UC Davis Coffee Center Opens (IMAGE) University of California - Davis Caption A May 3 ribbon cutting officially opens the UC Davis Coffee Center. From left: Peter Giuliano, executive director of the Coffee Science Foundation and chief research officer for the Specialty Coffee Association of America; Irwin Donis-González, associate professor of cooperative extension in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Chancellor Gary S. May; Laudia Anokye-Bempah, Ph.D. student in biological systems engineering; Coffee Center co-director and chemical engineering professor William Ristenpart; Dean of the College of Engineering Richard L. Corsi; Professor Tonya Kuhl, chair of the department of chemical engineering. Credit Adrianna Owens/UC Davis Usage Restrictions May be used with acknowledgement. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.