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A collaboration between engineering and veterinary medicine, the new Center for Animal Flight and Innovation at UC Davis will use cutting-edge technology to understand birds of prey in flight, advancing the design of uncrewed aerial vehicles and the treatment and rehabilitation of birds.
Dean Richard L. Corsi sits down with Chancellor Gary S. May to reflect on the imagination, principles and lifelong curiosity required to build what’s possible — and to ensure all next-level solutions of tomorrow serve the planet and the public good.
What if your next STEM teacher were an AI agent in virtual reality? UC Davis computer scientist Michael Neff combines movement science, gesture modeling and deep learning to create lifelike digital instructors — paving the way for more human embodied learning experiences.
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A bequest from Dan G. Best II establishes three C.L. Best endowed chairs and an innovation fund. “These three chairs will help translate agricultural research and innovation into deployable products and tangible solutions, supporting ag-tech startups and companies as they bring new technologies to the field,” said Fadi Fathallah, chair of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
Starbucks co-founder Gerald Baldwin, President of Hacienda La Minita Russ Kramer and the Specialty Coffee Association have contributed collections of books, photographs and archival materials documenting coffee's evolution from commodity to global product to the UC Davis Library, bolstering the Coffee Center's role as a leader in coffee research.
A three-year NSF grant is supporting Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Jonathon Schofield and his collaborators from George Mason University and York University in using continuous-fiber 3D printing to create kid-friendly prosthetics that will better enable growing bodies to perform play-based activities.