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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...

Math Academies Provide Skills - and Fun - in a College Environment

August 9, 2023
Here's a challenge: Four weeks, five days a week and seven hours a day, you have to teach math to middle school students. During the summer. And you have to keep it interesting. The Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) has been doing just that for the past 18 years at several sites,...

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)...

UROC Summer Symposium (Slideshow)

August 3, 2023
Research conducted over the summer was on display at the 2023 UROC Summer Symposium. The research showcase marks the end of the Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI), a nine-week program conducted and hosted by UROC. This summer, over 160 undergraduate students worked alongside UC Merced...

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...

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 Students Get Firsthand Political Experience at California Legislature

July 28, 2023
After taking part in the UC Merced Center for Analytic Political Engagement 's inaugural legislative boot camp, students say they are better prepared to take on the first internships of their careers. The week-long session in Sacramento was led by former Assemblymember Adam Gray and political...

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...

CogSci Undergraduate Students Can Now Earn Honors for Research

July 26, 2023
Starting this fall, the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences is offering an honors program for undergraduate students. Each student who is majoring in cognitive science and enrolled in the program will conduct research for a year and produce an honors thesis before they get a bachelor...

Clovis Native Excited to Represent the Central Valley Playing for UC Merced Volleyball Team

July 25, 2023
UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. When Clovis native and lifelong volleyball player Morgan Wilson first began exploring her options to play at the collegiate level, her path was not clear. She had several out-of-...

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