May 8, 2015
MESA Lab members were awarded the following this past Spring 2015, big congratulations:
- Brandon Stark amd Brendan Smith: $1000 UC Merced Natural Reserve System Award. “An evaluation of vernal pool ecosystem properties remotely sensed with Unmanned Aerial Systems” (summer 2015)
- Brandon Stark amd Brendan Smith: co-facilitators, Interdisciplinary Small Grants Program by the Graduate Division, PI: Dr. Nicola Lercari, Assistant Professor of World Heritage $3000. (Natural and Cultural Resources Preservation Interdisciplinary Research Group) (Fall 2015)
- Brandon Stark: Outstanding Graduate Student Award of UC Merced, 2015. (story)
- Tiebiao Zhao, Brandon Stark and Jacqueline Clow: BIGIDEA 2015 3rd Place ($4000) award. (a past award 2013)
- Alejandro Sanchez: Outstanding Senior Award, ME Program of School of Engineering, 2015.
- Garrett John: 1st Place Research Week 90-Second Video Challenge (iPad Mini) - "Air Qualitty Control Episode IV"
- Forrest Yeh: ASUCM Fellowship receiver ($1,000); 1st Place Pitchfest 24-Hour Pitch Challenge ($500); 2nd Place Pitchfest Ruiz Prize in Entrepreneurial Communication ($500)
- Juan Carlos Hernandez: 1st Place People's Award Flash Talk Track B ($100); 2nd Place Judges' Award Flash Talks Track B
- Benjamin Bocanegra: 1st Place People's Choice Award Flash Talk Track A ($100)
- Huong Phan: 1st Place School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Poster Competition ($75)
- Benjamin Bocanegra & Huong Phan: UC Merced 2015 Mobile App Challenge semi-final and final competition: "SpineWatch" -1st Place Mobile App Challenge Best in Health Category ($200), Honorable Mention (2nd Place)
