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NSF Awards CCBM Center $5 Million to Continue STEM Research

October 27, 2021
UC Merced’s NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM) has been awarded an additional $5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its mission. In total, the NSF has invested $10 million in the center, an indicator of the importance of the Center’s work and...

Mechanical Engineering Students Come Up with Solution to Expensive Farm Problem

October 14, 2021
A team of engineering and computer science students from UC Merced invented a sensor-driven device dubbed "Sweet Steering," which fits over tractor trailer hitches and prevents crushing of sweet potatoes during harvesting. Watch: https://abc30.com/uc-merced-sweet-potatoes-potato-...

ME Ph.D. Student Jairo Viola Wins Outstanding Paper at IEEE First International Conference

October 1, 2021
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Jairo Viola won the Outstanding Paper award at the IEEE First International Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence (DTPI2021). Certificate at https://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/news/2021/congratulations-jairo-dtpi-2021-outstanding-paper-...

Jairo Viola and Derek Hollenbeck Named IEEE 2021 Conference on CCTA Best Student Paper Award Finalists

October 1, 2021
Jairo Viola and Derek Hollenbeck were named the IEEE 2021 Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) Best Student Paper Award finalist for the paper entitled “Fractional-Order Stochastic Extremum Seeking Control with Dithering Noise for Plasma Impedance Matching....

Northwestern Magazine Highlights Professor Ashlie Martini's Work to Get Humans to Mars

September 30, 2021
... (excerpt from article) Preventing Wear and Tear on Mars Rovers Before humans even set foot on Mars, they will already have a cache of Martian rocks and soil to study back on Earth, thanks to the Mars Perseverance rover, which landed on the planet in February. The rover’s caching...

West Coast Researchers Turn to Biochar in Fight Against Climate Change

September 30, 2021
Mechanical Engineering Professor Gerardo Diaz, Ph.D.,and his team, and Professor Rebecca Ryals, Ph.D., are turning agricultural by-products into a versatile substance known as biochar and studying the effects on climate change. Read more: https://abc7news.com/biochar-wildfires-...

USDA-funded Internship Program Introduced New Bobcats to Agriculture Research

September 20, 2021
Shortly before the fall semester kicked off in person, 11 students were wrapping up their first summer on campus as part of the FACTS summer bridge program. FACTS stands for San Joaquin Valley Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools and Science. The six-week summer course, funded by the United...

New AI Institute Expands UC Merced’s Smart, Sustainable Agriculture Effort

July 29, 2021
With a new $20 million federal grant, UC Merced becomes part of a multi-institutional research collaborative to develop artificial intelligence — or AI — solutions to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges related to water management, climate change and integration of new technology into...

ME faculty nominated for the secretary of ASME Technical Committee

June 30, 2021
Prof. Sachin Goyal was recently nominated for the secretary position of ASME Technical Committee on MSNDC. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has research interests in the areas of nonlinear dynamics of structures, controls and continuum mechanics with...

Strauss Foundation Winner, Recent Grad Works to Improve Wheelchair Accessibility

June 29, 2021
In July, Joseph Bello will present his findings for the prestigious Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship to United Spinal, the longstanding nonprofit dedicated to overcoming the stigma of disability and increasing inclusivity for wheelchair users. It has taken months of work to prepare, but...

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