Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Josué Medellín-Azuara is part of an international team of researchers who conducted a systems analysis on water security in Jordan the findings of which were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The paper, titled 'A Coupled Human-Natural System Analysis of Freshwater Security Under Climate and Population Change' examines Jordan’s water crisis due to increased water use, population growth, climate change and other factors. The study finds that in the absence of demand management and supply interventions, and major reforms in the water sector, nearly 90 percent of the lower income population water security is under threat...

Program director of CITRIS and staff researcher for The Sierra Nevada Research Institute Leigh Bernacchi’s publishes guide on the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park titled “Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park: Hiking, Camping, Waterfalls & Big Trees.” Click the picture above to learn more and pick up your own copy on Amazon...

A new study by UC Merced's Professors Roger Bales, Joshua Viers and Tapan Pathak finds that over 60 billion gallons of water and 13 gigawatts of power could be saved annually by erecting solar panels over California Irrigation Canals. Click the image above to learn more!...

2021-3-12 By Leigh BernacchiThe 5th Annual Women in Tech Symposium on “The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction” held March 12, 2021 featured presentations of the fifth annual Athena Award winners. Sponsored…...

Professor Markolf presents his seminar called Toward Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems in the Anthropocene. Professor Markolf focuses on the idea of making future infrastructure resilient and sustainable by changing all the surrounding systems that affect it. As time progresses and society and cities change, we need to adapt infrastructure to change as well...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture—or CDFA—recently added two UC Merced faculty, Prof. Josué Medellín-Azuara and Prof. Sarah Kurtz to the advisory group for the State Water Efficiency & Enhancement Program. SWEEP, as the program is commonly known, added an Ad Hoc advisory group. The group is responsible for creating recommendations to help farmers and water managers improve efficiency and improve participation across the state...

Available as an online webinar, the CITRIS Research Exchange featured UC Merced's Tom Harmon, Director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute and Chair and Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering. He presented his ongoing program the Labor and Automation in California Agriculture (LACA): Equity, Productivity, & Resilience. Funded by the UC Office of the Presidents for $3.1 million for four UC campuses, LACA is intended to change the way California farms food in a way that is both environmentally friendly and boosts the economy. At its core, technology is a solution that will be carefully implemented to preserve jobs for a skilled workforce, leading to the vibrancy of the valley...

Launched in 2020, the UC Merced Faculty Success Initiative Extramural Funding Fellowship (EFF) program helps early-career faculty learn key ways to synthesize their work for wider audiences. The aim of the program is to support faculty in the pursuit of extramural funding, with the goal of growing UC Merced’s research enterprise, advancing concepts in science, and enhancing national health and welfare...

Vice Provost for Academic Personnel Teenie Matlock has been honored with the Athena Award for Academic Leadership by the Women in Technology Initiative at the University of California. Matlock was selected from a nationally competitive pool of candidates exemplifying high technical achievement along with support for women in technical fields and advancements for gender equity. The award notification stated, “Your leadership in linguistics and HCI and your commitment to mentoring the next generation of researchers and faculty is inspiring.”...