May 10, 2011 – Recent visits to CALIT2 from two Orange County business leaders are paving the way for future collaborations among researchers, industry and community partners. Retired Rockwell International CEO Donald Beall was followed a week later by Michael Mussellam, CEO of

May 10, 2011 – CALIT2 and UC Irvine’s Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF) are seeking proposals for a new Collaboration Initiation Grant. The funding will support interdisciplinary research that utilizes CALIT2/BiON and INRF facility resources, with the goal of gener

May 09, 2011 – Four multidisciplinary projects boasting ambitious agendas recently achieved a boost in their quest to obtain funding. Microfluidic systems for biochemical sensing. Low-energy recycling of water runoff. Advanced hybrid desktop manufacturing systems. Game-based ast

May 05, 2011 – When Nicholas Gunn decided recently to add photography to his list of hobbies, he probably didn’t suspect the rewards would be quite so tangible. The CALIT2-affiliated postdoctoral researcher, who received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UC Irvine last De

April 13, 2011 – What not to do was the theme of the final talk in this year’s TechPortal-Entrepreneurs Forum series. Corporate attorney Bart Greenberg, who represents entrepreneurs, startups and emerging technology companies, shared the most common mistakes found in business pl

April 08, 2011 – An innovative program launched this spring is giving UC Irvine undergraduate students practical experience with the type of multidisciplinary collaborations they are likely to face after they graduate. The inaugural Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP), sponso

April 05, 2011 – Many of us depend on ubiquitous communications – the ability to be connected 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no matter how far afield we venture. This constant connectedness requires technology that can overcome a multitude of challenges in communications sys

March 10, 2011 – What do a cinematic opera performance and a scientific visualization of a Midwest tornado have in common? The answer: a super high-definition (SHD) 4K digital video projector. Attendees of the 2011 CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in Californ

March 09, 2011 – SURF-IT, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology, is again accepting applications from UCI undergraduate students who want to gain hands-on experience in IT-related research. Faculty members have submitted 14 multidisciplinary summ

March 05, 2011 – To technology enthusiast Chris Van Dusen, an elevator pitch is the most important instrument in the entrepreneur’s toolbox. A clear, concise, easily understood pitch can open the door to capital and customers; a poorly crafted pitch can scuttle interest in even