For a moment of pause and community building, the Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted “Art in Science,” an event to highlight the creativity and visual beauty that emerge from its community’s research.
Meet the engineering undergraduate students working at UC Davis Tech Foundry. In this Q&A, Allen Cooke, David Kou and Haelie Tweet share how they are gaining technical skills while helping transform ideas into real-world solutions. Together, their experiences reflect a new chapter for a space that is actively growing.
Through a capstone design project, students work alongside clinicians, engineers and business mentors to translate healthcare challenges into market-ready technologies, gaining experience in the clinical, regulatory and business aspects that underpin successful medical device development.
Regina Rajbanshi has always been fascinated by math and biology as tools for understanding and explaining the world with clarity. At UC Davis, her curiosity led her to discover where they intersect as a biomedical engineer.
UC Davis Mike and Renée Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship awarded nearly $100,000 at the 26th annual Big Bang! Business Competition, with the top prize going to First Bite, a biomedical engineering student team developing a safer device to secure breathing tubes for infants.
Through clinical shadowing, hands-on engineering and industry collaboration, two graduate students share how clinicians, engineers and industry professionals have equipped them with the necessary tools to take a medical device from idea to a clinical application advancing human health.
Fourth-year Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Eden Winslow won first place at the UC Davis Grad Slam Semi-Final round on Friday, April 3, 2026. Her winning presentation "Born Without a Hand: Changing the Narrative of Children's Prostheses" earned her a $5,000 first prize.
Martin Croshaw, a student in the new Master of Engineering in Medical Device Development program, explores how his experience at the West Coast’s largest manufacturing event builds on the technical expertise and leadership skills he’s gaining in the classroom.
Aaleesha Doshi, a third-year undergraduate biomedical engineering student on the pre-medical track, reflects on how a clinical immersion experience at Aggie Square deepened her drive to become an engineer and a surgeon working to advance human health.
From creating a device to improve care for burn victims to gaining invaluable insights from clinical experts, undergraduate student Talia Lemmons discusses how hands-on biomedical engineering experiences in the Quarter at Aggie Square program helped clarify her career path.
