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Don Turcotte, professor emeritus, tectonics pioneer, dies at 92

Don Turcotte, the former Maxwell Upson Professor of Engineering in the Department of Geological Sciences who brought his aeronautic research roots into pioneering collaborations in the study of mantle dynamics and plate tectonics, died Feb. 4 in Davis, California.
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Smith School named top master’s program

Master’s in AI has ranked the R.F. Smith School’s M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering with a focus on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence as the #1 Best On-Campus Master’s in Data Science for AI or Machine Learning.
Coso Strong awarded engineering education honor

Alexandra Coso Strong, associate professor, has been awarded the 2025 Women in Engineering ProActive Network Leader in Engineering Education Award for creating new methods or approaches to enhance engineering education. WEPAN Awards honor key individuals, programs, and organizations for accomplishments…
McMahon selected for 2025 Lomb Medal

Peter McMahon, associate professor, was selected as the 2025 recipient of Optica’s Adolph Lomb Medal. He was honored for demonstrating new forms of optical-physics-based computing machines that might one day surpass the standard digital-electronic von Neumann computers. “I’m very grateful…
Kusse, Wise approved for emeritus status

Bruce R. Kusse, professor emeritus, and Frank Wise, Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering Emeritus, were approved for emeritus status effective January 1, 2025.
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