UC Merced School of Engineering Industry Day
SAVE THE DATE | Friday April 16, 2027 @ 10:00am-1:00pm | Science & Engineering Bldg 2, Ste 102 (Activity Center)
Join Us! | Register Here (coming February 2027)
Overview | Recap of this past 2026 Research Week!
As part of UC Merced’s Research Week 2026, the School of Engineering is preparing an Industry Day (event flyer) to connect faculty researchers with industry partners through a curated showcase of cutting-edge research, innovation, and collaboration opportunities.
Program | Research Presentations
Below is a current roster of the research presentations, including faculty participation, lined up for Industry Day.
| Presenter Name | Faculty Lab Affiliation | Poster Title |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Hartzler | Ashlie Martini | Linking Tribological Mechanisms to Engineering Performance Through Integrated Experimental Methods |
|
Amir Kouravand |
Reza Ehsani | A Mobile Agrivoltaic System for Efficient Energy and Crop Production |
| Andrew Silverstein | Sarah Kurtz | Drone Applications in Agrivoltaics |
| Daria Bakalets, Taylor Fugere | Tea Lempiala | Innovation and Collaboration Practice Lab |
| Fan Zhao | Wan Du | Data-Driven Decision Making: Optimizing Outcomes Under System Uncertainty |
| Giacomo Lugano | Stefano Carpin | Tree Skeleton Visual Odometry |
| Han Meng | Dong Li | StrataCache: A Unified Hierarchical Memory Framework for Large Model Serving |
| Hossein Ashrafpour | Sarah Kurtz | Is there a Special Opportunity for Agrivoltaic Systems in California? |
|
Iman Ebrahimi |
Ricardo Pinto de Castro | Pack-Level Fast Charging Control of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Efficient Control Barrier Functions |
| Jannatul Ferdous Srabonee | Ahmed Sabbir Arif | AI for Accessibility |
| Joy Marie Mora, Ayon Karmakar | Abel Chuang | Study of Rheological Properties and Coating Processability of Complex Fluids |
| Kuntal Talit | Beth Nowadnick | TritonDFT: Empowering Materials Discovery with Multi-Agent Automation |
| Lavanya Dalin Annappa | Ahmed Sabbir Arif | AI for Inclusivity |
|
Maria Florencia Dotta Brugman |
Abel Chuang | Hydrogen Economy Enabled by Renewable Energy |
| Manvir Singh | Eric Cheng | Electric Vehicles and Power Electronics Lab |
| Marcos Zuzuarregui | Stefano Carpin | Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) in Precision Agricultural Applications |
| Nadiya Rowshan | Francesco Danzi | Physics-based Accelerated Design of Composite Structures |
| Niki Zamani | Spencer Castro | Acceptance of Training Across SAE Levels of Driving Automation |
| Nirvan Mehra | Kara McCloskey | Inducing Tip-Endothelial Cells from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells |
| Poonam Maurya | Wan Du | Metasurface-Enabled IoT Connectivity for Smart Agriculture |
| Rahul S Hoskeri | Hua Huang | Power Sensing Without Wires: Usage Monitoring Leveraging Sensing of Electromagnetic Fields: PULSE |
| Rui Filipe Castro Martins | Ricardo de Castro | Wood Waste Removal |
| Samuel Simoes | Francesco Danzi | Graph-Based Element Removal Method for Gradient-Based Topology Optimization |
| Shadi Salehian, Joy Marie Mora, Ayon Karmakar | Abel Chuang | Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Hydrocarbon-Based Pemion Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
| Shariful Islam | Sarah Kurtz | Understanding Heating Behaviour of Solar Cell under Partial Shade |
| Shivam Sahu | Francesco Danzi | Programmable Architected Materials: Predictive Control of Elastic, Thermal, and Wave Response |
| Sourabh Kumar | Ashlie Martini | Integrated Simulation Approaches for Tribology and Mechanochemical Processes |
| Teodoro Lima | Stefano Carpin | RIPEN: Robotic System for Autonomous Grape Berry Sampling in Vineyards |
| Utkarsh Srivastava | Francesco Danzi | Aeroelastic Tailoring for Climate-Efficient Next-gen Transport |
|
Weimin Qiu |
Meng Tang | Generative Model for Spatial Intelligence |
| Yuanlin Yang | Wan Du | Orc-RIS: Polarization‚ and Impedance‚ Adaptive Reconfigurable Surface for Robust LoRa Links |
| Zhibo Hou | Wan Du | Beyond Noisy-TVs: Noise-Robust Exploration Via Learning Progress Monitoring |
| Zoe Loh | Spencer Castro | The Divergence of Perceived Cognitive Workload and Performance |
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