By trying out various classes, research projects and clubs, graduating biomedical engineering major Sonia Bhaskaran narrowed down her interests and will pursue a graduate degree in neuroengineering.
Between maintaining A+ grades as a biomedical engineering major, earning a provisional patent and co-authoring a research paper at the University of California, Davis, Neeraj Senthil's weekly activities have included cuddling sick babies at the university’s medical center and teaching math at local schools.
After only the first lecture on the first day, UC Davis undergraduate Cem Nesiri already knew enrolling in the Quarter at the Aggie Square was the best thing he could have done.
The award-winning team, named Spinal Protective Implant for Neonatal Enhancement (SPINE), included undergraduate seniors from the Department of Biomedical Engineering: Rajul Bains, Natalie Kelly, Shannon Lamb, Joe Morrison and Maya Mysore. The competitive annual award, which is given at the Engineering Design Showcase, is supported by Sandia National Laboratories and recognizes an outstanding engineering design project that supports the lab’s mission, which is to secure a peaceful and free world through technology.
Each year the Blum Center for Developing Economies partners with the UC Davis Undergraduate Colleges to select, mentor, and sponsor a cohort of students to conduct fieldwork on poverty alleviation, inequality and international development through the Blum Summer Fellowship in Poverty Alleviation Through Action (PATA) award programs. In summer 2019, Laura Oelsner, a biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering, was one of the selected Fellows who had this experience.
Undergraduate researchers in the Yamada Lab discovered that when force is applied to a cell, a protein called cten is recruited to these fibrous structures. Since actin was long believed to be an important part of mechanotransduction, the UC Davis researchers inhibited actin to simply show that cten recruitment required actin. To their surprise, the mechano-sensitive response of cten was still present.
Karenna Rehorn is a junior studying biomedical engineering with an emphasis in cellular and tissue engineering. In the future she hopes to focus on helping individuals with autoimmune disorders.
Rehorn is a DJ at the campus radio station, KDVS. Other interests include running, playing the flute, volunteering at the UC Davis farm and cooking.
Update: Morgan Bertsch has been drafted to the WNBA's Dallas Wings. She is the first-ever Aggie to be drafted to a Women's National Basketball Association team. Congratulations, Morgan!
Allie Brunson not only is a biomedical-engineering major: She’s also a staff member at the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department’s TEAM Electrical/Mechanical Lab, where she and her coworkers help researchers prototype ideas into reality.
Dozens of students from UC Davis and as well as from San Jose State University, University of the Pacific and the University of Southern California took part in the UC Davis Make-a-Thon this weekend.
