Tech Foundry
UC Davis Tech Foundry designs and manufactures devices to support research and solve problems. Research and development engineers collaborate with and support UC Davis faculty members, private companies and individuals to produce more than 500 projects and 2,500 objects each year across its locations at the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility in Davis and Aggie Square in Sacramento.
Expansion to Aggie Square
To meet the growing demand for Tech Foundry's services and strengthen UC Davis’ collaborative, translational, multidisciplinary research, the device development facility expanded with a 7,500-square-foot makerspace at Aggie Square, the innovation district in Sacramento, California. The space features cutting-edge machinery for device fabrication, from modern 3D printers and computer numerical control mills to belt sanders and drill presses.
Recent News
Dateline UC Davis sat down with Tech Foundry Director Steven Lucero to talk about the development facility’s focus and how a second location at Aggie Square will open new possibilities.
UC Davis Tech Foundry signifies the facility’s evolution from a biomedical engineering makerspace to a device development center providing engineering services and education to all in need across two locations — one on the Davis campus and another at Aggie Square in Sacramento.
The annual UC Davis event, hosted by the Biomedical Engineering Society and the Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine Lab, allows undergraduates to apply their engineering skills and receive hands-on experience in product design and prototyping.
A collaboration between UC Davis Health and the Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine, or TEAM, Lab is simplifying a rare, complex surgery through three-dimensional printed models to help surgical teams plan and prepare.
The College of Engineering alum and staff member discusses her path to engineering, how industry experience prepared her for her current role with the Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine Lab and the importance of a strong engineering community for growth and innovation.
Fifth-year biomedical engineering doctoral candidate Ben Mattison has found the Translating Engineering Advances to Medicine Lab an invaluable resource for realizing his research that eyes new territory in microscopy.