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Applied Math — an ‘Oddity’ in its Field — Continues to Evolve at UC Merced

September 23, 2019
Math at UC Merced isn’t exactly like math at most other universities. Sure, there are parabolas and equations, orders of operations and cosines, but at this campus, those lead into topics such as Mad Cow Disease, coral photosynthesis and a crab’s sense of smell. The Department of Applied...

Our first class alumnus Paul Tranquilli presents his research at the department seminar

August 31, 2019
Welcome back, Dr. Tranquilli!

UC Merced Unveils Second Phase of Merced 2020 Project, Says Thank You to Leland

August 19, 2019
Two simple words, “Leland Legacy,” captured the significance of Wednesday’s opening event for the second phase of the Merced 2020 Project, an event that doubled as a goodbye and thank you to outgoing Chancellor Dorothy Leland. The message graced a wall of the new Sustainability Research and...

Three Ph.D. Students Receive 2019 NSF Fellowships

June 27, 2019
UC Merced doctoral student Melissa Spence and incoming graduate students Caleb Larnerd and Cristian Sarabia were awarded Graduate Research fellowships (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation. The fellowship provides multiyear support to predoctoral students in the fields of science, technology...

Michael Stobb has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

June 24, 2019
Our Ph.D. student, Michael Stobb (adviser: Prof. Suzanne Sindi and Prof. Karin Leiderman), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Applications of Uncertainty Quantification to Coagulation Biology". Congratulations, Dr. Stobb!

Babaniyi wins best FEniCS'19 presentation

June 14, 2019
Congratulations to Olalekan Babaniyi for winning best FEniCS'19 presentation by a postdoc!

SIAM Student Chapter Conference Unites Valley Regional Applied Mathematics Community

May 23, 2019
Oscillatory traffic patterns, the dynamics of micro swimmers and the use of deep neural networks in image reconstruction were just a few of the topics at the fourth annual Central Valley Regional Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter Conference held at UC Merced this...

Largest Graduating Class in Campus History Celebrated At Commencement

May 22, 2019
Clouds loomed over the Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Quad last weekend, but nothing was going to rain on the parade of the more than 1,300 Bobcats who walked the stage at UC Merced’s commencement. Baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral graduates from the schools of Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social...

Class of 2019 Student Speakers Leave UC Merced with Messages of Gratitude

May 15, 2019
Undergraduates Victoria Arias and Cydney Caradonna entered UC Merced through different doors. Arias was a freshman impressed with the campus and community. Caradonna was a transfer student and athlete sold on UC Merced’s championship women’s basketball team. Now they’ve arrived at the same place —...

Jessica Taylor has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis

April 18, 2019
Our Ph.D. student, Jessica Taylor (adviser: Prof. Boaz Ilan), has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Schrodinger Equations: Computation & Theory". Congratulations, Dr. Taylor!

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