UC Merced and CITRIS Key Collaborators on $65.1M Federal Grant
The White House announced today a $65.1 million award to the Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation Coalition. The funding will help launch a state-of-the-art agricultural technology hub that will serve and connect farmers across the San Joaquin Valley to industry and spark a new, more advanced era in agriculture-based technology...
CITRIS Research Exchange: Fall 2022 Speakers
Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange offers fresh perspectives on information technology and society from distinguished academic, industry and civic leaders. Each seminar takes place on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom...
Ricardo de Castro’s CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar
Register to attend Ricardo de Castro's seminar titled, Electric Propulsion in Agriculture Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges. This talk will focus on the transition from today's diesel-dominated machines to tomorrow's zero-emission tractors...
News Update
Good day to you all -- and Welcome to the start of Fall semester! I wanted to take this opportunity to share two very important news items featuring our faculty...
CITRIS Seed Funding 2022 Request for Proposals
The CITRIS Seed Funding program issues short-term, competitive awards of $40,000-$60,000 per project to advance information technology research and catalyze early work that can benefit industry, the public sector and society at large...
School of Engineering – News Update
Happy Friday to you all! Just wanted to relay some news digest featuring our distinguished faculty, alumni and campus...
CITRIS Researchers Lay Groundwork to Bring Flying Buses to California Skies
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded a team of researchers from the University of California campuses at Merced, Berkeley and Davis a two-year grant to simulate urban air mobility in the San Francisco area, and to draft regulations for this highly complex form of travel...
Drought and California’s Agriculture
California’s agricultural sector is the nation’s largest: it generates more than $50 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 420,000 people. The ongoing drought is taking a toll on agriculture, related sectors, and rural communities, but there are ways to increase resilience in a warming world...
Secure Water Future Featured as UC Research Helping Meet the Challenges of the Climate Crisis
Secure Water Future is highlighted as one of the projects involving University of California researchers that has the potential to help meet the challenges of the climate crisis. Along with other innovative research and education initiatives, SWF brings together researchers and extension specialists to enhance climate resilience...