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Simple Chemical Treatment Makes Next-Gen Electronics More Reliable

August 19, 2025
A team of international researchers has discovered that a simple chemical treatment can enhance the strength and reliability of one of the world’s thinnest materials for use in future electronics. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates that treating monolayer molybdenum...

Baykara Lab and Collaborators Enhance Semiconducting 2D Material for Next-Generation Electronics

August 17, 2025
An atomic-resolution image of MoS2 acquired by Baykara Lab researchers, where bright dots represent individual sulfur atoms and a missing sulfur atom is highlighted by the dashed circle.   Thanks to their extremely small dimensions and attractive electronic properties, two-...

Incoming Bobcats ‘Grew Up’ with UC Merced

July 31, 2025
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. One could say UC Merced has always been part of incoming Bobcats Ella and Satchel Ortez’s lives. The twins’ father worked for the 10th UC campus when it opened, and they lived with the campus as their...

Muhammad Hassaan Ahmed receives the Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy Fellowship

July 16, 2025
Muhammad Hassaan Ahmed, a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy Fellowship, an honor awarded annually to the top UC Merced doctoral student conducting fundamental research in engineering with translational implications to health...

UC Merced GEM Fellow Seizes Summer Internship Opportunity

July 8, 2025
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Justus Nwoke was awarded a competitive fellowship from the National GEM Consortium, giving him the opportunity to intern at Lam Research Corporation this summer. Nwoke, who was born in Nigeria, has spent most of his adult life in Wichita Falls, Texas. He...

MAE Hiring for Assistant Professor of Teaching in Aerospace Engineering

June 30, 2025
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at the University of California, Merced invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Teaching position in Aerospace Engineering. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and educational innovation to...

UC Merced's Smart Farm Abuzz with Activity

June 25, 2025
At UC Merced's biggest lab, students work from before sunrise to well after dusk. They are operating the university's Experimental Smart Farm, 40 acres of dirt and plants, research and experiments. They study everything from pollinators to hydroponics, but there are more than just academic...

Project Envisioning Air Transport Between UC Campuses Earns Award

June 24, 2025
A simulation for a proposed air transport system among University of California campuses earned an award for a team of UC Merced students. Advised by mechanical engineering Professor Francesco Danzi, students Kyra Ruiz, Randy Serrano, Ana Hernandez, Samir Ahmed and Eduardo Miramontes competed...

Idea for Powering UC Merced Smart Farm a Winner in Solar Energy Contest

June 20, 2025
A UC Merced team competing in a U.S. Department of Energy contest won its division with a proposal to use floating solar panels to power the campus's Experimental Smart Farm. The Solar District Cup is a collegiate competition that challenges teams to design and model distributed energy systems for...

Championing the Transition to Clean Energy

June 11, 2025
Mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo Pinto de Castro has turned a penchant for systems-level thinking and a longtime love of cars into a climate-resilient research mission. From electric vehicles (EVs) traversing San Francisco's busiest streets to electric appliances such as induction...

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