UC Davis College of Engineering
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The UC Davis College of Engineering is one of four colleges on the campus of the University of California, Davis.
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1962 |
| Dean | Richard L. Corsi[1] |
| Faculty | 200 [2] |
| Undergraduates | 4,403 |
| Postgraduates | 1,159 |
| Location | , , U.S. |
| Website | engineering |
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Departments
The college is organized into eight departments, which offer various programs of study:
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering[3]
- Biomedical Engineering[4]
- Chemical Engineering[5]
- Civil and Environmental Engineering[6]
- Computer Science[7]
- Electrical and Computer Engineering[8]
- Materials Science and Engineering[9]
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering[10]
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of the College of Engineering include:
- David Abe, head of the Electromagnetics Technology Branch at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Giovonnae Anderson, one of the first African-American women to earn a PhD in electrical engineering
- William L. Ballhaus, CEO of Blackboard, Inc
- Clare Bell, British author in the United States best known for her Ratha series
- Diane Bryant, executive vice president of Intel
- Kyle Bryant, athlete, speaker
- Anthony Cannella, California State Senator
- Constance J. Chang-Hasnain, professor at UC Berkeley
- Alfred Chuang, former CEO and president of BEA Systems, founder and current CEO of Magnet Systems
- Chow Chung-kong, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
- Ahmed Darwish, Egyptian politician
- Daniel Ha, founder of Disqus
- David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 2009 to 2013
- Julie A. MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the United States Department of the Interior
- Kaveh Madani, Iranian civil and environmental engineer
- Mark Matsumoto, dean of engineering at UC Merced
- Sig Mejdal, sabermetrics analyst, former NASA engineer
- Richard Miller, president of Olin College
- Scott Miller, leader of 1980's band Game Theory
- Jani Macari Pallis, CEO of Cislunar Aerodynamics, professor at University of Bridgeport
- David Phillips, entrepreneur
- Steve Robinson, NASA astronaut
- Indira Samarasekera, President of the University of Alberta
- Carl Sassenrath, computer scientist
- Stratton Sclavos, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
- Bernard Soriano, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the California Department of Motor Vehicles
- Jeffrey Steefel, video game developer
- Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL Lead Engineer
- Howard A. Stone, professor at Princeton University
- Seth Weil, Olympic rower.
- Alvin S. White, test pilot, mechanical engineer