CalPlug Workshop #12 hosted at CALIT2

Apr. 11, 2018 – On April 10, the California Plug Load Research Center (Calplug) hosted its 12th workshop at CALIT2. This semiannual workshop coordinates research efforts and maximizes communication about energy efficiency among academic, government and industry stakeholders. Invited s
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Miniscope Imaging of the Brain

Mar. 19, 2018 – On March 9 at CALIT2, Dr. Xiangmin Xu, an associate professor with the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, discussed his research and previewed a current Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) faculty-mentored design project. Xu
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Transitioning into Research and Internships

Feb. 28, 2018 – At Wednesday’s lunchtime event, “This is What a Scientist/Engineer Looks Like,” Ericca Go, a fourth year computer science major at UC Irvine shared her experiences and advice about landing an internship at a tech firm. “Don’t spend all of your time waiting in lin
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The Medical Device Landscape

Feb. 08, 2018 – Orange County’s life sciences industry has become one of the primary drivers of economic growth in the region. The OC is considered a hub in both the medical device/diagnostics sector and the biopharmaceuticals sector. The device/diagnostics sector has an estimat
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Multidisciplinary Program Requires Teamwork

Feb. 05, 2018 – As winter quarter at UC Irvine gets underway, 80 undergraduates from diverse majors are embarking on a cross-disciplinary experience that has the potential to benefit them long after the school year ends. They have been selected as Fellows in the Multidisciplinar
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A Smart Manufacturing Demonstration

Dec. 11, 2017 – The first annual Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) member meeting was held earlier this month. The first two days of meetings were held at UCLA, and on the third day, CESMII members traveled to UC Irvine for tours and presentations. C
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Creating Connections, Powering Innovation

Dec. 06, 2017 – At an early age we are taught that it is important to turn things off when not in use. Now, it’s more complicated: roughly 50 devices and appliances in the typical American household are always drawing power, even when they appear to be off, according to a U.S. D
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Transforming Transport

Nov. 28, 2017 – Intel is in. Apple, Google, Uber and chipmaker Nvidia are on board, too. Now, a company called PerceptIN, founded by an entrepreneur who earned all of his degrees, including a doctorate, from UC Irvine, is competing in Silicon Valley’s hottest race: to develop an
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Exploring the Tech Portal Experience

Nov. 22, 2017 – According to conventional wisdom, nine out of 10 startups fail. The problem? It’s not true. The U.S. Small Business Administration says 66 percent of startups make it to two years and roughly half of new businesses survive five years of operation. But often, very
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Techportal Startup Places at Competition

Nov. 20, 2017 – A startup company at Techportal/CALIT2 took second place in a “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition held last week at UCI Applied Innovation. iCellVivo, a division of Biopico Systems Inc., won $700  − and important validation − from a team of expert judges for its
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