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F3 Innovate Fellow Kang Yang Defends PhD on Smart Irrigation

F3 Innovate Fellow Kang Yang Defends PhD on Smart Irrigation

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...
UC Regents Highlight AI’s Role in Advancing Agriculture

UC Regents Highlight AI’s Role in Advancing Agriculture

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...
UC Merced Professor Honored with 2024 CITRIS Innovation Fellowship

UC Merced Professor Honored with 2024 CITRIS Innovation Fellowship

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...
Forging Paths to Technology Careers: Highlights from UC Merced’s Latest ¡Valle! Workshop

Forging Paths to Technology Careers: Highlights from UC Merced’s Latest ¡Valle! Workshop

by Alli Sweigard | Nov 25, 2024 | Company News, News

Breaking barriers and building bridges: Over the course of three transformative days, ¡Valle! Get Your Start in Tech! empowered 27 students from California’s Central Valley to reimagine their futures in STEM. Hosted by the Center for Information Technology Research in...
Research Center Aimed at New Ways to Make Natural Rubber

Research Center Aimed at New Ways to Make Natural Rubber

by Alli Sweigard | Nov 6, 2024 | Company News, News

Natural rubber is used in a wide range of products used throughout the globe. Lab-produced rubber works for many applications but is insufficient for vital items like airplane tires and specialty medical products. Natural rubber also is a precious resource; 90% of the...
Building Community through F3 Innovate’s Ag Bag Meetings at UC Merced

Building Community through F3 Innovate’s Ag Bag Meetings at UC Merced

by Alli Sweigard | Nov 5, 2024 | Company News, F3 Highlight, Faculty News, News

This fall semester, F3 Innovate hosted three Ag Bag Meetings to strengthen and support the ag community at UC Merced. Although the university doesn’t have a dedicated agriculture major or department, these meetings serve as a valuable forum for faculty, staff, and...
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    The UC Merced Agriculture Experimental Station (AES) is funded by the Hatch Act of 1887, which established AES at land-grant universities, supporting problem-solving research and teaching in food systems, natural resources, and rural community welfare through federal and state funds.

    Funding support from the US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Agency Build Back Better Regional Challenge, investment no. 07 79 07893, “Fresno-Merced Future of Food (F3) Initiative” and the UC Merced iCREATE project, award no. 07 79 07913.
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