SUMMER 2018
Karen Moxon Decoding the Brain
Maureen Kinyua Engineering Pathways to Repurposing Waste
Matt Bishop and Sam King Securing Cyberspace
Remembering John Kemper and Bruce White
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UC Davis Engineering Progress • Summer 2018
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Engineering Progress is published twice a year by the College of Engineering at UC Davis. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis Dean, College of Engineering Jessie Catacutan Executive Assistant Dean, Administration and Finance Jim Schaaf Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Case van Dam Associate Dean, Facilities and Capital Planning Ricardo Castro Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies Felix Wu Associate Dean, Academic Personnel and Planning Melinda Seevers Assistant Dean, Development and External Relations DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Bryan Jenkins Biological and Agricultural Engineering Alyssa Panitch Biomedical Engineering Roland Faller Chemical Engineering Amit Kanvinde Civil and Environmental Engineering Matthew Farrens Computer Science M. Saif Islam Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Research Impact
Kinyua 6 Maureen Waste Not Karen Moxon 10 COVER: Decoding the Brain Bishop and Sam King 16 Matt Securing Cyberspace
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John 22 Remembering Kemper 24 Remembering Bruce White
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Message from the Dean It’s been a fruitful year for the UC Davis College of Engineering! For the second year in a row, two of our faculty have been elected into the National Academy of Engineering. UC Davis chancellor and professor of electrical and computer engineering Gary S. May was recognized for his research in semiconductor manufacturing and for creating programs to encourage underrepresented groups to pursue STEM careers. Distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering Jay Lund, who is also director of the university’s Center for Watershed Sciences, was recognized for analysis of water and environmental policy issues leading to integrated water resources planning and management. Two NAE members elected two years in a row is a rare feat and an indicator of the impactful work we do at UC Davis. Counting May and Lund, we now have 15 faculty members—including emeriti faculty—in the National Academies. In this issue of Engineering Progress, we highlight some of the outstanding efforts of our faculty to reverse-engineer the brain, increase cybersecurity and provide access to clean water. These are just some of the efforts our faculty are undertaking that address the NAE Grand Challenges. In addition, our faculty are translating new technologies into the marketplace, including the world’s smallest, lowest-power time-of-flight sensors for consumer electronics, and an ion mobility spectrometer that can be used to identify a broad range of chemicals from environmental samples. These research efforts are being recognized: I’m pleased to report that all of our graduate programs are now in the top 35 in the nation, according to the 2019 U.S. News and World Report graduate rankings of America’s Best Graduate Schools. Our highest-ranking graduate programs are biological and agricultural engineering and civil engineering, ranked 7 and 11, respectively. Overall, the UC Davis College of Engineering is now ranked 33 out of nearly 200 public and private graduate engineering programs, up one place from last year. With the support of our faculty, staff and alumni, our college continues on an upward trajectory. Thank you for helping us inspire the next generation of engineers to achieve their dreams. Go Aggie Engineers!
College Events College of Engineering Alumni Celebration UC Davis Mondavi Center October 26, 2018
Fall Distinguished Lecture S. Shankar Sastry, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley UC Davis Student Community Center October 15, 2018
Fall Commencement UC Davis ARC Pavilion December 15, 2018
Winter Distinguished Lecture David Dzombak, Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University UC Davis Student Community Center January 24, 2019
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis Dean, UC Davis College of Engineering
Two UC Davis Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Second Year in a Row Chancellor Gary S. May, electrical and computer engineering, is recognized for contributions to semiconductor manufacturing research and for innovations in educational programs for underrepresented groups in engineering. Distinguished Professor Jay Lund, civil and environmental engineering, is recognized for analysis of water and environmental policy issues leading to integrated water resources planning and management. Gary S. May 4 U C D AV I S C O L L E G E O F E N G I N E E R I N G
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Tim Bucher, Tech Leader, Entrepreneur and UC Davis Alumnus, Delivers Spring
Dean Jennifer S. Curtis and Tim Bucher
By Bonnie Dickson
TIM BUCHER, UC Davis electrical engineering alumnus and executive vice president and chief product officer at Scientific Games—a global gaming technology company—imparted several life lessons to graduates at the College of Engineering’s spring commencement on June 17. Reflecting on his 32-year career in technology development and consumer experience, Bucher told graduates to network and seek out mentors, appreciate other disciplines and to embrace entrepreneurship. “Mentors are the most important part of helping you along your career path,” Bucher said. “I have been blessed with some incredible mentors in my career. They served as a sounding board for me. They taught me. They pushed me.” Bucher talked about his own mentors, including Silicon Valley heavy hitters Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell, whom he said helped him grow as an innovator and as a businessperson. He also emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations, which often result in ideas and products that have broad and lasting impacts on society. The old saying “it
takes a village” is definitely true in the real world, Bucher said. Citing his own entrepreneurial endeavors, Bucher told graduates to embrace opportunities to be an entrepreneur or an “intrapreneur,” that is, someone within a large corporation who finds new market opportunities for growth. “After having done numerous startups as well as having been an intrapreneur multiple times, I can tell you that both can be just as satisfying, for they both have that one element that all entrepreneurs are ultimately driven by—making impact,” Bucher said. Bucher also encouraged graduates to consider their future as managers and leaders. “Management is about doing things right. Leadership is about doing the right thing,” Bucher said. The ability to create a vision for a team to follow, even if you are not in charge, is what sets leaders apart from everyone else, he concluded. More than 700 students received their degrees at the College of Engineering’s spring commencement ceremony. Photos Courtesy of Grad Images
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Maureen Kinyua
WASTE NOT By Aditi Risbud Bartl
AS AN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS MAJOR, Maureen Kinyua discovered her passion for science—combined with sincere interest in helping others—could lead to a fruitful career in engineering. “I liked how you could combine physics, chemistry and biology into something more applied,” she said. “Engineering also gave me a way to mix my interest in science while actually doing good for the environment.” While working toward her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida, Kinyua says she was inspired by a faculty committee member who told her “waste is not waste, until you waste it.” Now, as an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis, Kinyua investigates pathways to repurposing food and livestock waste, as well as developing biological systems to treat wastewater.
Helping microbes consume carbon in pig and cow waste
ENGINEERING ALSO GAVE ME A WAY TO MIX MY INTEREST IN SCIENCE WHILE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
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Studies show greenhouse gas emissions from livestock such as pigs and cows are a significant contributor to environmental pollution. Innovative development, testing and implementation of various biological wastewater treatment systems will help with reuse of domestic, fecal and livestock waste. These efforts are relevant to farmers, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs and technology providers. In particular, by understanding how microbes metabolize carbon—a precursor to greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide—in pig waste, Kinyua and her team can pinpoint a pathway to “pretreating” carbon and reducing its impact on the environment. The first step, or pretreatment, prepares the carbon from the waste so that it is easier for the bacteria to consume the carbon, akin to cooking the carbon, says Kinyua. “If you think of a carrot, what’s easier to eat, a cooked carrot or a raw one? Cooked is easier to chew.” After pretreating carbon in the pig waste, bacteria can more readily metabolize it and turn it into a polymer known as polyhydroxyalkanoate. Downstream, this biologicallyproduced polymer could be used to make biodegradable plastics, Kinyua says. Although this work is still in its early stages, by understanding the effect of environmental conditions on microbial communities, she hopes to enhance process engineering technologies to recover high-value products from waste.
The Kinyua Laboratory at UC Davis leads sustainability research efforts to convert wastewater into energy. Photo: Reeta Asmai/UC Davis
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Addressing menstrual health in developing countries When she’s not on campus, Kinyua spends her time encouraging young women in developing countries to focus on their education, noting it doesn’t make a difference whether they pursue engineering or an entirely different discipline. “Not everyone is an engineer or scientist. What is more important is to just get an education, to spark an interest in something you like.” One of the challenges girls in developing countries face is access to menstrual health products such as sanitary pads and tampons. As a result, rather than risk the embarrassment of having their clothes soiled in class, they miss school during their periods and fall behind or drop out entirely. To address this issue, Kinyua is collaborating with Molly Secor-Turner, a professor at the School of Nursing at North Dakota State University. Turner had previously distributed reusable pads to young women in Kenya and worked with them on menstrual and adolescent health. However, because they didn’t have a place to wash and dry the pads while in school, the
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girls were wearing the pads for too long, which lead to infections, or just not using them at all. Today, the girls have separate toilets at the school where they feel comfortable enough to change, wash and dry the pads. Because the school is located in a region where the water is scarce, Kinyua is working on a menstrual health management system to treat and reuse the water used to clean the pads. Using pig’s blood mixed with UC Davis wastewater as a model system, Kinyua and her team are exploring how to remove yeast and other gynecologically-relevant bacteria from the pads and get them clean enough to be reused safely. Like many talented engineers, Kinyua is already thinking a few steps ahead. “We can engineer a greywater treatment system for the school, but even if it works, the next challenge will be socializing the process,” she says. “We’ve provided toilets, we’ve cleaned the water, now will they do it? There is always a human element to every technology.” Kinyua is collaborating with Molly Secor-Turner, a professor at the School of Nursing at North Dakota State University, on a menstrual health management system for girls in Kenya. Photo: Kate Lapides
CALTECH’S KATHERINE T. FABER
Discusses the (W)hole Truth about Porous Materials By Aditi Risbud Bartl
proportional to the size of the pore,” said Faber. KATHERINE FABER, the Simon Ramo Professor “However, years later, we realized that porous materials of Materials Science at the California Institute of allow us to look at a whole new body of applications.” Technology, delivered the College of Engineering’s Indeed, these pore networks can be tuned to adjust Winter Distinguished Lecture to students, staff and the size and distribution of pores for catalyst supports, faculty in the Student Community Center. microfiltration systems, bone scaffolds, thermal Her talk, titled “Probing Pore Space: Crafting management systems, fuel cells and batteries. Porous Ceramics for Applications from Medicine to Faber reviewed the various methods for controlling Sustainability,” focused on the role of porous materials pore networks, including freeze casting, suspension in a wide range of applications from bone scaffolds to Katherine Faber and solution processing. She also discussed how fuel cells and batteries. various properties of porous materials could be A pore within a ceramic material is a double-edged optimized, such as surface area, permeability and compressive sword: it can act as a flaw and reduce the overall strength of the strength. material, which is why researchers have spent several decades Lastly, she focused on efforts to recognize the practical strength trying to eliminate them from materials. However, Faber noted, and toughness limits of porous materials by understanding how scientists have shown that pores also enable certain functionality networks form and their microstructure. due to their high surface area and connectivity. “It’s not just a matter of saying I want a specific percentage of “I grew up in this discipline in which we did everything we porosity,” Faber concluded. “It’s as much about designing the could to get pores out of these materials and create pore-free pore network as it is about designing the material.” ceramics because the strength of these materials is inversely
FROM BIOFILMS TO BIOFUELS: Purdue’s Michael Ladisch Shares Research at Spring Distinguished Lecture THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HOSTED MICHAEL LADISCH, the director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering and a distinguished professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University for the College’s Spring Distinguished Lecture. Ladisch also holds an appointment in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. Michael Ladisch During his talk, “Proteins at Interfaces: From Microfiltration to Enzyme Hydrolysis,” Ladisch talked about bioseparations and food pathogen detection and the transformation of renewable resources into biofuels and bioproducts—all of which involve the core area of proteins at interfaces. Ladisch first discussed methodology developed by his research team at Purdue to probe and detect pathogens in human food more quickly than traditional methods. The team’s research led to the development of a technology to detect pathogens or
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microorganisms that cause food-based illness. This includes E. coli and salmonella, which can hide in biofilms that form on food surfaces. “Sometimes biofilms will form on produce, and pathogens will be sequestered in these films,” Ladisch said. “The pathogens are then protected against being washed off and are very difficult to detect.” The team’s technology makes it possible for the food industry and government agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to process samples within a few hours instead of a few days, Ladisch explained. Ladisch also shared his team’s research with the U.S. Department of Energy on the conversion of cellulosic materials, primarily renewable woody biomass, to ethanol and bioproducts, which can be used in place of imported oil. He also highlighted the growing number of industries working to develop commercially scalable, biobased products. “This is not a pipe dream,” Ladisch said of the growing biotechnology industry. “If you really stick to the scientific technology, understand what’s happening and then do the engineering, I think we will have a really bright future.” E N G I N E E R I N G P R O G R E S S / Summer 2018 9
Cover Story
KAREN MOXON
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By Aditi Risbud Bartl
IN THE LAST DECADE, researchers in academia and the technology sector have been racing to unlock the potential of artificial intelligence. In parallel with federally-funded efforts from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, heavy-hitters such as Microsoft, Facebook and Google are deeply invested in artificial intelligence. As part of the BRAIN Initiative, many UC Davis investigators across campus are studying the nervous system and developing new technologies to investigate brain function. Reverse-engineering the brain is a central tenet to reproducing human intelligence. However, experts say, most efforts to design artificial brains haven’t involved giving much attention to real ones. By understanding how our brains work, we can leverage artificial intelligence to test new drug therapies for brain disorders, and one day even circumvent neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease. At UC Davis, Karen Moxon, a powerhouse researcher in the field of neuroengineering and professor of bioengineering, focuses on understanding how information in the brain is represented and how it is affected by spinal injury, stroke, or other brain damage. Early in her career, Moxon contributed to the first demonstration of a closed-loop, real-time brain-machine interface system in an animal model that was quickly translated to non-human primates and, more recently, to humans with neurological disorders. This work has spurred an entirely new discipline within neuroengineering, called brain-machine interface, which has had a global impact. “How does the brain encode information? We know we have billions of neurons, and somehow the activity of these cells conveys information. But we don’t really know the mechanism,” says Moxon. “I really want to understand how the brain encodes information and transforms it into action.” (continued on page 12) E N G I N E E R I N G P R O G R E S S / S u m m e r 2 0 1 8 11
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Unlocking electrical signals to understand brain damage KAREN MOXON FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING HOW INFORMATION IN THE BRAIN IS REPRESENTED AND HOW IT IS AFFECTED BY SPINAL INJURY, STROKE, OR OTHER BRAIN DAMAGE.
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Our neurons relay information from other cells in the body through signals in the form of an electrical pulse called an action potential, or spike, due to the way it looks in the recording trace. By examining when these spikes occur from many different cells simultaneously, researchers can study patterns of these “spikes,” to study how information is processed. Damage to the brain that occurs after spinal cord injury, stroke, or at the onset of Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s can change the way information is represented. These changes alter the patterns of spikes. “These patterns of spikes are the language the brain uses to convey information,” Moxon explains. In particular, Moxon uses computational approaches to study how changes in neural encoding contribute to the recovery of function after spinal cord injury. A spinal cord injury is also a brain injury, Moxon explains, because the neurons in your brain that convey information, called axons, go all the way down your spinal cord. A spinal cord injury results in inflammation in the brain and other damage; what’s more, even if the spinal cord could somehow be repaired, your brain would have to relearn how to interact with the repaired organ. “As an engineer, I’m trying to decode a person’s intention to move after a spinal cord injury. If we can do this, we could use our understanding of their intention to control stimulation to the spinal cord below the level of the legion to restore function,” says Moxon. Moxon says there are two major challenges to creating reliable brain-machine interfaces: optimizing the devices that record signals from the brain, and—likely the bigger issue— decoding complex information in the brain and cognitive intent.
Techniques such as electroencephalography, or EEG, in which small electrodes attached to your scalp monitor electrical activity of the brain, can be used for simple tasks like moving a cursor on a computer, but not for complex movements of limbs or cognitive intent. “We need to get a better signal. To do that we have to go into the brain,” Moxon says. Unsurprisingly, implanting electrodes into the brain is not easy. “But electrodes implanted directly into the brain aren’t reliable. A person has a spinal cord injury, and now you put them through brain surgery, without knowing how well the implant will work. The best implants might last up to ten years, but that is rare. It’s more like three to four years.”
Harnessing different approaches to shed light on the brain As part of a broader effort at UC Davis, Moxon is working with other researchers to investigate how to get more information reliably from electrodes implanted directly into the brain. For example, Erkin Şeker, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Davis, is developing nanostructured materials to mimic the extracellular spaces in the brain to make the electrodes more biocompatible. Weijian Yang, an
assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Davis, is developing an entirely new technology called calcium imaging to gain insight into how the brain encodes information. Although researchers are getting better signals, decoding the complex information in the brain and knowing the cognitive intent is a tremendous challenge. “If I’m studying how the brain encodes information, I’m building a decoder that records information and decodes the signal. So, I might know a lot about the how the brain encodes information, but I don’t know everything, and I can only get it right about 70 to 80 percent of the time,” Moxon says. “But if you are someone who is relying on that decoder, it’s not really going to be good enough—the user of these systems is going to need 100 percent reliability for decades.” Even after a successful implantation, the electrode interface has to transfer signals to—for example—a new robotic arm that can be programmed to perform a set of tasks. Many investigators are developing complex robotic arms that can be controlled by the brain to allow those with neurological injury or disease to regain some control over their environment, such as steering the robot arm to pick up a glass of water, bring it to their mouth and drink. “People are sort of OK with robotics, but in the long run, we need much better information from the brain if we are going to stimulate back into the nervous system and restore function of the person’s own body,” Moxon says. “I’m betting on stimulating the spinal cord, while others are betting on muscle, or nerves. It’s a very collaborative, interdisciplinary field because no one is doing all of this by themselves. And I’m one of the few who is saying, ‘I think what people want is to be able to take control over their own bodies.’”
Karen Moxon in her lab at UC Davis. Photos: Reeta Asmai/UC Davis
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UC Davis Licenses Technology for
MINIATURIZED SYSTEM that can Detect Chemicals with High Specificity and Sensitivity By Lisa Howard
Professor Cristina Davis leads the UC Davis Bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS Laboratory, which pursues research in the chemical sciences that spans multiple disciplines. Photo: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis
Last year, UC Davis announced a licensing agreement with SensIT Ventures Inc. for a breakthrough technology that can be used to identify a broad range of chemicals from environmental samples. Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Cristina Davis and her team in the Bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS Laboratory at UC Davis developed the technology. The license, negotiated by the InnovationAccess team within the UC Davis Office of Research, provides exclusive access to an ion mobility spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals at a fraction of the size, weight and power requirements of traditional detection instruments. This micro-electro-mechanical system—what’s known as a MEMS—can detect molecules present at parts-per-billion while operating on common direct-current batteries, such as a 9-volt or watch battery. The programmable devices enabled by this technology are expected to be cheaper to build and operate than traditional ion mobility spectrometers, and can be linked to wireless data transmission with associated cloud-based management and analytics. The chip-based technology also has the potential to be integrated with smartphones. “We see valuable opportunities to apply this technology to problems in defense and security, food and agriculture, process engineering and health care,” said Tom Turpen, president and CEO of SensIT. Potential applications enabled by the technology include detecting explosives, plant diseases and environmental triggers for asthma. “Professor Davis is a consummate innovator,” said Dushyant Pathak, associate vice chancellor of Technology Management and Corporate Relations and executive director of Venture Catalyst at UC Davis. “Her inventive genius and market intuition combined with the business and entrepreneurial experience
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of the seasoned SensIT founding team, are the perfect mix for translating this cutting-edge UC Davis research into societal impact,” said Pathak. Davis is an expert in chemical sensing. She has developed innovations that range from a “breathalyzer” that can detect the health of dolphins to a noninvasive way to detect citrus greening, a plant disease that can devastate citrus crops. “It is very satisfying for me to see this technology advance to broad commercial use, especially through a local startup here in Davis where I can continue to contribute to the success of the company,” Davis said. Davis is chief scientist and one of the co-founders of SensIT. Other co-founders include Jim Dukowitz, Dan Hanson and Turpen, who serve as the management team and have worked together through Technology Innovation Group, a consulting firm that works to link innovation to societal needs. “SensIT currently has multiple contracts, bids, and grant proposals pending to serve different initial customers in multiple markets. We expect to close our first contracts in 2018,” said Turpen. Turpen is a successful serial entrepreneur who volunteers his time and expertise for the benefit of programs such as the UC Davis Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIRTM) Grant program and the College of Engineering’s Engineering Design Showcase. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year.
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NETWORKS OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION are embedded in nearly every aspect of our daily lives. From transportation and utility systems to telecommunication, everything from personal privacy to national security depends on maintaining the integrity of information in cyberspace. In addition to our smartphones and laptops, an increasing number of smart objects are connected to the Internet, giving rise to what is known as the Internet of Things, or IoT. Smart objects are unique physical devices with the ability to communicate with people and other smart objects, and are part of the IoT. A 2014 report suggests the global IoT market will soon outpace standalone devices: although the number of smartphones, tablets and laptops in use will reach about 7.3 billion by 2020; the population of IoT devices will reach about 26 billion devices in the same year, from 900 million in 2009. With this accelerating growth in connectivity, researchers in academia, industry and government anticipate a wide array of cybersecurity issues in the years to come. Serious breaches of cybersecurity have already occurred in nearly every sector of business and government; identity theft, viruses and other malware plague citizens on a daily basis. Unfortunately, experts say, current technologies to address vulnerabilities tend to be inadequate. “One of the challenges we face is getting people to understand how serious the problem is,” says Matt Bishop, professor of computer science at UC Davis. “There is a lack of understanding of security technology by politicians and the law enforcement people who want to install it. Getting them up to speed on security so they really understand what’s going on is going to be the next big challenge.”
Making security a priority UC Davis has one of the country’s oldest computer security programs that began in the 1980s when Karl Levitt, now professor emeritus of computer science, founded the Computer Security Laboratory, or seclab. Levitt and Bishop later established the campus as a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, one of the first such centers in the United States. Later, with computer science professor Felix Wu, the team was designated as an NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Research. These faculty have pioneered work in network-based intrusion detection, and performed some of the earliest work in vulnerabilities research by developing formal models and testing of security breaches. “The definition of security varies widely,” Bishop notes. “What the military considers secure is not the same as what Amazon considers secure, because the military would like to keep things secret, while Amazon wants you to know the price of their books. Part of security is understanding what it is you are protecting. That’s why it’s so difficult: people on the internet have different needs and requirements, and somehow you have to balance them all.” (continued on page 18) Photo by Reeta Asmai/UC Davis
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Historically, computer security has denial of service—when a website been addressed through so-called is flooded with bogus requests that perimeter defense, which uses cause servers to crash—along with “firewalls” to keep attackers at bay. intrusion detection and response. However, these defenses can be “The major problem is that there penetrated or compromised fairly are so many vulnerabilities, both in easily by experienced security hackers. the technology and in how people “While working in industry in the interact with computers,” says Bishop. early 2000s, someone broke into a “What I’d like to do is try to uncover computer system that I had spent a why these vulnerabilities exist, what lot of time setting up. I tried to fix it, underlying problems cause them, but they kept getting back in despite and how we can improve the state of the art to reduce or eliminate vulnerabilities.”
“ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IS GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM IS. THERE IS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF SECURITY TECHNOLOGY...” – MATT BISHOP
by best efforts,” says Sam King, associate professor of computer science at UC Davis. “What originally motivated me to get into cybersecurity was my frustration about having absolutely no idea how this person got into my system and having a complete inability to keep them out. As a Ph.D. student and as a professor, the idea of protecting people’s computer systems has kept me engaged in this area.” Today, Bishop, King and other faculty researchers at UC Davis are tackling cybersecurity from different angles. Bishop’s efforts focus on analyzing vulnerabilities and
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Understanding digital identity and user behavior “One of the great things about UC Davis is our proximity to Silicon Valley—I go several times a month to chat with companies doing amazing things so I can learn what their problems are,” says King. “Companies have way more problems than they have people to solve them, and academics are looking for good problems to solve. Working together, my hope is we can take the way people naturally use products and add security.” King, who builds systems for fighting fraud and previously led fraud-fighting teams at Twitter and Lyft, wants to rethink our notion of digital identity, which presents one of the biggest challenges in security. In today’s world, King notes, our notion of identity “usually boils down to a username and password.” “There are four foundational questions that capture large swaths of modern day research and security problems,” says King. “Is this a script or a human? Who is this human in the real world? Is this the same
human I saw previously? And, can you associate this human with a payment method?” The research challenge in answering these questions lies in the tradeoffs between how much information you collect from users, versus how cumbersome it is for people to enter the extra information. “You can never answer these questions completely, so the key is to answer them as well as you can without driving away too many users,” says King. By collaborating with campus researchers in computer science, psychology and linguistics, along with companies in Silicon Valley, King and Bishop both recognize that the success of computer security hinges on understanding user behavior. If a computer security system is cumbersome, people are more likely to choose convenience and functionality over security. What’s more, these cross-disciplinary research collaborations are needed to understand how people interact with their computers, as well as what might be coming in the years ahead. “There’s no way we can secure against all attackers—that’s a given. But we can make it very hard for 99 percent of attackers,” says Bishop. “And to a large extent, that’s our goal for most people. Block 99 percent and you get rid of a lot of malware and phishing. For the one percent who are specifically out to get a given site, they’re a lot harder to block. But that attack is not going to affect the average person. We’ve got to get into a more proactive mode and say ‘Look, what could go wrong? And how do we try to protect against it?’ We won’t get everything, but we’ll do a lot better.”
STARTUP
Founded by UC Davis and UC Berkeley Researchers Acquired by TDK Corporation
By Bonnie Dickson
CHIRP MICROSYSTEMS, a technology company that develops high-performance, 3D-sensing technologies based on research at the University of California, was acquired by Tokyobased global electronics company, TDK Corporation, earlier this year. Over the last five years, Chirp has developed a line of extremely low power, ultrasonic smart sensors that enable products to accurately detect absolute positions in the real world. Late last year, Chirp launched the world’s smallest, lowest-power time-of-flight sensors, CH-101 and CH-201. The sensors are considered microelectromechanical systems, which are built from components between 1 and 100 micrometers in size—smaller than the head of a pin. Unlike many existing sensing technologies, Chirp’s sensors are smaller, consume less power and enable extremely precise sensing. These tiny smart sensors show promising potential for use in a wide range of portable consumer electronics and systems that measure and track motion, such as smartphones, wearables and augmented reality and virtual reality devices. These sensors will also likely find broader applications in
automobiles and industrial machinery. Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor David Horsley and his colleagues at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center at UC Berkeley originally developed Chirp’s technology. Horsley is the co-founder of Chirp and the company’s chief technology officer. “Chirp’s acquisition is a success story for the real-world benefits of UC-developed technology,” Horsley said. “Part of the UC Davis mission is to develop and commercialize technology that can have a real impact on the California economy. I’m really happy that the TDK acquisition will allow Chirp to continue to grow and employ even more people—including many new UC graduates.” Horsley and his graduate students developed the sensor technology collaboratively with Bernhard Boser, a professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. Much of the work took place at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, which conducts industry-relevant, interdisciplinary research on micro- and nano-scale sensors.
“PART OF THE UC DAVIS MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY.” – DAVID HORSLEY
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James and Penelope Shackelford
THE GLASS OF By Aditi Risbud Bartl
ON A BLIND DATE MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO, Penelope and James Shackelford hopped into a friend’s Cessna airplane to visit the Italian Swiss Colony Winery in Asti, CA. At the time, they were more focused on the plane ride than the wine, but the trip turned out to be prophetic in more ways than one. A marriage eventually followed that blind date, and the Shackelfords moved to Davis in 1973, when James started as an assistant professor in the UC Davis College of Engineering and Penelope began work as a curator and gallery owner in Davis. She later became an arts writer reviewing local exhibits and an art critic for the Davis Enterprise. James, now a distinguished professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, focused his research on glass, in particular understanding how gas atoms permeate glass and what causes glass to crystallize. A beloved professor, he has taught Engineering 45 (Properties of Materials) to thousands of engineering undergraduate students. He received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Ceramic Society in 1996 and a Distinguished Teaching Award from the UC Davis Academic Senate in 2003. The couple’s complementary expertise and shared pastime of wine touring was the inspiration for a new book, The Glass of Wine: The Science, Technology and Art of Glassware for Transporting and Enjoying Wine. Despite its ubiquity in our buildings, cars and even cellphones, “People don’t think about what a central role glass has in our lives,” Penelope said. “You literally look right through it.” In their book, the Shackelfords discuss the historical, technical and aesthetic reasons glass is the “vessel of choice” for holding, storing and consuming wine. They also discuss the long-standing traditions informing the shapes and sizes of wine bottles and wine glasses and demystify the selection of the “right glass” for red versus white varietals, as well as sparkling and dessert wines. “We’ve been to wineries all over the world, from Europe to South America and now China,” James said. “There’s a real Davis connection in this book because it’s the epicenter of wine education in America. In our travels, when we would mention we were from UC Davis, doors would just open.”
WINE
UC Davis has played a central role in the history of winemaking in California. UC Davis’ Department of Viticulture and Enology, established in 1935 after the end of Prohibition, is the only one within the UC system as mandated by the state legislature in 1880, when UC Berkeley was the only UC. Today, UC Davis is a world leader in the scientific disciplines that impact grape growing and winemaking.
Infusing clarity into a celebrated beverage In North America, 40 billion glass containers are made for beverages every year, which is 15 percent of the general beverage market. Unlike soft drinks and beer, which are now more commonly consumed in plastic bottles and aluminum cans, nearly 100 percent of wine is sold in glass. Unlike the crystals in your vase or a Swarovski bracelet, glass is an amorphous, or disordered, material at the atomic scale, which gives it very different properties than ordered materials such as metals. “Glass is an almost perfect surface for wine,” James said. “It’s transparent, so you can appreciate the color and clarity of a wine, and it doesn’t interact with the wine, which leaves the taste unaltered.” Glass bottles are also recycled easily. However, there is a sustainability issue at play: “The cost of transportation and energy footprint is large,” he said. “About a quarter of the energy goes into making the wine itself, but more than 50 percent goes into making the bottles and shipping them.” James notes that in the Champagne region in France, vintners are already taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint of champagne by reducing the thickness of their bottles. “Of course, you can only go so far with reducing the thickness with a pressurized beverage, but it shows what can be done to lower the carbon footprint dramatically.” As for their next adventure in authorship, the Shackelfords hope to tackle other popular beverage—such as sake, beer, or coffee. “We could call it ‘The Glass of Everything Else’,” said Penelope, laughing. The Glass of Wine: The Science, Technology and Art of Glassware for Transporting and Enjoying Wine, was published by John Wiley & Sons and the American Ceramic Society and is available online. E N G I N E E R I N G P R O G R E S S / S u m m e r 2 0 1 8 21
IN MEMORIAM:
John D. Kemper
By Aditi Risbud Bartl
JOHN D. KEMPER, FORMER DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, passed away on April 25 at age 93. Kemper was the second dean of the College of Engineering, a position he held from 1969 until 1983 during a period of growth and development for the campus and college. During his tenure as dean, the college doubled in size, from 1,040 to 2,110 students, and added new graduate and undergraduate programs, including computer science and aeronautical engineering. A mechanical engineer with significant experience in senior management positions, Kemper helped grow the college’s reputation for blending theory and practice and preparing students for their careers as working engineers. The John D. Kemper Hall of Engineering was named in his honor in 2003, and the plaque unveiled at the naming ceremony described him as “a man of strong convictions, kindness and efficiency.” Kemper’s path to UC Davis began with a stint at Lockheed Aircraft, followed by WWII service with the Army Air Corps. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and subsequently worked as a design engineer for Telecomputing Corporation, as a chief mechanical engineer at the H.A. Wagner Company and as vice president of engineering for the Marchant Division of SCM Corporation. He earned a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder before joining the UC Davis faculty in 1962. Active with the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Professional Engineers, he served as a member of the Executive Committee of ASEE’s Engineering Deans’ Council and was also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Kemper served as chairman of the Panel on Graduate Study of the Committee on Education and Utilization of the Engineer of the National Research Council. His passion for engineering education translated into a popular textbook called Engineers and their Profession. A copy of this book can be found in the glass display case in the lobby of Kemper Hall. After his retirement in 1991, Kemper was equally prolific. As an active member of the Yolo Audubon Society—he served as its president for a time—he published several books about birding and wildflowers. Kemper is survived by his daughter Kathy Mattson, a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren.
“I was very fortunate to visit with John at his home in Medford in 2016. He was so gracious and talked about how he treasured his time at UC Davis and how much he loved our college.” – Jennifer Sinclair Curtis Dean, College of Engineering
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IN MEMORIAM:
Professor Emeritus Bruce White By College of Engineering Staff
PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND FORMER DEAN BRUCE R. WHITE, a pioneer in environmental wind engineering who saved the San Francisco Giants from a design disaster at AT&T Park, died April 25 after a brief illness. He was 69. “Bruce White has been a part of the UC Davis College of Engineering family for 43 years—during this time, he served us all as a colleague, teacher, leader, advisor, researcher, friend, mentor and fearless problem-solver. In his humble way, he touched all of the communities of our university, and helped many, many people achieve their dreams and goals,” said Stephen K. Robinson, chair of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering. “Those of us who worked with Bruce will always be inspired by his high personal standards, his generosity and selfless ways, and his positive outlook even in the most challenging of times. We cherish him and will remember him always.” White earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University in Ames in 1974. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering and mechanics from the University of Minnesota in 1971 and 1972, respectively. He began his career at UC Davis in 1975 as a faculty member in what was then the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. White was nationally recognized for his wind studies, especially his work for the Giants in the mid-1990s as the team prepared to build Pacific Bell Park (now known as AT&T Park). Based on wind-tunnel research with a 1/50th scale model of the park and its downtown surroundings, he convinced the Giants to pivot Pac Bell 90 degrees—with the grandstand facing the bay—lest the ballpark take the brunt of winds like those that plagued Candlestick Park farther south where the Giants had played since 1960. Talking about the new ballpark in a UC Davis Magazine article, White said: “The edges of the upper decks could still be a bit windy, but the entire area between first and third base around home plate will be quite nice.” His wind-tunnel studies also helped inform projects such as NASA’s Mars missions and the management of wind-blown dust pollution from the long-dried-up Owens Lake in Southern California. In 2002, he co-founded the California Wind Energy Collaborative, which brought together engineers, industry, utilities, government officials and environmentalists to develop California wind energy infrastructure and resources. In addition to his role as a nationally recognized wind-tunnel researcher, White held several key leadership positions both at the university level and within the college. He served as vice provost for academic personnel at UC Davis, and served as both interim dean and dean of the college, holding the latter position for a two-year term that ended in January 2011. He retired in 2011, but later returned to serve as executive associate dean for the college until December 2016. In his role as executive associate dean, White led the Engineering Translational Technology Center to help technology startups, based on intellectual property. Colleagues, students and friends remember White for his passion for teaching and engineering, his willingness to work with others and for his love of ice hockey. White is survived by his wife, Lynn Daum White, sons Aaron and Adam, and stepchildren Alana and Joseph.
Bruce R. White, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor emeritus at UC Davis, former dean and longtime friend of the UC Davis College of Engineering, died April 25 after a brief illness. Photo: UC Davis
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FACULTY RECOGNITION Our college is pleased to honor the following faculty who received major national and international awards, fellowships, and appointments, as well as the most prestigious college and university awards from September 1, 2017 – August 15, 2018. Biological and Agricultural Engineering ■■
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Izzat M. “Ed” Idriss – Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2018 George W. Housner Medal
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Vivek Srinivasan – UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow
Julie Sutcliffe – Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Fellow
Jennifer Curtis – American Society for Engineering Education, Thomas and Donna Edgar Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Education
Amit Kanvinde – American Society of Civil Engineers State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award
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Yong Jae Lee – U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation CAREER Award
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Norman Matloff – Ziegel Prize Winner in Technometrics, Best Book Reviewed
Jerry Woodall – American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Katerina Ziotopoulou – Greek International Woman Award, Science
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S. Felix Wu – Tunghai University 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award
Jay Lund – National Academy of Engineering Election
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Norman Abrahamson – National Academy of Engineering Election
Sharon Aviran – UC Davis Hellman
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Nelson Max – Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Academy Election
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Zhongli Pan – Chinese Government Friendship Award, Institute of Food Technologists 2018 Research and Development Award
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THANK YOU
Thanks to the generosity of many College of Engineering supporters, in fiscal year 2017-18 the college raised over $13.5 million in gifts and grants from alumni, businesses, foundations and friends. Gifts supported faculty research and teaching, undergraduate scholarships, graduate student awards, facilities and equipment needs. Pledges are acknowledged in the year the original pledge is made. $500,000 and above Chevron Corporation Richard C. and Joy M. Dorf DMG Mori Hyundai La Marzocco John and Gina Wasson $100,000 - $499,999 Anonymous Behmor Inc. Energetics Inc. Karl Gerdes, Ph.D. and Pamela Rohrich, D.V.M. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Intel Corporation Josuma Coffee Company Scott Maxwell Nufront Mobile Multimedia Technology Co. Ltd. Yvette and Wesley Powell Shih-Ping Wang and Shih-Yuan Wang Partnership Texas Instruments Inc. Jerry Woodall, Ph.D. and Nancy Bulger, Ph.D. $50,000 - $99,999 Adobe Systems Inc. Analog Devices Inc. Asahi Kasei Corporation Carpet America Recovery Effort Cisco Systems Incorporated Ford Motor Company Mark and Margaret Garibaldi Google Keysight Technologies MACOM Qualcomm Inc. Robert Bosch LLC SETARAM Instrumentation Yayoi Takamura and Jeffrey Erhardt Toddy, LLC John Weinberg $25,000 - $49,999 AdEdge Water Technologies, LLC Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. Edison International L3 Communications Lam Research Foundation Lyft, Inc. Mozilla Pacific Gas & Electric Company Phillips 66 Redpine Signals, Inc. Subhash Risbud, Ph.D. and Smita Risbud Tencent America, LLC Bruce and Marie West $10,000 - $24,999 Activision Publishing, Inc. Boeing Company Ross Boulanger, Ph.D. and Joyce Boulanger George & Ruth Bradford Foundation Barbara Burrall, M.D. and Steven Burrall, M.D. Califia Farms, LLC
ConeTec Education Foundation, held at Vancouver Foundation Rebecca and Bruce Conrad CTU Precast General Electric Foundation GeoSyntec Consultants Mohammed Ghausi, Ph.D. and Marilyn Ghausi Kathleen and Paul Hart Jena and Michael King Foundation Joseph Beggs Foundation for Kinematics Jeanette and Kevin Kennedy Family of Niels C. Legallet Jok and Kirsten Legallet Joseph Lin, Ph.D. John Maroney and Sarah Bryan Maroney Mars Incorporated Nakatani Foundation Nomad Bioscience GMBH Northrop Grumman Earl and Suzette Rennison Harrold Rust III and Margaret Rust Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, Ph.D. and Martinus Sarigul-Klijn Seoho Electric Co Ltd. Scott and Virginia Stedman Trust Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley $5,000 - $9,999 Alland Chee and Sanda LuiChee Randall Cobb Kenton Day, Ph.D. Robert and Dorothy Doss Susan Ellis and Mark Linton Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. Genentech, Inc. Gibson Group Management Inc. Thomas Gordon, Ph.D. Layton and Melinda Han Jon and Bette Legallet Neville Luhmann, Jr., Ph.D. and Janet Luhmann, Ph.D. William and Frances Porter SAGE Engineers, Inc. Specialty Coffee Association of America Vancouver Geotechnical Society Dharma Wijewickreme, Ph.D. $1,000 - $4,999 Warren Abey Brian Andersen, Jr. and Kristen Andersen Jon and Andrea Archer Mary Vanderpan Edward Bachand Roderick Bacon Bayer Health Care Beckman Coulter Foundation Beko US, Inc. Arthur Bliss Blue Origin LLC Rich Bonderson III and Anne Bonderson Andrew and Joanne Botka Don Brush, Ph.D. and Mary Brush
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Diane Bryant Michelle and Kenneth Bryden Timothy and Mary Louise Bucher Howard and Janine Bush CalGeo California Push Technologies, Inc. Daniel Campbell Chih-Kang Chen, Ph.D. Jeff and Dianne Child Michael and RenĂŠe Child Henry Chu, Ph.D. and Rita Woon-Chu Richard and Kitty Chuang Michael and Jody Coffey Cognizant Technology Solutions Thomas Collins, Ph.D. and Susan Collins Kenneth Culver Robert and Shirley Davis Thomas and Alejandra Elam Augustine Esogbue Factory Mutual Global Foundation Pamela J. Fair and Glen J. Sullivan Farrell Design-Build Companies, Inc. Linda Finley Fugro USA Land, Inc. Frank Galli III, M.D. and Lisa Galli GEI Consultants Geopentech, Inc. Bruce and Noretta Gilbert Frank and Mary Gill John Goss, Ph.D. and Patricia Goss Carl and Donna Gowan Graniterock Griffin Soil Group John Guzman Gary Hackney and Natalie Poole Lucinda Hall and Steven Wilcox, P.E. James and Cynthia Hallenbeck Elizabeth and Michael Helmer Patrick Henderson and Mary McNamara Steven Henry and Connie Diehl Leonard Herrmann, Ph.D. and Marilyn Herrmann Frederick and Stella Hoffman Saif Islam, Ph.D. and Hasina Mamtaz Alan Jackman, Ph.D. and Jean Jackman JAFEC USA, Inc. Maxim and Sylvia Jovanovich John Kemper, Ph.D. Abraham Kezirian Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. Joel Koshy, Ph.D. Dieter Lamprecht Jens Legallet Mary Legallet Robert and Mary Legallet John and Leslie Lindbo Lockheed Martin Foundation Lindsay and Trevor Longman Patrick and Sally Lucia Jeffrey Lund and Rashmi Garde
Kathleen Mattson Earl McCune, Ph.D. and Barbara McCune Benjamin McCoy, Ph.D. and Edna McCoy Karen McDonald, Ph.D. and Steven McDonald, Ph.D. Mara and Don Melandry Raymond Merala and Laura Perani Dennis Metaxas Micron Technology Foundation, Inc. John Mills and Corrine McCorkle-Mills Courtney and Craig Mizutani Mott MacDonald Pascal Nespeca, Ph.D. Nancy and Kenneth Nittler Jeanine and Ted Odell David Perrizo Susan Richardson, Ph.D. and Richard Noble, Ph.D. Robert T. Friedman Family Foundation Stephen Robinson, Ph.D. Russel and Diane Rudden Holly Runyon and Faris Yamini Mary Serra and Frederick Hsu Clay Serrahn and Karen Mendonca James Shackelford, Ph.D. and Penelope Shackelford Anthony and Jennifer Silveira Vincent, Maricel and Justin Sin Eileen and Rob Tobias Kathryn Tolin and Bruce Bailey Andrew Towarnicky Peter Tsai Brian Underwood and Carol Blacutt-Underwood Union Pacific Railroad Cornelis Van Dam, Ph.D. and Rebecca Van Dam W R Grace & Co Xinbo Wang Mary and Andrew Werback David and Barbara Wilbur Lana Wilson Charles Wright Yin Yeh, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Yeh Venetia Young Jing Zhang, Ph.D. and Keyao Zhu, Ph.D. Catherine Zordell and Ruben Guilloty $500 - $999 Keith Abey Aerojet Alan Kropp & Associates, Inc. Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure American Society of Civil Engineers Arup Ted and Lorine Bakowsky Belden CDT Alayne Bolster Marie Bowers Richard and Claire Bradley Michael Brooks, M.D. and Victoria Brooks Patrick and Carol Burke
Jerry Buysse, Ph.D. Alex Chan Cornerstone Earth Group Cotton, Shires, & Associates, Inc. Siddhika Cowlagi Earth Mechanics, Inc. Becky Eberly Dan Eddleman George and Jill Engelmann Engeo Incorporated David and Christine Erickson ExxonMobil Foundation April Fallon Steven Fong Emily and Bryce Fowler Isaac Fox James Fridley and Elaine Scott, Ph.D. Alexander Friedman, D.Engr. and Judith Friedman Paul Fronberg, Ph.D. Geotechnical Resources, Inc. Kenneth Harris, Ph.D. and Yuriko Shichishima Hayward Baker Inc. Ellen Heian, Ph.D. and John Stimson Son and Colette Ho Myron and Sharna Hoffman Brian Horsfield, D.Engr. and Louanne Horsfield Bing and Mae Hui Daniel Hunchard Izzat Idriss, Ph.D. and Mimi Idriss Ruth and Garry Knipe John Lilygren, Jr. Christopher Locke and Christy Locke, Pharm.D. LYDY International Corporation Shawn Malone Michael and Gwen Marelli Richard and Donna Matthews Steven Nakashima Ko Nee, Ph.D. Terry and Shirley Ota Janine and Russell Peery Terry and Eileen Riener Rockridge Geotechnical Inc. Angela Rodriguez John Roehling, Ph.D. and Tien Roehling Sandia National Laboratories Melinda Seevers David Shonnard, Ph.D. and Gisela Shonnard, Ph.D. Andrew Simanek Caryn and David Slane Lawrence Sokolsky and Denise Ellestad Howard Stone, Ph.D. and Valerie Stone Jon Struck Sutro Biopharma Christine and Curtis Swanson Jonathan Thurston Karen and Robert Tokashiki Bonnie and Arthur Toy U.S. Terrain Park Council, Inc. Maria Vigil and William Galcher Winton Wong Kevin Yen Zachary Zoller
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