December 13, 2011 – It’s the holiday season, and much to the delight of economists, commerce is booming. But most shoppers are probably unaware that the products they purchase at the mall could be altering the Brazilian rainforest or increasing deforestation in Sumatra. CALIT2 a

December 05, 2011 – In 1948, the U.S. government, for the first time, took steps to manage water pollution by adopting the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. A long list of amendments followed in 1972, and again in 1977, and the policy became known as the Clean Water Act. Thes

November 22, 2011 – CALIT2 faculty affiliate Bill Cooper, civil and environmental engineering professor, has been elected a 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The world’s largest general scientific society, AAAS is dedicated to advanci

November 21, 2011 – The technology itself may be too small to see but the audience at this month’s Igniting Technology event at CALIT2 certainly wanted to hear about it. “Micro/nanotechnology: The Human Impact,” drew more than 100 people who learned of ongoing research in the fi

November 21, 2011 – The Second Annual Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) has issued a call for projects.  A collaboration between CALIT2 and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), the MDP engages UCI undergraduate students from all disciplines in design pro

November 08, 2011 – UC Irvine engineering professor and CALIT2 academic affiliate Scott Samuelsen was recognized by the White House last week as a Champion of Change. The weekly initiative honors individuals and businesses making an impact in their communities and working to hel

November 08, 2011 – Hiperwall, Inc., the spinoff company that sprang from a CALIT2 research project, has donated software worth more than $75,000 to the UC Irvine division of the institute. Hiperwall, Inc.’s newest version 2.0 software will help CALIT2 better showcase its innova

October 31, 2011 – CALIT2 academic affiliate Jeff Russell, assistant professor of dance science, couldn’t be prouder. Seven of his students, including four who are undergraduates or recent graduates, presented their research last month at the 21st annual meeting of the Internati

October 20, 2011 – It appears that Aditi Majumder really can be in two places at once. On a late September afternoon, she stands in Arches National Park, its signature red rock and blue sky unfurling around her. But Majumder is not in Utah; she’s in the Visualization Lab she man

October 12, 2011 – CALIT2 academic affiliate David Reinkensmeyer has been chosen to deliver a noteworthy lecture this week at the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society in Hartford, Conn. Reinkensmeyer, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering and co-PI of CAL