by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
Earlier this year, Applied Mathematics Ph.D. student Kyle Wright traveled to Brisbane, Australia, to present his talk “Groundwater Modeling Using Gravity-Gradient Cartography” at the 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Kyle also presented...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 30, 2025 | Company News, F3 Highlight, News
By Alli Sweigard, VISTA F3 Communications Coordinator On September 17th, we hosted our first Field Day at the UC Merced Experimental Smart Farm. The event brought together the UC Merced community, industry partners, and farmers for a day focused on agricultural...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 10, 2025 | Company News, News
This summer, VISTA F3 student Ethan Vu joined the AgAID Undergraduate Research Internship, working with Professors Joshua Viers and Teamrat Ghezzehei on AI-Assisted Rapid AgTech Development. Ethan contributed to an Arduino-based STEM kit to teach middle schoolers...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 10, 2025 | Company News, News
“I’m grateful and humbled to be promoted to Full Professor at UC Merced. This journey has been shaped by amazing students, colleagues, and collaborators — and by the privilege of working in and for the San Joaquin Valley and California.” —Dr. Hestir As an...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 10, 2025 | Company News, News
We are excited to kick off the fall semester with all of you! As a community of students, faculty, staff, researchers, and partners, this fresh semester is a chance to come together, share ideas, and spark collaborations that strengthen the future of agriculture. From...