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Graduate Student Earns Fellowship to Study Fusion at Livermore Lab

April 16, 2025
UC Merced physics graduate student Sameen Yunus has been awarded a prestigious fellowship allowing her to spend the next three years working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, conducting experiments and simulations that could lead to faster fusion ignition. The UC-National Lab In-Residence...
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Experts to Provide Outlook of Upcoming Fire Season

April 10, 2025
What will California's fire season look like in 2025? A panel of UC Merced experts, joined by the founder of a public safety information nonprofit organization, will conduct an in-depth discussion of the risks, repercussions and forecasts, and what communities can do to be prepared. The Fire...
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Three Engineering Programs Ranked in Top 100 by U.S. News

April 8, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Engineering and its programs continue to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as demonstrated in the release today of its 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The R1 school advanced three spots in the latest Best Overall Engineering Schools rankings, inching closer to...
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Machine Learning Research Earns CAREER award

April 3, 2025
Electrical engineering and computer science Professor Pengfei Su has received a CAREER award for his research on cross-layer performance tuning to enhance deep learning model efficiency. He is the 41st researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)....
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Researchers Make the Case for Charging Cars During the Day

April 1, 2025
Many people with electric vehicles drive them to work during the day and then charge them overnight after returning home. But a simple reversal of that schedule could make it cheaper and easier to charge your electric car. That was the conclusion reached by a team of UC Merced researchers, who...
Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development Gillian Wilson

Wilson Among This Year’s AAAS Fellows, Recognized for Science and Outreach

March 27, 2025
Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development Gillian Wilson has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Being elected an AAAS...
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Consortium Looks to Expand Solar-Over-Canal Projects Statewide

March 24, 2025
The first solar-over-canal project in California, which started with research at UC Merced, has begun producing electricity. Plans are now in the works to expand the technology to other areas. A groundbreaking initiative led by faculty from seven top research universities aims to accelerate the...
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Computer Vision Researcher Honored for Work in AI

March 19, 2025
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the premier scientific society dedicated to advancing the understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines, has honored a UC Merced professor for his work in AI. Electrical...
Photo depicts electrical engineering Professor Eric Cheng at his desk at UC Merced.

Electric Vehicle Pioneer Starts Work at UC Merced

March 14, 2025
UC Merced's electrical engineering major only started a year ago. But it's already made some significant accomplishments and attracted researchers digging into exciting projects. One of them is Professor Eric Cheng, who has done groundbreaking work developing electric and autonomous vehicles, and...

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