Imagine Yourself at UCMerced

Engineering Students

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

JAMIE SWEET YEAR:

ALYSON CABRAL YEAR:

Senior

Junior

Environmental Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

MAJOR:

MAJOR:

HOMETOWN: Richmond, Calif.

HOMETOWN: Murrieta, Calif.

ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: Jamie is president of the National Society of Black Engineers chapter, a member of Distin- guished Ladies and a student ambassador for the School of Engineering. She performs research in Professor Wei-Chun Chin’s lab and is involved with the California Alliance for Minority Participation. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Jamie plans to go on to graduate school and pursue a master’s and Ph.D. in water toxicology or soil science. QUOTE: “My experience at UC Merced has been irreplace- able. It is a place where faculty and staff have helped me develop my leadership and professional skills and given me the opportunity to help others do the same.”

ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: Alyson is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Vanguard, a student engineering organization. PLANS AFTER GRADUATION: Studying in the broad field of mechanical engineering gives Alyson a range of options after graduation.  QUOTE: “UC Merced has given me the freedom to pave my own path. Unlike other more established universities that are weighed down by tradition, each and every student at UC Merced has the opportu- nity to do research, start a club, start a chapter of an organization, join the student government and become a leader in the campus community.”

PHOTOS: The engineering field has become extremely competitive, and UC Merced students are prepared to be valuable to their firms immediately upon graduation.

Related Careers and Opportunities In the School of Engineering at UC Merced, each major is interdisciplinary and students receive an education that balances their knowledge of math, science, critical reading and writing with decision-making and communication skills. Engineers are able to understand and manage complexity. They are fascinated by questions of how and why things work and how they might be made to function better. They are skillful designers, planners, managers, analysts, researchers, consultants, sales specialists, computer scientists and leaders in an increasingly technical society.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

TEL: 209-228-4411

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WEBSITE: engineering.ucmerced.edu

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EMAIL: engineering@ucmerced.edu

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