The Coffee Center at the University of California, Davis, officially opened Friday, May 3. The Coffee Center is a center of excellence in the UC Davis College of Engineering and the first academic research and teaching facility in the U.S. entirely dedicated to the study of coffee.
Thanks to generous donations from alumni, friends and Chevron during this year’s UC Davis Give Day, the Department of Chemical Engineering was able to purchase two rheometers from Anton Parr to enhance undergraduate lab classes and expand graduate student research capabilities.
Rheometers measure the way a liquid, suspension or slurry flows in response to applied forces, which helps students learn and conduct research in rheology, fluid dynamics and transport.
The UC Davis Coffee Center, started in the chemical engineering department by professor Bill Ristenpart, is proud to announce a recent $500,000 gift from Folgers Coffee.
The Folgers Analytical Chemistry Lab will provide the first university infrastructure in the nation to address the unresolved questions around how certain molecules naturally present in coffee affect the final flavor profile of this beloved beverage.
Endowed professorships and chairs are both an important way to help faculty research groups to flourish and a mark of profound generosity from donors to the Department of Chemical Engineering.
It’s normal for students to feel financial relief thanks to scholarship support from UC Davis donors – but for Robin Nguyen ’19, the Alan Jackman Scholarship offered a lifeline during the most difficult time in his life.
