Bobcat success
CURRENT STUDENTS AND ALUMNI MAKING
A NAME FOR THEMSELVES
“I did this to inspire people and let them know that regardless of your hardships growing up, you can still do it.”
ANNA OCEGUEDA
Class of 2019
“I can’t quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered the skull, I’ve been obsessed with dinosaurs since I was a kid, so it was a pretty big deal.”
HARRISON DURAN
ANNA OCEGUEDA
Class of 2019
“When I looked at other campuses, I would find myself feeling that I didn’t belong, like I’d stick out. This was the only place where I saw so many students I could connect to, who would get where I was coming from. Even if it felt like academic shock, it wouldn’t feel like culture shock.”
HARRISON DURAN
“I can’t quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered the skull, I’ve been obsessed with dinosaurs since I was a kid, so it was a pretty big deal.”
KUMARAN AKILAN
KUMARAN AKILAN
i am a uc engineer
janna
rodriguez
Class of 2012
As an engineer and designer, Rodriguez combines her skills and passion into concrete solutions to critical issues — from business challenges to threats that impact entire populations in third-world countries.
michael
urner
Class of 2014
Michael Urner is one of UC Merced's most successful engineering alumni, now on his second startup company and mentoring current UC Merced students as they move along their own engineering paths.
jeffery
aceves
Class of 2018
Now a Harvard graduate student, Jeffery Aveves is working with Professor Jennifer Lewis, whose lab is developing an artificial kidney using 3D printing.
Lorenzo
booth
Class of 2015, 2018
The Los Angeles native has climbed the UC Merced ladder — from environmental engineering undergrad to his current status as an environmental systems doctoral student — picking up national attention along the way.
i am a uc engineer
janna
rodriguez
Class of 2012
As an engineer and designer, Rodriguez combines her skills and passion into concrete solutions to critical issues — from business challenges to threats that impact entire populations in third-world countries.
michael
urner
Class of 2014
Michael Urner is one of UC Merced's most successful engineering alumni, now on his second startup company and mentoring current UC Merced students as they move along their own engineering paths.
jeffery
aceves
Class of 2018
Now a Harvard graduate student, Jeffery Aveves is working with Professor Jennifer Lewis, whose lab is developing an artificial kidney using 3D printing.
Lorenzo
booth
Class of 2015, 2018
The Los Angeles native has climbed the UC Merced ladder — from environmental engineering undergrad to his current status as an environmental systems doctoral student — picking up national attention along the way.
