July 10, 2019 – The current class of 14 SURF-IoT Fellows met at CALIT2, Tuesday, July 9. The event was an opportunity for students to meet over sandwiches and salad to discuss details and anticipate denouements for the projects they will work on during the 10-week program. The S
June 26, 2019 – When the classically trained violinist Mari Kimura plays her instrument these days, her masterful bow hand creates sound from two sources: an acoustic violin, and a wireless motion-sensor device known as MUGIC™. Kimura’s concept of using a motion sensor for perfo
June 06, 2019 – The CALIT2 Advisory Board met on June 3 and 4 at CALIT2 UC Irvine for its semi-annual meeting. The 16-person board holds one meeting each January by teleconference. A second meeting, held at mid-year, alternates between the UC San Diego and UC Irvine CALIT2 faci
May 21, 2019 – Student-fellows from the 2018-2019 Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) met Saturday, May 11, to present their design projects at a symposium held in the CALIT2 auditorium. The students had been selected to work on 12 creative research projects mentored by facul
May 21, 2019 – CALIT2’s Cool Campus Challenge student team scored a first place finish in this year’s UC-wide, sustainability-focused contest. The Cool Campus Challenge is an annual 4-week compition designed to educate and motivate the University of California campus community t
May 10, 2019 – The California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug) hosted its thirteenth semiannual workshop, April 30 at CALIT2. The center, located at CALIT2, was established in 2011 to improve energy efficiency in the use and design of appliances and consumer electronic device
April 24, 2019 – A not-so long time ago, at a campus not-so-far away, Alon Gorodetsky, UCI associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, developed materials that have the ability to revolutionize infrared camouflage and thermal management. Simply put, Gorodetsky
March 25, 2019 – Marco Levorato has spent the last decade painstakingly reconnecting with his past. In the process, he has constructed a clearer path to his future. Born to a furniture-store owner and a homemaker in Dolo, Italy, a small town near Venice, Levorato, UC Irv