{"id":2536,"date":"2025-08-14T14:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/?page_id=2536"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:24:43","slug":"photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/research\/photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2536\" class=\"elementor elementor-2536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e59d74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e59d74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/IMG_0278.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/IMG_0278.jpg 640w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/IMG_0278-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2718'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Mariam Diab cutting mycelium-based brick samples (Spring 2026)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9997-e1775071432663.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9997-e1775071432663.jpeg 635w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9997-e1775071432663-300x185.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2727'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) VLS and graduate student researchers Vaishnavi Kulkarni and Maya Rohrer working in the lab (Winter 2026)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9828.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9828.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9828-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2726'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researchers Dharyl Ong Licudine and Simran Chawla working on the first exploratory batch of bioremediation experiments (Winter 2026)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9789.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9789.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9789-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2725'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Dharyl Ong Licudine in front of the growth chamber that will be used for the bioremediation experiments (Winter 2026)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9089.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9089.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/04\/IMG_9089-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2724'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Graduate student research Vaishnavi Kulkarni, research scientist Cierra Mae Venzon and VLS in front of the testing machine (Fall 2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/08\/group_photo2025_cropped-e1755207941544.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2492\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2492'>\n\t\t\t\tTesting samples for the Mykos project. From left, clockwise: student researcher Mostafa Hashem, Prof. Christina Cogdell, student researcher Brandon Yee, VLS, student researchers Kuval Bora, Angel Magana Cuevas, Vaishnavi Kulkarni (Spring 2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/05\/IMG_6022-1-scaled-e1755207969789.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2446\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2446'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researchers Vaishnavi Kulkarni and Changxin Shao plus VLS testing a mycelium sample prepared by 2025 Biodesign students (class taught by Prof. Christina Cogdell), May 2025.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/03\/IMG_8197-scaled-e1755208021202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2405\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2405'>\n\t\t\t\tVLS and Solomon Belette, CEO and Founder of US Africa Initiatives, at the 2025 UC Davis Global Affairs Reception\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/03\/626f86fd-0e44-4870-bd34-9242b9b49d8d-e1755208000609.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2410\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2410'>\n\t\t\t\tVLS and Prof. Christina Cogdell (Dept. of Design) at the 2025 UC Davis Global Affairs Reception\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/11\/IMG_1167-scaled-e1755208048111.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2313\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2313'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Ephraim Aung, Fall 2024.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/11\/IMG_1135-1-scaled-e1755208068511.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2304\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2304'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Supphakrit &#8220;Pun&#8221; Daorueng, Fall 2024.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/11\/IMG_1124-2-scaled-e1755208057575.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2305\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2305'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Supphakrit &#8220;Pun&#8221; Daorueng working on the custom-made rotor test stand for the sustainable wind turbine blade project, Fall 2024.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/11\/IMG_1154-scaled-e1755208036676.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2314\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2314'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Ephraim Aung working on the custom-made rotor test stand for the sustainable wind turbine blade project, Fall 2024.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/IMG_3821-scaled-e1755208187445.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2203\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2203'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researchers Shivani Torres-Lal, Rishi Donapati, Ephraim Aung, Alexis &#8220;Lexie&#8221; Vlavianos and Monta Vista high-school student Damon Lee, preparing biodegradable glue for sandwich mycelium composites, in Summer 2024.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/use_Lyka-e1755208112615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2221\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2221'>\n\t\t\t\tUCD Young Scholars Program awardee Lyka Raymundo working on her project, Summer 2024. Photo by TJ Ushing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/use_Lyka-2-e1755208122348.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2220\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2220'>\n\t\t\t\tUCD Young Scholars Program awardee Lyka Raymundo working on her project, Summer 2024. Photo by TJ Ushing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/use_Damon-3-e1755208131987.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2219\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2219'>\n\t\t\t\tYoung Scholars Program awardee Damon Lee working on his project, Summer 2024. Photo by TJ Ushing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/use_Damon-2-e1755208143548.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2218\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2218'>\n\t\t\t\tYoung Scholars Program awardee Damon Lee working on his project, Summer 2024. Photo by TJ Ushing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/rishi-scaled-e1755208163784.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2214\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2214'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student research Rishi Donapati working on test-stand for cantilever beam, Spring 2024 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/jassan-scaled-e1755208178248.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2213\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2213'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student research Jassan Gill working on test-stand for cantilever beam, Spring 2024 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/trevor-scaled-e1755208155732.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2215\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2215'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student research Trevor Ottoson working on test-stand for cantilever beam, Spring 2024 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/Jassan_Simran-scaled-e1755208234303.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2201\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2201'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researchers Jassan Gill (left) and Simran Chawla, harvesting fava beans at UC Davis plot, in Spring 2024. The biomass is used to grow mycelium composites.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/07\/IMG_9932-scaled-e1755208277209.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1880\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1880'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Zeyyad Borham after tagging mycelium composite samples for compression testing, July 2023.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1653\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p1-1-2048x1322.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2712'>\n\t\t\t\tArticle in the Fall 2023 UC Davis Alumni magazine\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1982\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-scaled.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/03\/The_edge_of_energy_Fall2023_lowres_p2-1-1586x2048.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1982px) 100vw, 1982px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2713'>\n\t\t\t\tBack cover of the Fall 2023 UC Davis alumni magazine\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/08\/Bhavya_Mamnani_photo-scaled-e1755208267722.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1889\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1889'>\n\t\t\t\tMira Loma High-school Summer 2023 intern Bhavya Mamnani holding a sample of biodegradable glue in front of the prototype bamboo\/mycelium wind turbine blade, June 2023.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1052\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/05\/IMG_9166_lowres-scaled-e1755208321459.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1752\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1752'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researchers Nick Gallo and Dominic Soufl, research engineer Shuhao Wan, undergraduate student researcher Fernando Hernandez Sanchez, and VLS, showing the mycelium\/bamboo wind turbine blade project at the inauguration of the Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center, May 2023\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1766\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-1024x706.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-1536x1059.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_8596-2048x1413.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1681'>\n\t\t\t\tMarch 2023: building a biodegradable  mycelium\/bamboo wind turbine blade, to replace the non biodegradable reinforced plastic blades of a commercial 400 W turbine. From left to right: Dominic Soufl, Shuhao Wan, Nicholas Gallo, Connor Prescott, Fernando Hernandez Sanchez. Shuhao Wan is a research engineer, the other people are undergraduate student researchers.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/IMG_9003-scaled-e1755208332425.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1721\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1721'>\n\t\t\t\t(April 2023) From left: undergraduate student researchers Fernando Hernandez Sanchez and Nicholas Gallo and research engineer Shuhao Wan, in front of the UCD field where VLS planted cover crop by hand in late Fall 2022. The cover crop is harvested and eaten, and the stalks are used as the nitrogen-rich food for mycelium. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/05\/IMG_9179_lowres-scaled-e1755208308188.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1753\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1753'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researcher Nick Gallo, research engineer Shuhao Wan, undergraduate student researchers Fernando Hernandez Sanchez and Shivani Torres-Lal, ready to harvest fava beans to be used as farm-to-table-to-lab (mycelium) research, May 2023 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/05\/IMG_9188_lowres-scaled-e1755208288380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1755\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1755'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Shivani Torres-Lal while harvesting fava beans, May 2023\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/05\/IMG_9185_lowres-scaled-e1755208299557.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1754\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1754'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Fernando Hernandez Sanchez, Shuhao Wan and Nick Gallo in the midst of fava bean harvesting, May 2023\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/LaSaponara_Shivani_working_with_biomass-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1685'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Shivani Torres-Lal preparing mycelium\/biomass sample for compressive tests (Winter 2023).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/04\/AlejandraRuiz-e1755208341987.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1705\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1705'>\n\t\t\t\tMaster of Fine Arts student Alejandra Ruiz (Dept. of Design) holding samples made with textile waste (Winter 2023).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/11\/IMG_6863-2048x1333.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1575'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Research engineer Shuhao Wan, undergraduate student researcher Faress Zwain and Ph.D. student Shree Nagarkar testing polymer devices for women&#8217;s health, Fall 2022\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1749\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-1024x700.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-768x525.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-1536x1050.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6175-2048x1399.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1479'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student Eva Zhou, Ph.D. student Shree Nagarkar, research engineers Shuhao Wan and Alex Weinstein testing strain gauges and sandwich composites, Summer 2022\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6115_test061422-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1397'>\n\t\t\t\tFront: (left) Ph.D. student Shree Nagarkar and research engineer Shuhao Wan; (back left) Lt. Col. and Ph.D student Daniel Nelson, graduate student Early Cobb III. Summer 2022.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/Aidelen_Montoya2022-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1491'>\n\t\t\t\tUCD Graduate Studies-funded Summer research scholar Aidelen Montoya (CSU San Marcos) presenting her project at the end of the program, Summer 2022\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1768\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-1024x707.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-1536x1061.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/08\/IMG_6254-2048x1414.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1483'>\n\t\t\t\t(from left) Research engineers Alex Weinstein and Shuhao Wan, Ph.D. student Shree Nagarkar and UCD Graduate Studies Summer research scholar Aidelen Montoya (CSU San Marcos) after the preparation of mycelium\/bamboo\/biomass samples, Summer 2022\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/IMG_6130-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1404'>\n\t\t\t\tM.S. student David Guinn after testing a 3D-printed composite sample under impact (Summer 2022). \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/03\/4BD12FC1-47E0-4ED4-86BA-C2335DDB6E05_1_102_o-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1335'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Shuhao Wan (left) and research engineer Alex Weinstein tested mycelium sandwich composites under impact (Winter 2022).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2102\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-1536x1261.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/04\/IMG_5217-2048x1681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1373'>\n\t\t\t\t(Left) Research engineer Alex Weinstein (left) and undergraduate student researcher Shuhao Wan testing mycelium sandwich composites under bending (Spring 2022).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/67060DD0-240F-4B00-BE57-958D0D047E00_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/67060DD0-240F-4B00-BE57-958D0D047E00_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/67060DD0-240F-4B00-BE57-958D0D047E00_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/67060DD0-240F-4B00-BE57-958D0D047E00_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1268'>\n\t\t\t\tLt. Col. and Ph.D. student Daniel Nelson about to test 3D printed polymer with an embedded strain gauge (Fall 2021). \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/F86EEA2B-7EE0-47D1-9133-BD8A7D30D1F7_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/F86EEA2B-7EE0-47D1-9133-BD8A7D30D1F7_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/F86EEA2B-7EE0-47D1-9133-BD8A7D30D1F7_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/11\/F86EEA2B-7EE0-47D1-9133-BD8A7D30D1F7_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1269'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) Undergraduate student researcher Kyle Jung, Lt. Col. and Ph.D. student Daniel Nelson, undergraduate student researcher Alex Weinstein discussing the LabView code collecting data from a 3D printed polymer under bending (Fall 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2158\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-300x253.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-1024x863.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-768x647.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-1536x1295.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/10\/IMG_3547-2048x1726.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1219'>\n\t\t\t\tGraduate student Samira Iqbal acquiring Electrical Resistance Tomography data from a sample tested under UV-C radiation (Fall 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1976\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-1024x790.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-768x593.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-1536x1185.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3071-2048x1580.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1186'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Nick Loftus cutting samples for the project funded by UC Davis  The Green Initiative Fund (from Summer 2021). Nick is also an employee of UC Davis Craft Center.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2445\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-300x287.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-1024x978.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-768x733.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-1536x1467.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_KyleJung_AlexWeinstein_NickLoftus_EarlyCobbIII_testing_2021_TGIF-2048x1956.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1180'>\n\t\t\t\tLeft to right: undergraduate student researchers Kyle Jung, Alex Weinstein and Nick Loftus and graduate student Early Cobb III are being trained in testing biomaterial samples, part of UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund project (Summer 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1711\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/IMG_3329-2048x1368.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1190'>\n\t\t\t\tBiologist Vanessa Salandez and undergraduate student researchers Alex Weinstein and Kyle Jung show three bags of biomaterials that were just autoclaved in the laboratory of collaborator Dr. Nitin Nitin (Bioagricultural Engineering\/Food Science and Technology). Project funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund (from Summer 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2289\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-300x268.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-1024x916.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-768x687.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-1536x1374.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo6_S21-84-2048x1831.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1188'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Alex Weinstein using the press loaned by collaborator Dr. Katia Vega (Department of Design), for the project funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund (Summer 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1853\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-1024x741.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-1536x1112.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/AlyssaRizzardo_KyleJung_TGIFsamples_2021-2048x1483.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1187'>\n\t\t\t\tLincoln High-school Summer 2021 intern Alyssa Rizzardo and undergraduate student researcher Kyle Jung preparing a sandwich sample (funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund). \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2438\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-300x286.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-1024x975.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-768x731.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-1536x1463.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/LtR_SantiagoMejia_AlexWeinstein_TGIFsamples_2021-2-2048x1950.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1176'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Santiago Mejia (left) and Alex Weinstein (right) made a sample with mycelium + biomass and plywood, for structural applications (project funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund, from Summer 2021).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2141\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-1024x856.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-768x642.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-1536x1285.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/HSNathanFanous_TGIFsample_2021-2048x1713.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1189'>\n\t\t\t\tDavis Senior High-School Summer 2021 intern Nathan Fanous preparing a sandwich panel (project funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2285\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-1024x914.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-1536x1371.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/photo2_S21-84_lowres_a-1-2048x1828.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1175'>\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduate student researcher Kyle Jung (left) and graduate student Early Cobb III (right) are preparing samples using a mold that was designed by Early and 3D-printed by Maj. Daniel Nelson at UC Davis Craft Center. The project is funded by UC Davis The Green Initiative Fund from Summer 2021.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/VLS_mask_nomask-2048x880-1-1536x660.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1044'>\n\t\t\t\tA happily vaccinated VLS, with and without mask, May 2021.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1399\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4630-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4630-2.jpg 1399w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4630-2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4630-2-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4630-2-768x613.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1399px) 100vw, 1399px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1068'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo, Spring 2019. From left to right, front row: VLS, Linda Wu, David Bartolo, Shreya Rastogi, Adriana Henriquez, Duha Bader. From left to right, back row: Dara Sobati, Jon Thomas, Austin Pastrnak, Max Fors. Not present: Sean Comick, Stephen Foster, Brett Hecker, Benjamin Chia.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/SeanComick_Photo-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1065'>\n\t\t\t\tSean Comick (2019)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Austin_Adriana_David_ESF2019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Austin_Adriana_David_ESF2019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Austin_Adriana_David_ESF2019-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1067'>\n\t\t\t\t(From left) M.S. student Austin Pastrnak, undergraduate students Adriana Henriquez and David Bartolo at the 2019 NASA Exploration Science Forum\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ESF2019.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ESF2019.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ESF2019-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ESF2019-768x594.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephenFoster-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1066'>\n\t\t\t\tStephen Foster (2018-2019)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_2568.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_2568.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_2568-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_2568-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1046'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left to right: Summer intern Ghufran Alkhamis (Stanford University), Matthew Gabel, Taner Dubie, Adriana Henriquez at Sacramento State University (2018)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_group_photo1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_group_photo1.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_group_photo1-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_group_photo1-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1051'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup picture, December 2017. From left to right, back row: VLS, Cari Pouchnik, Chris Chighizola, Austin Pastrnak, Jon Thomas, Kevin Li,  Ardalan Sofi, Manuel Cordova. Front row: Oliver Torrealba Aguilar, Adriana Henriquez, Shreya Rastogi. Not present: Pedro Garcia Carrillo, Matthew Gabel, Trent Storm and Ari Wargon.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/BrettBacharach-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1064'>\n\t\t\t\tBrett Bacharach (2017)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Chris_Spring2016.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Chris_Spring2016.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Chris_Spring2016-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Chris_Spring2016-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1048'>\n\t\t\t\tChris O\u2019 Keefe, Spring 2016.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1771\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/acres_photo-1-2048x1417.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1063'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup picture, Spring 2016. From left to right, front row: VLS, Dominique True, Cari Pouchnik, Adriana Henriquez, Milani Lyman, Ari Wargon, Travis Gildner. From left to right, back row: Andrew Westle, Kieran Wolk, Angelo Magliola, Chris O\u2019 Keefe, Danny Reid, Nico Marinkovich. Not present: Shreya Rastogi.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_7723-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1062'>\n\t\t\t\t(Left) Andrew Westle and Chris O\u2019 Keefe (2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6601-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1061'>\n\t\t\t\tBrian Pinto (2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_6599-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1060'>\n\t\t\t\tDayane Marques Oliveira (2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_5722-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1059'>\n\t\t\t\t(Front right) Miguel Duran at the National Research Center for Earthquake Engineering,  Taiwan (2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4485-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1058'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left to right: Robert Pires, Destiny Garcia, Alyssa \u201cNikki\u201d Yambao, Erik Quiroz (2014)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4389_Steve.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4389_Steve.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4389_Steve-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMG_4389_Steve-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1049'>\n\t\t\t\tSteven Kern (2014)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephanieZhu_2019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephanieZhu_2019.jpg 480w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/StephanieZhu_2019-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1057'>\n\t\t\t\tStephanie Zhu (2014\/2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2014.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2014.png 1200w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2014-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2014-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2014-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1052'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo, Fall 2014. From left to right, front row: Brian Pinto, Jose de Jesus \u201cChuz\u201d Ku-Herrera, Stephanie Zhu, Miguel Duran. From left to right, back row: VLS, Destiny Garcia, Szymon Furtak, Nico Marinkovich, Daniel Reid, Angelo Magliola.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2013.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2013.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2013-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/ACRES_Fall2013-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1050'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo, Fall 2013. From left to right: Steven Kern, Alyssa \u201cNikki\u201d Yambao, Robert Pires, VLS, Antonio Gomez, Erik Quiroz, Serena Ferraro.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Serena.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Serena.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Serena-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1056'>\n\t\t\t\tSerena Ferraro (2012-2014)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Siavash.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Siavash.png 1000w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Siavash-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Siavash-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1045'>\n\t\t\t\tSiavash Peiday Saheli (2012)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/IMAG1177-1152x2048.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1055'>\n\t\t\t\tCory Brandli (2010-2011)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1054'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo, Summer 2009. From left to right, front row: Luciana Arronche, Anais Farrugia, Yao, Charles Winkelmann, VLS, Dr. Wahyu Lestari. From left to right, back row: Bryan Loyola, Brent Simon, Sertan Yesil, Robert Ireland, Hong-Yue \u201cRay\u201d Tang.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/07\/Slide1-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1053'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo 2008. Left to right, front row: Yong Yin Chuah, Gordon Kwong, Samuel Kim, E. 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Left to right, back row: Brent Simon, Christie English, VLS, Bryan Loyola, Michael Kopriva.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Gallery Undergraduate student researcher Mariam Diab cutting mycelium-based brick samples (Spring 2026) (From left) VLS and graduate student researchers Vaishnavi Kulkarni and Maya Rohrer working in the lab (Winter 2026) (From left) Undergraduate student researchers Dharyl Ong Licudine and Simran Chawla working on the first exploratory batch of bioremediation experiments (Winter 2026) Undergraduate student [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2549,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2536"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2737,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2536\/revisions\/2737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lasaponara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}