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URECA Day: Time to Shine!

Image showing Mario, Julia, Ruicheng and Mallory on URECA Day.

Huge congratulations to Mario, Julia, Ruicheng, and Mallory!

These talented students have been awarded the Wake Forest Research Fellowship and received vital support from the URECA Center. Since last summer, they’ve been working incredibly hard, conducting intensive research, collaborating closely, and developing truly creative ideas under the guidance of their CS faculty mentors.

They all had their time to shine on URECA Day last Friday, and we are so proud of their accomplishments.

Mallory’s & Mario’s project on Detecting illegal gold mining and palm trees, mentored by Dr. Paúl Pauca, was highlighted in HERE. We are so proud of you all!

Wake Forest University URECA Scholars Mario Auqui (’25) and Malory Pitts (’26) work with Computer Science Prof. Paúl Pauca to build a model that can detect gold mining sites, especially illegal ones around the world using satellite images. Illegal mining often causes serious harm to local ecosystems, so being able to find and track these areas can be really important for environmental protection. The trio reviewed progress on the project in Prof. Pauca’s office in Manchester Hall on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
Wake Forest University URECA Scholars Mario Auqui (’25) and Malory Pitts (’26) work with Computer Science Prof. Paúl Pauca to build a model that can detect gold mining sites, especially illegal ones around the world using satellite images. Illegal mining often causes serious harm to local ecosystems, so being able to find and track these areas can be really important for environmental protection. The trio reviewed progress on the project in Prof. Pauca’s office in Manchester Hall on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Mallory, Paúl, and Mario pose for a photo together in the office.

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