Engineering Content / Engineering Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en New NSF Center for Pandemic Insights /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights ºÙºÙÊÓƵ to lead NSF Center for Pandemic Insights with $18M in funding, blending expertise from across the U.S. and 4 ºÙºÙÊÓƵ powerhouse schools and colleges. August 22, 2024 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /health/news/new-nsf-center-pandemic-insights Modeling Better Futures /news/modeling-better-futures <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jennifer Sinclair Curtis was already well-established in her career in engineering when she arrived at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ in 2015, yet she was able to take her work to even greater heights as the new dean of the College of Engineering.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> March 18, 2024 - 1:47pm Jose Antonio Vadi /news/modeling-better-futures Heat Pumps for Hot Summers /climate/blog/heat-pumps-hot-summers Theresa Pistochini of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ describes how home heat pumps work; and how switching to a heat pump reduces your home’s environmental impact. September 07, 2023 - 2:08pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/heat-pumps-hot-summers Automated College Degree-Planning Tool Wins Top Prize in Annual ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Business Competition /student-research/news/automated-degree-planning-tool-wins-business-competition A team of two University of California, Davis, MBA students and a senior computer science major received the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation in the 23rd annual Big Bang! Business Competition Tuesday. May 23, 2023 - 8:00pm Karen Michele Nikos /student-research/news/automated-degree-planning-tool-wins-business-competition Tahoe State of the Lake Report 2022 /climate/news/tahoe-state-lake-report <p><span><span>The University of California, Davis, <a href="https://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/">Tahoe Environmental Research Center</a>, or TERC, today released its annual&nbsp;<span><a href="https://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk4286/files/inline-files/2022_SOTL_complete-reduced_1.pdf">Tahoe: State of the Lake Repor</a>t</span>.&nbsp;The report informs nonscientists about important factors affecting the health of Lake Tahoe and provides the scientific underpinnings for restoration and management decisions within the Lake Tahoe Basin.</span></span></p> July 28, 2022 - 4:00pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/tahoe-state-lake-report Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021 /climate/news/lake-tahoe-clarity-report-2021 <p><span><span>The cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe were about as clear in 2021 as they were in 2020. But a broader look at clarity measurements shows there is no pattern of consistent clarity improvement over the past 20 years. The lake also has not fully recovered from a spike of fine particles that flowed into its waters after the extremely wet year of 2017. </span></span></p> July 06, 2022 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/lake-tahoe-clarity-report-2021 Novel Fetal Monitoring System Wins Top Prize in Annual ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Business Competition /news/novel-fetal-monitoring-system-wins-top-prize-annual-uc-davis-business-competition University of California, Davis, graduate students received the $20,000 first prize for the best innovation in the 22nd annual Big Bang! Business Competition. $90,000 was given away. May 27, 2022 - 10:45am Karen Michele Nikos /news/novel-fetal-monitoring-system-wins-top-prize-annual-uc-davis-business-competition Community Barn Mural Raises Climate Consciousness /blog/community-barn-mural-raising-climate-consciousness <p><span><span><span>A barn facing Road 102 between Davis and Woodland will soon carry a colorful message for climate action. Community members of all ages and experience levels are encouraged to come out Saturday, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/barn-raising-community-mural-painting-tickets-267945180247">March 26, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.</a>, grab a paintbrush and become muralists for a day to help create it. </span></span></span></p> March 18, 2022 - 3:57pm Katherine E Kerlin /blog/community-barn-mural-raising-climate-consciousness Leaks an Untapped Opportunity for Water Savings /climate/news/leaks-untapped-opportunity-water-savings <p><span><span><span>Before a drop of treated water in California ever reaches a consumer’s faucet, about 8% of it has already been wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Nationally, the waste is even higher, at 17%. This represents an untapped opportunity for water savings, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> March 07, 2022 - 11:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/leaks-untapped-opportunity-water-savings ‘Unfold,’ Episode 7: ‘Science of Superheroes’ /curiosity/news/unfold-ep-7-science-superheroes <p><span><span><span>The newest episode of the podcast </span><em><a href="/news/podcasts-and-shows/unfold"><span>Unfold</span></a></em><span> mixes comic book superhero action and science. No better pairing, since many of the heroes and villains in comics started out as scientists or are connected to scientists. The things they create and the materials they use can tell us a lot about the real world, too — everything from physics to engineering. </span></span></span></p> November 09, 2021 - 11:15am Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/unfold-ep-7-science-superheroes