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Project Protect and Healthy House Win at Innovate to Grow Fall 2020

December 24, 2020
The biannual showcase event, Innovate to Grow (I2G), continues virtually this semester to present the tenacity of UC Merced students to serve their community through innovative projects. I2G has traditionally been an all-day event on campus with an awards ceremony and reception following a...

Engineering Service Learning Partners with Fresno Discovery Center 

November 16, 2020
In collaboration with Fresno Discovery Center, the Unmanned Aerial Systems Service Learning team is to develop a hands-on exhibit to bring awareness to the effects of climate change. In this Q&A, the Center’s newest Executive Director, Melissa Telemeco, offers ...

Get SET Delivers Project to Le Grand High School

April 9, 2020
How much energy does it take to launch a rocket into orbit? This semester, the Get SET Engineering Service Learning team was given the opportunity to collaborate with the Le Grand High School physics department to implement a physics-based lab for students to further understand topics like...

Team Demonstrates Healthy New App at Fall Innovate to Grow Event

December 17, 2019
It’s a situation familiar to many UC Merced students: Having to translate for parents and other, older relatives who speak little or no English. It can be especially challenging when what you have to translate is almost a language in itself — medical jargon. Senior Ezer Angeles...

Students Take the Lead in LEED Certification of SE1 Building

October 17, 2018
Recently, the Science and Engineering 1 (SE1) building achieved gold certification under LEED Operations and Maintenance (LEED O & M) criteria. An Engineering Service Learning (ESL) team composed of students from various disciplines spearheaded the SE1 certification process during the...

Students Give Back to the Community at Bobcat Day

April 26, 2018
116 Engineering Service Learning students at the University of California, Merced have showcased their projects for admitted freshmen, interested transfer applicants, and community members at Bobcat Day on Saturday, April 21. In these projects, students use their combined technical skills to...

Aerospace Exhibit Arriving in Merced

April 24, 2018
Students of various backgrounds and grade levels in the University of California, Merced Engineering Service Learning team Merced Children’s Museum have been working alongside the UC Merced Calteach program and First 5 to build a venue to support K-12 educational...

App Closes Gap Between Health Care Providers and Patients

April 22, 2018
There are serious misunderstandings about the proper use of antibiotics among the general population. When considering the high percentage of non- or limited English speakers in the Central Valley, the potential for misuse and overuse of antibiotics becomes even more critical. In fact, members of...

Students Closer to Disease Detection through Automated Scanning

April 22, 2018
Pierce’s Disease costs California grape growers over $104 million annually by infecting and killing vines. Undergraduate students in the Engineering Service Learning at the University of California, Merced have been working closely with the UC Cooperative Extension for designing a drone that...

Plate Tectonics Simulation Boosts Elementary School Test Scores

April 3, 2018
34.3% of sixth-grade students in Merced County scored below proficient in science on California standardized tests in 2016. To address this educational challenge, Engineering Service Learning students at the University of California, Merced have been working closely with Chenoweth Elementary School...

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