Computer Science and Engineering Students Compete Against Thousands in Hackathon
Three UC Merced computer science and engineering students will take on more than 5,000 other teams around the world at the IEEExtreme Hack-a-Thon on Oct. 21-22. The Hack-a-Thon is a 24-hour challenge in which teams will respond to one or more prompts to solve a problem by developing software,...
Apply Now for a Paid Summer Internship with Real Research Experience
The May 1 deadline is fast approaching for students to apply for the San Joaquin Valley Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools and Science (FACTS) bridge program, a paid summer research program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of...
Plan to Attend Innovate to Grow or Volunteer as a Judge
Now is the time to register to attend this year's Innovate to Grow (I2G) competition and see some of the 66 student engineering teams present their solutions to real-world engineering challenges. And if you would like to be a judge, organizers...
Engineer and Dentist Partner to Root Out Problems in Teeth
A trip to the dentist isn't something most people look forward to. But computer science and engineering Professor Shijia Pan found inspiration and a new collaborator at her dentist's office. Pan, Merced dentist Dr. Jun Ho Lee, and...
UC Merced Grad Programs See Uptick in U.S. News Rankings
Twelve of UC Merced's graduate programs and one of its schools are among the best in the country in the U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, according to results released March 29. "It is exciting to see that...
Celebrate National Engineers Week with the Nine UC Engineering Schools and Programs
Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951, National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology...
Largest Computing Organization Elevates Computer Vision Researcher
Engineering Professor Ming-Hsuan Yang has been elected one of the 71 new fellows recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ─ the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. The ACM Fellows program recognizes...
Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning
More than 40 student teams from the School of Engineering will show off the projects they've been designing and assembling for community partners — from data analysis and food processing to autonomous mobile robots and water-treatment...
Engineering Students Translate Math Curriculum, Build App to Help Early Learners
It's a scene familiar to many students: sitting at the kitchen table, utterly hopeless because they can't solve that tricky math problem. Many people can identify with that feeling and if it's not conquered, it can turn into what Chris...
OMRON Endowed Scholarship to Help Engineering Students in the Robotics Field
Many UC Merced students are first-generation college students, meaning they are the first in their families to pursue college degrees and the types of careers having a degree affords. UC Merced's strong relationships with industry partners plays a...