Cement is responsible for 8 percent of the world's carbon emissions. Some building companies provide ways to mitigate those emissions to try to reach "net zero" projects, so that their impact is offset.
But what if the concrete itself could not only be created more...
Engineering

On Friday, the campus community will hold a remembrance to celebrate the life and contributions of bioengineering Professor Emeritus Ariel Escobar, who died in December.
He joined UC Merced in...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth.
An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by UC Merced civil and...

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

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

Here's a nifty use for AI: Turning photographs and other images into Cubist art.
A team of UC Merced researchers developed a project to do just that, using artificial intelligence to transform...

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...

Efosa Omorogieva, a third-year computer science and engineering major at UC Merced, spent her summer using data to help transform items such as stalks and husks leftover after harvest into usable...

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

As wildfires grow in intensity and frequency, it's vital that agencies and local stakeholders work together to rehabilitate and restore resilience to wildlands in California.
This finding is...



