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$3M grant from SGC: MOBILE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION FOR METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION AND SOIL AMENDMENT

March 2, 2019
MOBILE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION FOR METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION AND SOIL AMENDMENT SGC: http://sgc.ca.gov/ Project synopsis: http://sgc.ca.gov/programs/climate-research/docs/20181221-CCR_Summary_2019CCR20014.pdf local PDF News Stories UC Merced research aims to...

Professor Chen's recent talks at Lam, UCSC, WD, NoDyCon2019, plus an interesting talk on "average"

March 2, 2019
Here is a list of the recent talks: 1/31/2019: Lam Research: Cognitive Process Control: Real-time Analytics, Embedded Intelligence and Edge AI (Host: Dr. Tao Zhang) [not recorded, broadcast all Lam sites] [PPT not in public domain][see our new Symposium series info: http://...

MESA Lab Spring 2019 funding news

March 2, 2019
Spring 2019 our new funded projects are USDA NIFA SCRI (news) (4 years) [Haoyu] LAM Phase-3 (3 years) [Jairo, Sina] The California Pistachio Research Board (CPRB) (one year) [Haoyu] SGC grant (news) (3 years) [Jose] NASA JPL (1 year) [Derek] Honeywell (1 year) [Derek] [B2B services...

MESA Lab welcomes new visiting scholars in Spring 2019

March 2, 2019
MESA Lab welcomes new visiting scholars in Spring 2019   MESA Lab welcomes the following new visiting scholars in Spring 2019 Associate Professor Dr. Kunhua Zhang, Shenzhen University (SZU), China (6 months) 3D image processing Professor Dr. Yongguang Yu, Beijing...

Professor Chen will deliver a plenary lecture in France in April 25, 2019.

December 20, 2018
Professor Chen will deliver a plenary lecture in Bourges, France in April 2019. 2019 International Conference on Fractional Calculus Theory and Applications (ICFCTA 2019), APRIL 25, 2019 - APRIL 26, 2019 http://www.lestudium-ias.com/event/2019-international-conference-fractional-...

Congratulations to Michael Haoyu Niu for winning the BIGIDEAS pre-proposal!

December 19, 2018
Congratulations to Michael Haoyu Niu for winning the BIGIDEAS pre-proposal! The reviewers' remarks are extremely encouraging - our creative idea is shining! Past winners on behalf of UC Merced are listed here: https://bigideascontest.org/contests/uc-merced/  all from MESA Lab...

Congratulations to Dr. Terry Tiebiao Zhao for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation!

December 19, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Terry Tiebiao Zhao for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation! (Thesis pdf is here https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j27r2gd) Congratulations Dr. Zhao! "REMOTE SENSING OF WATER STRESS IN ALMOND TREES USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES" - Well done! Thank you...

Professor Chen is listed in 2018 HCR (highly cited researchers list)

December 19, 2018
Professor Chen is listed in 2018 HCR (highly cited researchers list) It is fun to see the list but I confess: I never tried to squeeze in this HCR list. It's simply a byproduct of our original research efforts over the past years. Thanks to the big data era that tells. ...

Congratulations to Derek Hollenbeck for winning NSF NRT extended fellowship

October 25, 2018
Congratulations to Derek Hollenbeck for winning NSF NRT extended fellowship for Spring 2019 and Summer 2019. Derek was the recipient of NSF NRT Fellowship for Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Summer 2018. More information can be found at www.nrt-ias.org  Last updated 10/25/2018.

$4M USDA NIFA SCRI grant involves MESA Lab crop phenotyping work

October 25, 2018
$4M USDA NIFA SCRI grant involves MESA Lab crop phenotyping work using both remote sensing and proximate sensing! The PI is UC ANR Kearny Dr. Andreas Westphal, Assistant Nematologist, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Project title is "Putting phenotypic and genotypic...

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