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Shuang Feng and Dilawer Ali recently won awards for their work.

Research into Electric Vehicles Earns Awards

August 10, 2023
Two of mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo de Castro 's Ph.D. students recently earned awards for their research on electric vehicles. Dilawer Ali, whose work centers on the electrification of tractors, won the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) award for the...
Ashlie Martini is the associate director for the Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry.

UC Merced Among Institutions Awarded $20 Million NSF Investment for Mechanical Chemistry

August 8, 2023
Understanding the atomic-scale mysteries of "crushing" chemistry is the goal of an expanding research center with a newly awarded $20 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Managed by Texas A&M University, NSF's Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry (CMCC)...

Students to Present Wide Array of Research at Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

August 1, 2023
UC Merced students will present research conducted over the summer at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The research presentations mark the end of the Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI), a nine-week program conducted and...
UC Merced electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming Hsuan-Yang

Paper on Online Object Tracking Earns Award 10 Years Later

July 27, 2023
UC Merced electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming Hsuan-Yang recently won an award for a paper he co-authored 10 years ago. Yang was awarded the Longuet-Higgins Prize at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' June Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern...
Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz and Professor Teenie Matlock at the dedication of Toloma Grove.

Matlock Retires After Stellar UC Career

July 25, 2023
In the early days of building UC Merced, founding faculty member Teenie Matlock took on lots of tasks that were well outside her job description. Over the years, she expanded her service to the campus and UC in many ways, from designing and developing courses and majors to co-authoring...
Data Science Challenge participants

Data Science Challenge offers Students Learning and Growth Opportunities

July 24, 2023
About 20 UC Merced students spent the past two weeks working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to see if they can solve a problem that could have a significant impact on cardiology. The annual Data Science Challenge (DSC), a two-week, full-time internship at LLNL, this year teamed...
Joslyn Conchas is one of 15 incoming students who were accepted into UC Merced’s inaugural San Joaquin Valley Prime+ B.S. to M.D. pathway that focuses on high school students who are committed to pursuing careers in medicine.

Fresno Native Takes Next Step to Becoming a Doctor

July 19, 2023
For Joslyn Conchas, becoming a physician wasn’t always the plan. “I wanted to be a veterinarian, but that was before I saw firsthand how impactful health disparities are within my community,” she said. Her grandfather was ill and she witnessed his struggles with the healthcare system while he was...
Participants from this year's physics workshop.

Students Learn from Experts in Electronic Structure at Physics Conference Hosted on Campus

July 18, 2023
Faculty members from the departments of Physics and Chemistry and Biochemistry recently co-hosted a conference that drew about 100 faculty members, researchers and students from around the country and around the world. Physics Professor David Strubbe and chemistry Professor Aurora Pribram-Jones...
Professor Kim, left, stands between a model of a megalodon jaw and the jaw of a great white shark in a scene from

Shark Week Highlights Researcher’s Megalodon Expertise

July 17, 2023
UC Merced 's resident expert on the nightmarishly massive megalodon will play a role in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a celebration of the toothy creatures at the top of the oceanic food chain. Professor Sora Kim will be featured in a show called “Jaws vs. The Meg,” in which she and other experts...

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