MDP Mentor Presents Research

May. 21, 2018 – When it comes to urban greening, some trees are better than others. A Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) project is working towards helping to figure out which vegetation helps the environment most. MDP mentor Celia Faiola, UC Irvine assistant professor of ec
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MDP Fellows Present Research at Symposium

May. 15, 2018 – On May 12, student-fellows from the 2017-18 Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) presented their design projects at a symposium held in the CALIT2 Auditorium. This is the eighth year CALIT2 and UC Irvine’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) has
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Transformative Play

Apr. 25, 2018 – Imagine while waiting to see a new musical theater production of a fairy tale, that you’re able to play a virtual reality game in which you walk through the enchanted forest and enter the cottage of the Magic Mirror. You can turn the pages of a spell book and pra
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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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