Imagine Yourself at UCMerced

School of Engineering

Dear Future Engineer:

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It is wonderful that you are interested in studying engineering at UC Merced. Our engineering profession is at the epicenter of ways for improving lives in both the developing and developed worlds. You will have the opportunity to learn with us about how engineering and appropriate technology helps people. From the time you enter our program you will be exposed to new technologies that will become the tools that you will use in solving problems and delivering exciting new products and services to society. Your experiences both inside and outside the classroom will provide a solid foundation for a career of leadership and responsibility.

You have embarked on an exciting journey. Your engineering education at UC Merced will be both challenging and satisfying, and will give you the chance to meet some extraordinary people: world-class faculty, committed fellow students, dedicated staff, and partners from the local community and around the world. The global social network you will develop in engineering and beyond during your time at UC Merced will last throughout your career. Your education in Engineering is a launching pad. Some of you will go on to pursue careers in engineering design, others will become engineering managers, and still others will pursue graduate education in engineering or perhaps go into international development or other professions such as medicine or law. Once you master the methods of engineering problem-solving, you will have the skills and flexibility to chart your own course and to adapt to whatever your future holds.

Congratulations on your vision and initiative. I look forward to welcoming you into our program and watching you develop into a technical leader for tomorrow.

E. DANIEL HIRLEMAN Dean, School of Engineering

Highlights

UC MERCED PROFESSOR ASHLIE MARTINI joined UC Merced because she wanted to make an impact. She is a former world-class judo athlete who once had aspirations of competing in the Olympics. Her research focus is tribology‚ the study of the interac- tion between surfaces in motion and issues such as friction, lubrication and wear. Martini says of UC Merced‚ “The best part is interacting with the dedi- cated faculty and staff and working together to help UC Merced grow.”

UC MERCED GRADUATE STUDENT BRANDI MCKUIN spent time studying the energy needs of rural villages in India that have been told by their government that they’ll never get electricity. Her work was part of a larger project designed to find renewable energy and other sustainability- related solutions for those villages. And the project is a prime example of the work being done by Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), a research network head- quartered at UC Merced.

STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ENGINEERING SERVICE LEARNING CLASS, through the Foster Family Center for Engineering Service Learning, installed a stationary, solar-powered web camera in the Los Banos wetlands area. Now anyone with a computer can view the wildlife area as often as they wish and learn about the plants and animals they see.

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