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ºÚÁÏ°Ù¿Æ Grad Honored by Society of Women Engineers

Annaliza Perez Torres has already accomplished plenty.

A 2019 graduate of ºÚÁϰٿÆ, Perez was named the School of Engineering's Outstanding Student in Materials Science and Engineering and earned Research Excellence recognition from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center.

Now Perez, an engineer with Lockheed Martin, has received a Rising Technical Contributor Award from the Society of Women Engineers.

Researchers Developing New Tools in Fight Against Methane Emissions

ºÚÁÏ°Ù¿Æ researchers are taking part in a comprehensive, multi-agency effort aimed at efficiently measuring and mitigating methane emissions.

IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory are leading the effort, which earned a  from the U.S. Department of Energy in December.

Projects That Solve Problems Win Awards at I2G

Helping diplomats navigate new cultures, removing mircroplastics from stormwater and automating raisin processing: These are some of the projects awarded winning scores at ºÚÁϰٿÆ's fall Innovate to Grow event.

Innovate to Grow, or I2G as it's known on campus, is a twice-a-year showcase for ºÚÁÏ°Ù¿Æ engineering and computer science students to demonstrate projects they have been developing.

Teams of students work to address challenges presented to them by clients, then present their results to judges who are experts from around California.

Program Helped Her Finish a Degree After 14 Years. Now She's Helping Others

It took Lilly Uvalle a few tries to complete her education at ºÚÁϰٿÆ.

Uvalle started her collegiate career in the fall of 2010 after graduating from Buhach Colony High School in Atwater.

"I did two years, my freshman and sophomore years," she said. "Then I withdrew. I tried coming back once in 2013 and withdrew again. Then I tried coming back in 2017."

Family obligations, mental health concerns and feeling overwhelmed by what it would take to get back to school got in the way. Then, in 2022, something changed.

Former President Carter Inspired Many During Visit to ºÚÁϰٿÆ

In 2010, former President Jimmy Carter made his way to a young University of California, Merced campus to accept the Spendlove Prize in social justice, diplomacy and tolerance and to speak to the National Parks Institute.

"This is an honor for me," the president said, according to news accounts of the event. "The fact is human rights should encompass all those things, the basic freedoms that we cherish because of our constitutional commitments and the right of people to live a decent life."

Innovate to Grow Highlights Engineering, Software Capstone Projects

Innovate to Grow, or I2G as it’s known on campus, is a twice-a-year showcase for ºÚÁÏ°Ù¿Æ engineering and computer science students demonstrating projects they have been developing.

Students compete on teams that are judged by experts from around California. People can see the fall showcase Dec. 19, when teams display the results of their work.

These capstone projects are the culmination of students’ undergraduate careers, but the impacts are far more than academic: Teams work together to tackle real-world problems brought to them by clients.

High School Student Part of AI Art Project at ºÚÁϰٿÆ

Here's a nifty use for AI: Turning photographs and other images into Cubist art.

A team of ºÚÁÏ°Ù¿Æ researchers developed a project to do just that, using artificial intelligence to transform images into the style of art created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque that reduces and fractures objects into geometric forms.

One of those researchers, Edric Chan, is still in high school.

Grant Funds Research into Fungal Structures

Mushrooms are pretty amazing. They are light and porous yet have a high strength-to-weight ratio. They are absorbent. They can serve as filters.

Manufacturing a material that mimics mushrooms and other fungal structures could provide opportunities in any number of areas, ranging from aerospace engineering to clothing production.

A Major Step Forward for ºÚÁϰٿÆ's Agricultural Experiment Station

The first four faculty members named to ºÚÁϰٿÆ's Agricultural Experiment Station look to make a big impact on farming in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.