Series Showcasing How We are Utilizing AI in Graduate Education
AI is everywhere — powering research, making exams (maybe?), and even helping faculty perfect their risotto recipes. In this biweekly series, we sit down with UC Merced faculty to uncover how they are using AI in their research, teaching, and yes, even their hobbies. From groundbreaking discoveries to accidental AI-fueled mishaps, expect insightful, entertaining, and maybe even slightly existential conversations. Because let’s be honest — who’s teaching who at this point?
Stay tuned for stories of innovation, adaptation and the occasional AI-generated chaos.
P.S.: All images on this page have been generated, as is appropriate, by ChatGPT.
How I AI: Modeling Movement, Teaching with Chatbots featuring Ranjan Das (PhD student, ME)
When Ranjan Das began his PhD in mechanical engineering at UC Merced, he found himself in new territory. His background was in tribology and machine design — drilling bits, wear-and-tear, the mechanics of contact. But his doctoral research would focus on something far more human: biomechanics and human gait analysis.
Articles from AY 2024 - 2025
How I AI: The Tool That Saved My Semester (and My Sanity) featuring Prof. Jennifer Manilay
How I AI: The Soil Scientist Who Asked Claude for a Recipe featuring Prof. Teamrat Ghezzehei
How I AI: The Psychology of Trusting Machines featuring Prof. Colin Holbrook
How I AI: A Journey Through the Evolution of AI in Academia featuring Prof. Chris Kello.
How I AI: From Data to Democracy featuring Prof. Aditya Dasgupta.
How I AI: Innovating the classroom with chatbots and podcasts featuring Prof. Sylvain Masclin
How I AI: A Dean, a chemist, and his friend 'Chat' featuring Prof. Hrant Hratchian
