by Alex Yanez | Dec 3, 2024 | Company News, News
Kang Yang, an F3 Innovate fellow, defended his PhD on optimizing water resource management through smart irrigation and groundwater recharge. Advised by Professor Wan Du, his work developed algorithms for energy-efficient data transmission and sensor node...
by Alex Yanez | Dec 2, 2024 | Company News, News
At the UC Regents meeting, Dr. Joshua Viers, UC Merced’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research, highlighted the AgAID Institute, a $20 million USDA-funded program. Viers emphasized AgAID’s mission to integrate AI into agriculture to address...
by Alex Yanez | Dec 1, 2024 | Company News, News
Professor Reza Ehsani has been named an inaugural recipient of the 2024 CITRIS Innovation Fellowship and AIC Awards. This program, launched in partnership with the Academic Innovation Catalyst (AIC), provides up to $200,000 over two years to help faculty commercialize...
by Alex Yanez | Nov 4, 2024 | Company News, News
On October 18, we hosted over 30 growers and farmers from Australia, the UK, and France at the Experimental Smart Farm, sharing our research for a sustainable, clean food system. Highlights included demos of robotic leaf sensing by Dr. Reza Ehsani, soil CO₂ flux...
by Alex Yanez | Nov 2, 2024 | Company News, News
A group of UC Merced students—Alexandro Pioquinto, Fernando Moncayo, Maria Enciso, Cody Gong, and Landon Fife—are working on a capstone project to create an innovative tool that easily pits jujubes. Advised by Professor Reza Ehsani, this team is supported by F3...