair in Chemical n Child Family Professorship in the College of Engineering Engineering n ray B. Krone Professorship in Environmental n edward Teller Chair Engineering n gerald T. and Lillian P. Orlob Professorship in Water n Tim Bucher Family Chair of Computer Science Resources Engineering n Warren and Leta Giedt Endowed Professorship in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Support n Maroney-Bryan Fund n ed and Mary Schroeder Scholarship Fund

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 11 Honor Roll of Donors July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Thanks to the generosity of many College of Engineering supporters, this year the College raised $12.5 million in gifts and grants from businesses, foundations, alumni and friends. We gratefully thank you for your support. Gifts targeted faculty research and teaching, undergraduate scholarships, graduate student awards, and equipment needs. Contributions to the College of Engineering Annual Fund furnished unrestricted funds for College priorities, including student design teams and graduate student recruitment activities.

The College of Engineering acknowledges the following donors:

$500,000 and above Rose C. McCallen, ’93, and Intelligent Fiber Optic $1,000-4,999 David B. McCallen, ’86 Systems Corp. Chevron Products Co. Dean’s Circle Glaucoma Research Foundation National Physical Science William H. Kind, ’85 Consortium LogicBlox Inc. Keith E. Abey, ’89 Hyundai Motor Co. Aerojet DMG Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. Peter S. Higgins & Associates National GEM Consortium Samsung Telecommunications Recology Environmental Peter W. Allen and America Solutions Inc. Patricia J. Allen $100,000-499,000 SanDisk Corp. Stephen K. Robinson, ’78 American Society of Agilent Technologies Shimizu Corp. Sandia National Laboratories Civil Engineers American Chemical Society Texas Southern University – Anonymous (4) Anonymous $25,000-49,000 College of Education Jon B. Archer, ’82, and Cisco Systems Inc. Andrea C. Archer Dean’s Blue and Brian Underwood, ’91 Ericsson Inc. Union Pacific Railroad Atkins Foundation Inc. Massachusetts General Hospital Gold Circle Bruce A. Bailey, ’75 Scott M. Maxwell, ’86 Analog Devices Inc. $5,000-9,999 Charles W. Beadle Northrop Grumman Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. Arthur T. Bliss, ’06 Orthopaedic Research & IBM Corp. Dean’s Blue Circle Don O. Brush Education Foundation Linear Technology Corp. aero-dap Therapeutics Kenneth J. Bryden, ’92, and Pine Tree Technology Inc. LSI Logic Corp. Jeffrey B. Child, ’82, and Michelle B. Bryden, ’92 Texas Instruments Inc. National Tsing Hua University Dianne D. Child Howard J. Bush, ’79 John M. Wasson, ’84, and Shinil Chemical Industry Co. Michael C. Child, ’76, and Chih-Kang Chen, ’89 Gina G. Wasson Ltd. Renee Z. Child Linker Cheng, ’97 Bruce G. West, ’73, and Space Telescope Science Bill W. Colston, ’97 Henry S. Chu, ’96 Marie West Institute Robert C. Doss, ’75 Randall L. Cobb, ’78 George Tchobanoglous and Electric Power Research Inst Michael P. Coffey, ’84, and $50,000-99,000 Rosemary Tchobanoglous Andrew A. Frank and Jody A. Coffey Advanced Micro Devices Inc. King L. Won, ’71, and Wendy Frank Thomas W. Collins, ’73 and American Heart Association Linda Won Layton S. Han, ’88, and Susan J. Collins National Center Yahoo Inc. Melinda I. Han Richard A. Coombs, ’76 Anonymous Woong-Chul Yang, ’86 Instant Water Technologies Michael D. Cousins, ’66 Broadcom Foundation Joseph Beggs Fdtn for Kenneth E. Culver, ’79 California Dairy Research Fdtn. $10,000-24,999 Kinematics Robert H. Davis, ’78, and John F. Maroney, ’75, and California Tomato Board Dean’s Gold Circle Shirley G. Davis Sarah M. Bryan Maroney Kenton S. Day, ’67 DP Technology Corp. Anonymous Ford Motor Co. Micromidas Inc. Richard C. Dorf and Joy Dorf ASHRAE National Center For Women & DTL Corp. Fujitsu Laboratories of Boeing Co. America Inc. Information Technology Thomas G. Elam, ’89 Cal Poly Foundation PepsiCo Susan A. Ellis, ’78, and Futurewei Technologies Inc. Efficient Drivetrains Inc. Google Inc. Jo Ann Silverstein, ’82 Mark A. Linton GenCorp Foundation Inc. Scott A. Stedman, ’66, and Energy Absorption Systems Inc. Hoeganaes Corp. General Motors Corp. Howard Hughes Medical Virginia L. Stedman Ford Family Foundation George & Ruth Bradford Jerome J. Suran and Fugro Consultants Inc. Institute Foundation Korea Institute of Energy Helen Suran GEI Consultants GHD Inc. Darrell L. Wilburn Geopentech Inc. Research Inphi Corp. L3 Communications World Health Alliance Geosyntec Consultants International Inc. Bruce R. Gilbert, ’69, and Noretta F. Gilbert

12 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING William Ristenpart/Tonya Kuhl

William Ristenpart has appointments in both Department of Biomedical Engineering. They designed the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering their 10-week course quite shrewdly, by matching and Materials Science, and the Department of Food successive laboratory goals with the various steps Science & Technology Science. His research involved in brewing. The segment on chemical team investigates the physical, chemical and reactions, for example, focused on roasting biological phenomena of fluids, including coffee beans to perfection; mass transfer fluid motion caused by electrical fields, demonstrated how extraction is the heart of how different food metabolites affect red coffee; and thermodynamics was introduced blood cells, and the behavior of fluids at by talking about espresso, decaf and the microminiaturized scale. He is, as “the beauty of phase diagrams.” well, the Joe and Essie Smith Endowed The class concluded, during its final Chair of Chemical Engineering. lab session, with a competition. Each Like many engineering professors student was challenged to make as across the country, Ristenpart believes that perfect a cup of coffee as possible, with the results universities must become much more aggressive with evaluated during a blind tasting. Because this was outreach, in order to reach students who otherwise an engineering course, Ristenpart and Kuhl added a might not contemplate careers in various engineering quantitative twist: Each student was tasked with making fields. Part of the solution, he feels, involves crafting the best-tasting cup of coffee while using the least lower-division courses that will grant students earlier amount of energy. opportunities for engaging, hands-on lab work. Ristenpart and Kuhl cheerfully acknowledge an His answer: ECM 1, “The Design of Coffee,” a ulterior motive: While their students spent 10 weeks new spring quarter course that Ristenpart co-taught learning how to design the perfect cup of coffee, they with Tonya Kuhl, a professor in the UC Davis were being molded into perfect chemical engineers.

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 13 “...developing new thin-film technologies...” Ken loh Ken Loh, right

It was a big year for Ken Loh in 2012, an assistant damage that might occur over their operational lifetime. professor in the UC Davis Department of Civil and The idea is to paint such materials onto the structures, Environmental Engineering. in order to improve upon existing structural analysis In February, he received a $400,000 National techniques that are cumbersome, impractical and often Science Foundation CAREER Award; in April, he was unreliable. named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. Department of In the near future, thanks to the Fulbright Scholarship, State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Loh will spend some time at National Taiwan University The CAREER Award validates research that dates back in Taipei City, Taiwan. The scholarship will support his to his post-graduate work at the University of Michigan, collaboration with colleagues there, in a project designed where he obtained twin master’s degrees — in civil to better understand “bridge scour” — the erosion of engineering, and materials science and engineering earth at bridge foundations, by flowing water — with the — and a doctorate, while developing new thin-film goal of preventing collapses. The study hopes to validate technologies based on carbon nanotubes. a new sensing system that can measure 3D “scour hole One of his many research goals is to create very evolution” in space and time, and the model results and thin coatings that could be applied to various types assessments of current design practices will be used to of structures — buildings, bridges, wind turbines, improve future design codes in the United States and spacecraft — with the objective of monitoring how Taiwan. these structures perform, and pinpointing any types of

14 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Honor Roll of Donors continued

Glen A. Gomes, ’86 William F. Schaff, ’95, and James D. Hallenbeck, ’75 Ronald K. Allen, ’76 John R. Goss, ’56, and Cynthia Schaff Rochelle M. Handy and Stephanie A. Allison, ’80 Patty Goss Stephan V. Schell, ’90 William E. Handy, Jr. Monica M. Anderson, ’88 Gary E. Hackney, ’81, and Schlumberger Technology Corp. Hayward Baker Anonymous Natalie A. Poole Edward D. Schroeder and Donna M. Hom, ’88 Art T. Avlonitis, ’97 Frederick H. Hoffman, ’87 and Mary C. Schroeder Scott W. Hunter, ’87 Edward N. Bachand, ’76 Stella A. Hoffman Mary E. Serra, ’89 Cris Jespersen, ’82 Mark A. Backman, ’96 Intel Corp. Clay S. Serrahn, ’74 Ronald D. Joost, ’78 David A. Baer, ’86 Ionex SG Ltd. James M. Silva, ’95 Maxim D. Jovanovich, ’95 Barbara Y. Bailey, ’84 Timothy G. Jellison, ’84 Anthony J. Silveira, ’94 William Lai, ’84 Brian R. Bailey, ’01 James J. Jones, ’89, and Specialized Bicycle Components Steve Lee, ’05 Steven R. Bandel, ’81 Sarah Jones Benjamin F. Stetson, ’68, and Moon P. Lew, ’72 R. Scott Barlow, ’77 Masakazu Kanematsu, ’11 Elinor H. Stetson John A. Lilygren, ’77 Rebecca F. Barron, ’97, and Kevin W. Keck, ’70, and Leah M. Stroup, ’89 Richard D. Matthews, ’64 Hector Barron, ’86 R. Gail Way Keck Wilson K. Talley and Helen David S. Mize, ’89 Todd T. Becker, ’84 John D. Kemper and Bobbie Talley Steven S. Nakashima, ’91 Arthur Beresford, ’66 Kemper David L. Tarke, ’85, and Robert A. Parsons, ’62 Julie K. Berry and John J. Berry Valeria La Saponara Gina M. Burke Tarke, ’84 Russell A. Peery, ’80 Robert E. Berthold, ’76 Laura L. Liptai, ’96, and Brett A. Tiano and Kiki N. Tiano Dale W. Ploeger and Maria K. Robert J. Beste, ’89 Sheridan Young Lynn E. Walter, ’79 Kleczewska William K. Bischel, ’75 Patrick C. Lucia and Sally Lucia Richard F. Walters and Jinyi Qi Cecelia D. Bolster Massachusetts Institute of Shipley N. Walters Karl M. Romstad and Marc J. Bommersbach, ’76 Technology Steven H. Weinberg, ’67 Connie Romstad Gerard J. Borkovich, ’88 Earl W. Mc Cune, ’98 Sanders & Assoc. Geostructural Donald M. Boyd, ’89 Karen A. McDonald and $500-999 Engineering Inc. BP Foundation Inc. Steven W. McDonald Daniel S. Adams, ’72 Scott T. Scaramastro Scott J. Brandenberg, ’05 Medtronic Vascular AISC Education Foundation Pamela J. Schrader and Charles R. Bray, ’98 Raymond Merala, ’87, and American Institute of Steel Mark L. Schrader, ’77 Dana J. Brock, ’78 Laura A. Perani Construction Inc. Shannon & Wilson Inc. Paul J. Bruinsma, ’94 Micron Technology Foundation Anonymous Lawrence M. Sokolsky, ’82 Gwendolyn M. Buchholz, ’76 Richard K. Miller, ’71, and Greg Banks and Susan Banks David L. Stringfield, ’72 Richard M. Buck, ’87 Elizabeth A. Miller Ruth A. Bingle and Michael G. Pieter Stroeve Buehler & Buehler Associates Steven C. Montoya, ’77, and Bingle, ’84 Jeffrey S. Thompson, ’78 Robert Carter Sheri Stonier-Montoya Richard A. Bradley, ’69 Robert P. Tobias, ’86 Paul E. Cassanego, ’95 Adam Moule Keith B. Brown, ’78 Spyros Tseregounis and Jim D. Chaconas, ’80 Kenneth B. Nittler, ’80, and Michael J. Brunolli, ’80 Linda P.B. Katehi David A. Chargin, ’97 Nancy M. Nittler Stanley C. Chu, ’70, and Union Bank of California, N.A. Jesse Chavez and Susan C. NMC Corp. Nancy I. Chu Vital Link Chavez Richard D. Noble, ’76 Cornerstone Earth Group Dennis W. Walden, ’70 Alland Chee, ’91 Ted M. Odell, ’78, and Cotton, Shires & Associates Inc. Elizabeth Wells Janette Cheung Jeanine L. Odell Sasha D. Dansky, ’96 Michael G. Whatley, ’95 Michael Paul F. Cheung, ’06 James D. Olson, ’72 Earth Mechanics Inc. Harold E. Wheaton, ’95 Russell M. Childers, ’81 PALM Associates Inc. David S. Edwards, ’99 Jerry M. Woodall and Robert N. Chittenden, ’76 William J. Porter, ’68 Uri Eliahu and Cindy Eliahu Nancy A. Bulger Harold F. Christensen, ’78 Ravindra S. Potharlanka, ’91, Engeo Inc. Kevin Woolf, ’98 Joann E. Christensen, ’85 and Vibhooti S. Gupta Pamela J. Fair, ’80 Charles R. Wright, ’71 Daniel J. Chu, ’92 Qualcomm Inc. Justine A. Faisst, ’73 Micah S. Chu, ’95 Melvin R. Ramey and April A. Fallon, ’89 $100-499 Thomas H. Chunat, ’86 Felicenne H. Ramey Isaac E. Fox, ’98 Warren Abey, ’82 Byron A. Clark, ’01 Ronald A. Ramos, ’79, and Fudo Construction Inc. Carole L. Achramowicz, ’82 Jeffrey E. Clark, ’85 Shellie C. Ramos Julie Gallardo Erik T. Acks, ’08 Thomas E. Clark, ’98 Earl F. Rennison, ’88, and GeoEngineers Victor M. Alaniz, ’96 William L. Clarke, ’63 Suzette Rennison Golder Associates Ltd. Scott L. Alberts, ’79 Paul W. Coates and Kate Coates Angela A. Rodriguez, ’94 Dean E. Groce, ’83 Michael J. Alfors, ’97 David W. Coats, ’82 Holly Runyon, ’89 John J. Guzman, ’77 Galen R. Alldrin, ’78 Michael J. Coen, ’81

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 15 Tanya Whitlow Honor Roll of Donors continued In a parallel universe, Tanya Whitlow Timothy T. Conant, ’79 Edward W. Gennetten, ’72 might have been a Gregory M. Corsetto, ’78 Bruce M. Gentry, ’84 professional dancer, Justin A. Creel, ’08 Karl F. Gerdes, ’84 rather than a valued Richard H. Cuenca, ’78 Gregory L. Gibbs Student Affairs Dennis F. Dal Porto, ’71 Allan J. Giesbrecht, ’78 Officer in the UC Jane M. Daniel, ’86 Erica L. Gjersing, ’10 George W. Davis, ’78 Carl E. Glahn and Davis College of Michael A. Davis Heather M. Glahn Engineering. Michael J. Dean, ’76 Robert J. Gluss, ’95 “It’s true,” she Michael L. Deas, ’00 Ken Goto, ’69 laughs. “I was a Andrea N. Demich, ’02 Carl A. Gowan, ’74 member of the Black Wayne M. Denesik, ’72 William N. Gracely, ’77 Repertory Dance Bihe Deng, ’99, and Jeffrey S. Gragg, ’97 Huijuan Lu, ’01 J. Brian Grant, ’91 Company as a UC Tanya Whitlow Michael P. Dentinger, ’84, and William R. Gray, ’71 Davis undergrad, and Nanette S. Dentinger, ’82 James S. Gruneisen, ’71 after graduating in Anthony J. Derpich, ’91 Edwin F. Guay, ’81 1987 I studied dance in New York.” Yolanda M. DeVore, ’79 Rashi Gupta, ’99 But Whitlow’s desire to put her psychology degree Johannes J. DeVries, ’78 Richard T. Ha, ’99 Edmund L. Dickson, ’83 Don S. Hamaguchi, ’71 to good use — coupled with “people person” instincts, Patricia H. Dillon, ’96 Douglas C. Hamilton, ’86 and a fondness for helping others — brought the Alison Z. Dimick, ’93 Lynn M. Hammon, ’79 Sacramento native back to Northern California. Joseph L. Disharoon, ’95 Robert L. Hammond, ’76 She spent some time working with UC Berkeley’s Richard A. Dixon, ’88 Gregg E. Harkness, ’75 Upward Bound Program, and then in 1993 accepted David M. Domyancic, ’09 Craig N. Harrington, ’88 a position with the Sacramento branch of Success Patrick D. Donovan, ’70 Kenneth R. Harris, ’98 Richard C. Dow, ’69 Chuanhu He, ’89 Through Collaboration (STC), a program established Andrew L. Dul, ’98 Anthony E. Hechanova, ’88 by Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Dennis G. Edwards, ’68 Martin C. Hegedus, ’90 (MESA) in partnership with the California Department James T. Elliott Vincent J. Hernandez, ’07 of Education, to target under-served American Indian Laura L. Elmore and Tina M. Herrera, ’94 pre-college students. David F. Elmore, ’79 Leonard R. Herrmann and Richard A. Enos, ’75 Marilyn J. Herrmann Whitlow had no particular plans to return to her Sarina J. Ergas, ’93 Robert T. Hickman, ’83 alma mater, but she was encouraged by her STC David W. Erickson, ’88 John R. Hines, ’74 director to apply for an opening in the UC Davis Mark A. Erickson, ’02 John D. Hirsch, ’66 Minority Engineering Program. Whitlow returned to Rickey J. Faehl, ’77 Frank R. Hislop, ’99 UC Davis in 1994. Diane M. Fairley, ’83 Katherine A. Hon, ’80 Recently named Retention Officer of the new Deborah A. Faryniarz, ’85 Jeffrey B. Horner, ’89 Valentino S. Felipe, ’96 Brian C. Horsfield, ’71 Leadership in Engineering Advancement Diversity and Herman J. Fink Zhenling Hou, ’08 Retention (LEADR) Student Center, Whitlow received Linda N. Finley, ’81 Roger W. Howard, ’98 the Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award in David N. Fittinghoff, ’93 Robert L. Howe, ’68 January 2013, presented by the UC Davis African- Matthew C. Fleming, ’81 Amy L. Hubbard, ’85 American Faculty and Staff Association. The award Patricia A. Francis-Lyon, ’11 William M. Hughes, ’80 Jeffrey C. Franke, ’96 Syed H. Husaini, ’83 recognized her longtime support of under-represented Robert J. Frankenberg David E. Ichikawa, ’79 UC Davis students. Jerrold E. Franklin, ’87 Michael H. Ikeda, ’79 That, in turn, has made her reflect on the goals that Francis H. Frederick, ’67 Intel Foundation motivate her every day: “That I make the effort to put Alexander A. Friedman, ’70 David P. Isaac, ’82 students first, that I care about people as a whole, and Katheryn A. Friend, ’84 Anthony T. Iwamiya, ’85 that I treat people with kindness and respect. Alexander M. Friz, ’95 Jessie A. Jackson, ’77 Wilton B. Fryer, ’83 Sherman Jang, ’80 “And that I recognize the potential in everyone.” Pengcheng Fu, ’09 Rosanna V. Jenks and Peter M. Gathungu, ’95 Robert R. Jenks Janet D. Gee, ’78 Mark C. Jensen, ’93 David J. Geisler, ’12 Van D. Jepson, ’76

16 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Anna Scaglione, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, wants us to utilize power more efficiently and sustainably. Her research focuses on communication networks and information systems, with an emphasis on wireless networks and sensor networks. She’s fascinated by the potential that waits to be exploited by smart grids. She also recognizes that people need to stop thinking of power as a commodity that must come to us on demand, like water into a sink. In fact, we often need power to perform a certain service that Anna Scaglione could be scheduled optimally. If one wishes to use a dishwasher, for example, the work need not be done until the next time one requires clean dishes. This concept of “scheduling” power tasks will become a much larger issue once electric vehicles become more common. Drivers will need their vehicles to be charged between trips, possibly at a competitive rate, and certainly at a convenient time. As Scaglione envisions our future, all sorts of applications could incorporate an improved flexibility, by better sensing and describing the objective of the work the appliance will perform. This, in turn, would help utilize renewable “green electrons” — from, say, solar panels or wind farms — instead of the electrons being dispatched by coal. Her research builds upon the ubiquity of smart phones that are charged via something with a USB port. Scaglione proposes the same sort of power line for two-way communication: We’d therefore use the USB port to charge the device and communicate data about the type of work the appliance needs. Her research acumen has been acknowledged on several occasions, most recently when the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers selected her to receive the 2013 Donald G. Fink Award, which pays tribute to “researchers, inventors, innovators and practitioners whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society and the engineering profession.”

Andrew Q. Ji, ’85 Douglas G. Knarr, ’83 Clifton S. Lee, ’83 Penny K. Lyons Christopher D. Johnson, ’91 Robert F. Knight, ’67 Lin-Foong Lee, ’94 Derek K. Man, ’81 Gary L. Johnson, ’86 Ruth L. Knipe, ’82 Mark R. Leu, ’01, and Dawn A. Maneval and Theodore F. Johnson, ’98 Elliot E. Koch, ’80 Joanna J. Leu, ’00 James E. Maneval, ’91 Brian D. Johnston, ’04 Carolyn T. Koenig, ’84 Christine S. Lew, ’92 Ziqiang Mao, ’95 Eddie A. Jordan, ’12 Jason J. Koh, ’90 Jenny Lin and Benson B. Lin Mark D. Mathews, ’77 JustGive Jeffrey R. Kohne, ’92 Tsugin Lin and Heny Lin Beth A. May, ’00 Klyde S. Kanegawa, ’82 Marvin K. Kong, ’83 Colleen T. Lindsey-Cope, ’99 Mary E. Mazzei-Koederitz, ’76 Andrew E. Kato, ’02 David E. Kotecki, ’88 Gary W. Lohman, ’69 John S. Mc Ewan, ’73 M. L. Kavvas Demetrious Koutsoftas Thomas M. Losordo, ’88 Teresa K. Mc Kenna, ’94 Thomas L. Kemp, ’80 William C. Kreamer, ’77 Alexander W. Louie, ’86 Lisa D. McMullen, ’86 Maureen E. Kennedy, ’66 Bruce L. Kutter, ’78 Steven E. Louton, ’82 Mary S. Mc Pherson, ’79 James E. Kennon, ’79 George Kwan, ’93 Peter C. Lucic and Dennis J. Metaxas, ’77 Matthew B. Kerby, ’93 Demos T. Kyrazis, ’77 Caroline H. Lucic Microsoft Corp. Ralph A. Kerwin, ’86 Si-Ty Lam, ’79 Jay R. Lund Christopher M. Mikita, ’08 Jeffrey S. Keyak, ’71 Richard A. Larder, ’75 Mark A. Lunsford, ’79 Courtney N. Mizutani, ’87 Martin L. Kindel Arthur A. Larson, ’82 Andrew E. Lutz, ’88 Adam T. Moerschell, ’07 Thomas E. Kirsch, ’66 Enrique J. Lavernia Darrick Ly, ’10 Bruce C. Montgomery, ’76 Christine F. Klipfel and Andrew J. Lawrence, ’07 Thomas A. Klipfel, ’91 Alfred K. Lee and Yvonne Lee 2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 17 Tina Jeoh Honor Roll of Donors continued The enthusiastic young students who participated in STEM for Girls Day, which took place April 6, 2013, Douglas C. Moore, ’85 Robert Pyke at the UC Davis Student Community Center, can thank Diane M. Muller and Walter E. Quincy, ’80 Tina Jeoh for their hands-on exposure to a wide William O. Muller, ’89 Jay Quiogue, ’99 variety of engineering disciplines. Cynthia L. Murphy, ’91, and Elia J. Racah Jeoh joined the UC Davis Department of Biological James P. Murphy, ’88 Oliver W. Ramsey and Agricultural Engineering in July 2008, after Erin Y. Mustain, ’05 Mir-Saeed Razavi, ’78 MWH David A. Redford, ’91 spending three years on a post-doc at the U.S. David J. Nano and Tina J. Armin C. Reese, ’94 Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Lab. Powell-Nano Patrick J. Regan, ’76 Her research focus has remained the same: the Katherine A. Narum, ’78, and Thomas C. Reilly, ’73 study of enzymes that break down the structural Jeffrey L. Narum, ’76 Earl F. Rennison, ’88 polysaccharides in plant cell walls, thereby releasing James C. Nelson, ’75 Cathe Richardson and sugars that can be used to make new products — Lawrence H. Nelson, ’68 Dave Richardson New Albion Geotechnical Inc. Stephen D. Ricks, ’75 biofuels and any number of other bio-based products Bradley D. Newlin, ’00, and Felix Riesenberg, ’91 — from agricultural residue, wood wastes or energy Jessica T. Newlin, ’01 Kerry Robinson crops. Dorothy S. Ng, ’85 Douglas B. Robison, ’79 Jeoh and the campus Women’s Resources and Michael S. Ng, ’97 Hamid Rousta, ’96 Research Center (WRRC) co-sponsored their debut Michael N. Nguyen Edward S. Ruben, ’89 Eric E. Nichols, ’84 Russel P. Rudden, ’72 STEM for Girls Day in the spring of 2012; the 50 Darin G. Nicholson, ’94 James T. Saake, ’78 participating girls came from four area elementary Niels J. Nielsen, ’78 Sacramento Municipal and middle schools. Armed with the knowledge of Northrop Grumman Emply. Utility District what had worked — and what hadn’t — Jeoh was Charity Org. Lloyd E. Sakakihara, ’70 better prepared to inspire the slightly larger group of Milton A. Northrup, ’91 Sheryl G. Salamanca, ’07 60 10- to 13-year-old girls who came to UC Davis Stephen L. Nutt Edgar V. Salire and Anne E. O’Neal, ’82 Teresita Salire for the 2013 event. With very few exceptions, the Jennifer Offringa and Peter J. Susan R. Sanicky, ’72 mentors and instructors were women; the goal was to Offringa, USA Ret., ’67 Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn let the girls see older versions of themselves throughout Alexander E. Okpisz, ’92 Arnab Sarkar, ’04, and the day. Bert R. Onstott, ’80 Deepalakshmi Raju, ’03 The outreach event was a tremendous success, and Terry M. Ota, ’66 W. Steven Savage, ’73 Charlene K. Owens, ’86, and Joseph H. Sayers, ’74 Jeoh already is making plans for the 2014 STEM for Scott E. Owens, ’86 Herb Schmalenbach Girls Day ... when she can spare the time from her James J. Pallis and Jani M. Gordon J. Serpa, ’68 biofuel research. Pallis, ’96 Mendora A. Servin, ’86 Donald L. Parkison, ’03 Robert B. Shank, ’90 Tina Jeoh, center John J. Paulson, ’72 James B. Shatara, ’95 Robert J. Pederson, ’73 Susan J. Sheffield, ’80 Jeffrey D. Pelz, ’86 Kirthi Shenoy, ’00 Carrloz Perez, ’99 Robert J. Sherwood, ’73 Umberto Perna Genevieve A. Shiroma, ’78 Michael A. Perovich, ’68 Melina M. Simon, ’98 Joshua J. Peterman, ’96 Shailendra P. Singh, ’08 PG&E Michael P. Siri, ’75 Kent Phan, ’10 Floyd R. Smith, ’66 Betty R. Phillips, ’80 Alejandro Sosa, ’90 Kathryn A. Philpot, ’85 Anne L. Spiesman, ’84 John H. Pitts, ’76 Richard O. Sproul, ’77 Andrew P. Porter, ’76 Richard L. Stanley, ’79 Richard Porticos, ’85, and Jackson W. Stephens Karin V. Porticos, ’85 Richard H. Sterrett, ’77 Richard C. Potter, ’94 David H. Stewart, ’80 Charles D. Poulter, ’89 Julie A. Stewart, ’83 Carolyn M. Primus, ’80 Howard A. Stone, ’82 Karyn D. Pulley William D. Strauss, ’83 Lawrence B. Pulley Jon A. Struck, ’94 Carolyn A. Pura, ’79 Stryker Endoscopy 18 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING W. Randall Sturgeon, ’71 Henry Tong, ’69 Douglas H. Wadman and Erik J. Winje, ’76 Simon S. Sue, ’81 Lam Q. Trinh, ’90 Mary J. Wadman Martin W. Wizorek, ’70 Kei Sugaoka Allan B. Tsou, ’07 Lesley W. Walder and Donald L. Wolfe, ’69 John D. Sullivan, ’79 Beth E. Twogood and Mark S. Walder, ’82 Anthony Wong and Chich-Yao Tang, ’95 Richard E. Twogood, ’77 Joseph A. Wall, ’81 Elaine Wong William A. Taplin, ’79 Tina M. Underwood, ’83 Xiaodong Wang, ’99 Christopher F. Wong, ’88 Richard W. Terrazas, ’93 United Way Silicon Valley James R. Watson, ’03 Mark P. Woods, ’88 Robert D. Testa, ’63 Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya Margaret M. Webb John E. Wright, ’73 Daniel P. Teuthorn, ’86 Stephen M. Urmini, ’89 Paul W. Wen, ’98 Clark S. Wrigley, ’77 Jeffrey W. Thomas, ’77 Wim L. Van Warmerdam, ’88 Marjorie S. Went, ’85 Baolin Wu, ’73 Todd R. Thomas, ’84 Dennis L. Vanderpol, ’69 Timothy D. West, ’78 Ko Yamamoto, ’84 Richard W. Thompson, ’66 Rick E. Vargas, ’81 Lewis A. Whitney, ’64 Samuel H. Yan, ’87 H. H. Thorpe, ’72 Vikrant K. Varma, ’95 Victoria A. Whitney-Landau, ’82 Jae Y. Yea, ’78 Jonathan L. Thurston, ’90 Jennifer Vaughn, ’01, and Jacqueline M. Wiggins, ’91 Melvin Yee, ’73 Terry L. Tikalsky, ’81, and Michael S. Foster, ’00 Kenneth S. Wilkins and Douglas W. Yerkes, ’91 Martha A. Tikalsky, ’81 R. Barton Vaughn, ’65 Rosalia R. Wilkins John J. Youden, ’75 Eric W. Tisinger, ’83 Gary R. Veerkamp, ’75 Jeffrey D. Williams, ’84 Phillip D. Young, ’74 Ann Tobin, ’93 John A. Verbrugge, ’77 Nicolaus J. Williams, ’07 Brian K. Zarker, ’74 Christopher P. Toftner, ’78 Celia Vigil, ’80 Mahlon S. Wilson, ’82 Mary Zhou, ’05 Karen A. Tokashiki, ’82, and Paul R. Volkman, ’92 Bradley D. Wind, ’93 Robert S. Tokashiki, ’81

Harry Cheng came to UC Davis in 1992, as a robotics and computing researcher. His interests include information technology and its applications in engineering, computer- aided engineering, intelligent mechatronic and embedded systems, robotics, design and manufacturing, and mobile agent-based computing. He also directs both the UC Davis Integration Engineering Laboratory, and the Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM). He has earned numerous honors and awards; he regularly publishes journal articles and book chapters, and has chaired or served as a guest speaker at dozens of conferences in the United States and China. In the spring of 2011, Cheng Harry Cheng and former graduate student Graham Ryland invented an intelligent, reconfigurable modular robot — dubbed the “Mobot” — that earned a National Science Foundation Innovation Award grant and made splashy features stories in newspapers and on ABC-TV. Despite all this innovative research, Cheng is most passionate about his outreach activities taking place outside the lab. He has realized that his computing and robotics fields are ideal for better engaging at-risk students in K-12 schools: children ill-served by teaching methodology which, in too many cases, hasn’t changed for 30 years. The idea, then, is to tailor a teaching curriculum that better speaks to young students whose lives are consumed by smart phones, tablets and all sorts of other gadgets. During the past several years, Cheng has addressed both ends of the education equation: He leads seminars to train participating K-12 teachers in the principles of computing and related teaching methodologies, and he also oversees popular and highly competitive student activities, such as the annual C-STEM Day Robo-Play and Math Programming Challenges. The 2013 event drew 30 teams of three to five students from regional schools, and the young scientists spent the entire day putting various configurations of Mobots through their paces. One day, Cheng hopes, they may do the same with full-scale robots of their own design.

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 19 “...growing cartilage tissue in the lab from adult stem cells.”

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

Until recently, athletes with damaged knee joints were In October 2011, Athanasiou received the Distinguished forced to contemplate new careers. Adults suffering Service Award — one of the highest possible honors — from osteoarthritis could choose between only metal and from the Biomedical Engineering Society. That same month, plastic prosthetics. he was named to the scientific advisory board of the The reason? Cartilage, unlike most other human tissue, Histogenics Corp., a regenerative medicine company that cannot heal itself. intends to focus on cartilage repair. Kyriacos A. Athanasiou is a Distinguished In the spring of 2013, he was named the sole Laureate Professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of of the 2012 Nemitsas Prize. The presentation ceremony Biomechanical Engineering, a position he accepted took place Nov. 27, 2013, in a newly constructed hall of in August 2009. He and his research team have been the presidential palace in the Republic of Cyprus. The event growing cartilage tissue in the lab from adult stem cells was included in the official program of the Presidency of taken from bone marrow and skin, and from human Cyprus to the European Union, and the president himself embryonic stem cells. His research goal will have a presented the prize, which included three honors: a huge impact on treatment; he desires nothing less than certificate, a solid gold medal and a monetary award of live, biological cartilage that not only will fill defects, but 50,000 Euros. potentially will be able to re-coat the entire surface of One day soon, people will walk and move better, thanks joints destroyed by osteoarthritis. to Athanasiou’s efforts.

20 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Sanjay Joshi

While in junior high school, Sanjay Joshi was interface work — on a project undertaken with Columbia given a NASA poster of the space shuttle Columbia, University colleagues Peter K. Allen, Joel Stein and Lyssa emblazoned with the stirring words “Going to work in Sorkin — garnered a National Science Foundation grant space.” That poster now hangs on the wall of his office in the amount of $1.21 million. The five-year study initially in 2054 Bainer Hall. will focus on 10-12 individuals with spinal cord injuries, to After spending most of the 1990s working at NASA’s determine if they can be trained in the effective control of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, memorably on the Deep brain-computer interfaces. Space One spacecraft, Joshi yielded to the lure of In a filmed recording of a recent lab test, a robot is academia and joined the UC Davis Department of controlled wirelessly by a young man paralyzed in a biking Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research accident, who sends signals to the muscle that moves one of focus involves combining robotics control systems, his ears. In this manner, he controls a robot that is a distance artificial intelligence and basic neuroscience, in order to away, on the other side of a wall. The subject can’t see the create systems that will help paralyzed people interact robot, but he can see what the robot sees, via a camera with their environments. mounted on its body. In a real-world environment, such a In the spring of 2010, Joshi received a Hartwell robot could be directed to answer a phone, respond to a Foundation grant — $300,000 over three years — to doorbell, fetch a book or perhaps even prepare a meal. help develop machine interfaces that would allow The potential is enormous. severely disabled children to control devices in their “The ultimate goal,” Joshi enthuses, “is Avatar. And we’re environment. In September 2012, his brain/computer well on our way.”

Sanjay Joshi, right

“The ultimate goal is Avatar. And we’re well on our way.”

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 21 Robinson logged more than 1,156 hours and 19.8 million miles in space.

stephen robinson

The first time shuttle astronaut Stephen K. Robinson made UC Davis his home, from 1974 to ‘78, he was an undergraduate engineering student who — quite notoriously — spent an entire night in the Tercero Dining Commons, in order to finish building a hang glider. In September 2012, Robinson returned to the campus where he also once played sousaphone in the Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh, this time to join the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Robinson accomplished a great deal during his absence from UC Davis. The Sacramento native became a veteran NASA research scientist and astronaut, with four shuttle missions to his credit. The first three took place on the shuttle Discovery, in 1997, ‘98 and 2005; the fourth, in February 2010 on the shuttle Endeavor, involved a visit to the International Space Station. All told, Robinson logged more than 1,156 hours and 19.8 million miles in space, including more than 20 EVA (extra-vehicular activity) hours. His second Discovery mission — a media sensation — was made alongside John Glenn, famously returning to space 36 years after he became the first American in orbit on Feb. 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Robinson always has remained faithful to his home-town supporters. In October 2005, when the IMAX film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon premiered at downtown Sacramento’s Esquire Theater, he was on hand to chat with local schoolchildren and media representatives. He returned in April 2010 and performed similar duties for the premiere of the IMAX film Hubble 3D, once again at Sacramento’s Esquire Theater. Robinson also has been a popular speaker at UC Davis. A 2005 appearance filled the Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall; that same year, he won the UC Davis Medal, the highest honor the campus accords an individual for contributions to the university, or the broader community of learning. An April 2010 presentation, as part of the College of Engineering’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, featured a slide show that concluded with an image of the UC Davis flag ... in outer space.

22 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Enrique Lavernia Enrique Lavernia, left

When Enrique Lavernia served as emcee for UC Davis’ Centennial Convocation in September 2008, he made a point of acknowledging the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, then celebrating its 50th anniversary. Science disciplines too infrequently recognize the arts under such public circumstances, but this salutation was typical of Lavernia, who goes out of his way to ensure that colleagues — whether fellow faculty members, research associates in other states or countries, or even brief professional acquaintances — understand how much he appreciates their time and effort. Lavernia became dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering in September 2002. As a further indication of his commitment to all aspects of academic life, he temporarily stepped down “Lavernia has worked from that position in January 2009, when he was appointed the UC Davis provost and executive vice chancellor. In this capacity, hard to ensure the he served as the campus’ chief academic and operating officer continued growth and until January 2011, at which point he resumed his responsibilities as Dean of the College of Engineering. prestige of the UC Davis His research work focused on the synthesis of structural materials and metal matrix composites, with particular attention College of Engineering.” to processing fundamentals and thermal spray processing; he developed a ground-breaking manufacturing technique, dubbed “spray rolling,” to produce aluminum products. Mostly, though, Lavernia has worked hard to ensure the continued growth and prestige of the UC Davis College of Engineering. During his tenure as dean, it has become one of the nation’s fastest-growing engineering schools, with 14 undergraduate majors, more than 200 faculty and more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. His many honors include the 2013 ASM International Gold Medal, and in February 2013 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, for “contributions to novel processing of metals and alloys, and for leadership in engineering education.”

2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 23 From left, Maelene Wong, biomedical engineering graduate student; Leigh Griffiths, assistant professor of veterinary medicine and epidemiology; Jeni Lee, biomedical engineering graduate student; and Gina MacBarb, biomedical engineering graduate student.

“...patients benefiting from ViVita’s technology would be freed from a lifetime of immunity-rejection drugs.”

ViVita technologies When UC Davis biomedical engineering doctoral student The new company initially will target the roughly 65,000 Maelene Wong joined Leigh Griffiths’ lab in 2009, her replacement heart valve procedures performed in the United first project focused on confirming what they believed States each year, which represents an annual market of to be a dead end in transplant research: the notion $755 million and a potential global market of $2.5 billion. that tissue replacement — for, say, patients needing But the ViVita breakthrough doesn’t merely address the new heart valves — could be enhanced to a degree current shortage of organs for such procedures. Unlike that would prevent the recipient’s immune system from current heart valve transplants, patients benefiting from rejecting the new organ. ViVita’s technology would be freed from a lifetime of Imagine their surprise, then, when their breakthrough immunity-rejection drugs. The company’s tissue preparation process successfully removed the substances that process will create tissue replacements that will last the triggered a patient’s immune response, while still lifetime of the patient. It also will allow for better transplant preserving the structural integrity and functional methods for children, who often need new transplants, via properties of the replacement tissue. additional surgeries, as their bodies grow. In the summer of 2012, Griffiths and his team — Looking not too much further into the future, ViVita plans Wong and fellow biomedical engineering graduate to expand via the development of a much more diverse students Regina MacBarb and Jennifer Lee — attracted product pipeline: Heart muscles, small vessels, bone, liver the attention of Jim Olson, of UC Davis’ Engineering and cartilage applications are under development. Translational Technology Center (ETTC), the College of Griffiths fully expects to achieve the goal that he and his Engineering’s in-house technology incubator. The result team set, just a few years ago: to one day meet somebody was the creation and incorporation of Vivita, a start-up who is alive because of their technology. “home” for this tissue research.

24 • UC DAVIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Engineering Translational Technology Center Adds New Clients

The College of Engineering’s Engineering Translational Technology Center (ETTC) has grown considerably during the past year, thanks to the influx of new clients. ETTC was established in 2010 as a “technology incubator” designed to identify and influence early-stage, high-value research from tenure-track faculty within the UC Davis College of Engineering. ETTC’s primary goal is to help transform such UC Davis-developed intellectual property into a startup which then can attract support from external financial investors. The Center was co-founded by Bruce White, a UC Davis dean emeritus and professor emeritus, who by bestcollegesonline.com. ETTC appeared on the list is a leading pioneer in environmental wind-tunnel alongside Syracuse University’s Student Sandbox and research and an internationally recognized authority in Harvard’s Innovation Lab. wind engineering; and Jim Olson, an entrepreneur who Dysonics, a startup that is developing products rejuvenated Hewlett Packard during a 21-year career at designed to reproduce immersive sound via headphones, that company, and subsequently founded and became became ETTC’s first “graduate” in May 2012. In CEO of the WestShore Management Group, which January 2013, the Center proudly announced its second provides consulting and development services for public graduate: Ennetix, a startup formed to commercialize and private venture-finance companies. a software application called “EnergyPlus,” which In August 2012, ETTC was named one of the “Ten optimizes energy use in IT networks and connected College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About” systems.

ETTC’s current clients include: n Ambercycle, which uses synthetic biology to engineer that uses tobacco plants as “biofactories” of high- custom-tailored organisms that degrade PET plastic value recombinant proteins, including life-saving into high-value commodity chemicals; therapeutics and vaccines; n Atocera, which is developing ceramic and n Picosense LLC, which is developing the next semiconductor blades with custom 3D cutting-edge generation of chip-scale sensors that will be capable profiles that are just a few atoms across; of measuring picotesla magnetic signals; n Barobo Inc., which aims to make robots more n StreamTex Technologies, which will exploit a affordable, adaptable, reconfigurable and biomedical engineered textile that stays dry by reprogrammable for education, research and forming moisture into droplets that drain away via a industrial applications; network of water-attracting threads within a water- repellent fabric; n HydroAlumina, which creates and stores ultra-pure hydrogen at low temperatures and pressure, using a n TacSense, which is developing small, flexible sensors process that is both green and economical; for personal home health monitoring; and n ImmunoSense Technologies, which focuses on n ViVita Technologies Inc., which has developed a innovative methods for blood analysis; process that enhances tissue replacement to a degree that would prevent the recipient’s immune system from n Inserogen, which plans to commercialize a quick, rejecting a new organ. scalable and cost-effective manufacturing platform 2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT • 25 UC Davis College of Engineering One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616

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