Two of our mechanical engineering students laying up the "poor man's fiberglass" on one of their catamaran hulls. A team of our mechanical engineering students are going to be racing their custom designed boat in the Northern California Solar Regatta on May 14th at the Rancho Seco Recreational Area. They …

I've been yearning for some kind of scientific computing meetup group at UC Davis and the spent last quarter searching for some like minded folks that would like to help me organize such a group. It finally came together after meeting Richard Feltstykket, Genome Center Sys Admin and Physics Student …

My first quarter as a lecturer at UCD ended this past Friday with my final exam for my mechanical design course. I think the quarter went really well and that my students developed some solid design skills. Mike Hill, a veteran Prof. in our department, hit the nail on the …

Jonathan Woolley and Vinad Narayanan are hosting a building energy efficieny journal club next quarter. Hi folks, Vinod Narayanan and I are hosting a small graduate level journal review course for Winter quarter - it should be an interesting forum for discussion on a range of current issues surrounding energy efficiency …