Innovate to Grow

 Innovate to Grow is the annual showcase of UC Merced student ingenuity and entrepreneurship. The annual event, in its sixth year, encompasses the following three signature threads:

• Innovation Design Clinic (IDC): Graduating engineers work on capstone design projects identified by community partners;
• Engineering Service Learning (ESL): A cornerstone experience that delivers real-world solutions to nonprofit partners; and
• Mobile App Challenge (MAC): Cross-disciplinary teams pitch their software solutions to help solve societal challenges.

Everyone – the campus community and the public – is invited to attend and see the results of these projects. 

The work these teams perform will have long-lasting implications, not only for the students and partnering organizations, but also for the wider community, the state, the nation and, potentially, the world.

For event locations, go to the online Innovate to Grow schedule.