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UC Merced Applied Math showcases strong presence at SIAM CSE21

February 22, 2021
* Times listed are CST Oral Presentations Tanya Tafolla, Matar: A Performance Portability and Productivity Implementation of Data-Oriented Design using Kokkos MS30 (MON, March 1, 9:45 AM - 11:25 AM) https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=70085 Erica...

UC Merced’s Gallo Management Program Pays Off for Graduates

February 9, 2021
Ruben Lemus was celebrating his graduation from UC Merced’s Gallo Management Program with a family dinner at nearby Yosemite Lake when his father reminded Ruben of a visit to the lake years earlier. “My dad said at the time, ‘If you want to do something with your life, get an education. They are...

Fall Commencement: UC Merced a ‘Companion’ for Student Speaker

December 8, 2020
For Xiaolong “Harry” Chen, UC Merced is more than a university. “It is a friend and a companion,” he wrote in his application to be student speaker at Fall Commencement. Together, they experienced pre-dawn hours at Lantern Café, early evening discourses with friends, and 11 p.m. sprints to complete...

Meza Named First AMS Fellow from UC Merced

November 6, 2020
Professor Juan Meza, former dean of the School of Natural Sciences, has become the first Fellow of the American Mathematical Society from UC Merced. He is one of 46 Fellows inducted as part of the Class of 2021. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding...

Shayna was chosen one of the first Big Cat Heroes

October 7, 2020
Under Chancellor Munoz’ new program, one ‘hero’ each was selected from nominated staff, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. https://doyourpart.ucmerced.edu/big-cat-heroes

Alumni News: Mario Banuelos featured as a Lathisms honoree

September 27, 2020
Our Alum Mario Banuelos was featured by Lathisms (Latinx and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences) as a prominent Latinx/Hispanic mathematician honoree for National Hispanic Heritage Month 2020. https://www.lathisms.org/calendar-2020/mario-banuelos

New Grant More than Doubles Campus Supercomputing Power

August 31, 2020
UC Merced is rapidly gaining a strong reputation for research and scientific computing across many disciplines and a major expansion of its computing infrastructure is about to cement the campus’ status as a research computing hub. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is supplying $700,000 and the...

Prof. Khatri’s Research on Computational Simulations of Pulsating Soft Corals featured in SIAM News

August 23, 2020
At the 2020 SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth, Prof. Khatri presented computational simulations in the context of fluid flow to explore the competitive advantages of coral pulsations. News article in SIAM News

Welcome New Cohort 2020!

August 18, 2020
Welcome New Cohort 2020! (top row) Anna Kucherova, Asees Kaur, Daisy Duarte, Elsie Cortes, Enrique Mercado (bottom row) Jocelyn Ornelas-Munoz, Kyle Wright, Masato Terasaki, Natalie Meacham, Sarah Downs, Scott West

Christine Hoffman has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis

August 11, 2020
Our Ph.D. student, Christine Hoffman (adviser: Prof. Boaz Ilan), has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Computational Optimization of Concentrating Solar Devices". Congratulations, Dr. Hoffman!

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