Best Paper Honor for EECS Professor

Jun. 22. 2015 – Mohammad Al Faruque, electrical engineering and computer science assistant professor, and his doctoral student Kourosh Vatanparvar were recognized with the best paper award at this month’s IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference. Held this year in San Francisco, th
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Multidisciplinary Design Program projects

Jun. 03, 2015 – The innovative Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) sponsored by CALIT2 and UC Irvine’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, kicked off in January with 72 students representing a wide range of disciplines. Since then, the students have worked in small
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UCI team develops infection detection system

May. 19, 2015 – Federal program is supporting effort to combat antimicrobial-resistant pathogens A UC Irvine research team will receive up to $5 million to further develop a bloodstream infection detection system that speeds up diagnosis times with unprecedented accuracy – allow
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Energy industry experts exchange ideas

May 15, 2015 – The California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug) hosted its seventh semiannual workshop on energy-efficient plug loads on May 12 at CALIT2. The center, located at CALIT2, was established in 2011 to improve energy efficiency in the use and design of appliances an
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How much energy is being wasted?

May 08, 2015 – If you think you’ve set your office desktop computer to automatically slip into sleep mode at night and on weekends – ensuring you’re doing your part to curb fossil fuel consumption – you’re probably wrong. And you aren’t alone. At least that’s what a pair of stud
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Encouraging female interest in STEM

April 22, 2015 – College women seeking careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM fields) may find themselves outnumbered by males in their classes and labs. Women remain underrepresented in the science and engineering workforce as well, comprising only 13% of al
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Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

April 09, 2015 – With a nod to the necessity of cross-disciplinary collaboration, the director of the NIH’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering delivered a Samueli School Dean’s Distinguished Lecture April 6 in the CALIT2 auditorium. Dr. Roderic Pettigrew
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CENIC tours Calit2

March 11, 2015 – Members of CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) visited UC Irvine Tuesday to tour CALIT2 and learn about the institute and its cutting-edge research. Several dozen members of the California research and education community viewed d
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FABWorks Debuts

February 19, 2015 – With a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, speeches and lab tours that showed off an impressive array of do-it-yourself machinery and equipment, FABWorks officially opened its doors this week. A joint venture between the Samueli School of Engineering and CALIT2,
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Collaborating with Biomedical Devices Community

February 10, 2015 – Innovators, entrepreneurs, members of academia, and industry professionals interested in bringing new technology to the medical device market met at CALIT2 Monday for the International Symposium on Technology for Biomedical Devices. “Our innovation ecosystem
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