July 31, 2009 – Biomedical engineering student Bryce Kubo is creating microfluidic platforms for biomedical testing on plastic CDs, moving tiny particles around using valving, metering and dielectrophoresis techniques. Isaac Mahgrefteh, computer science major, is developing tool

July 29, 2009 – The CALIT2 Advisory Board welcomed new members last week when the group came together for its semi-annual meeting. The 16-person board meets by way of teleconference in January and in person at the end of July, alternating between the two division locations. This

July 22, 2009 – Ten million people around the world compete online in World of Warcraft, the extraordinarily popular, multiplayer role-playing fantasy game developed by local company Blizzard Entertainment. Fifteen years after its debut, the game’s reach extends far beyond the W

July 16, 2009 – Did you know: • The first international guidelines to address the protection of human research subjects were developed in response to crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II? • Fractals – geometrical structures whose shape appears the same regardless of

July 09, 2009 – A new study published in The Columbia Science and Technology Law Review challenges the traditional view that patents foster innovation, suggesting instead that patents may harm new technology, economic activity and societal wealth.  These results may have importa

July 08, 2009 – A SURF-IT faculty mentor joined the program’s co-director in leading off the research program’s summer lunchtime seminar series this week. The seminars, presented weekly or biweekly during the 10-weeks of the multidisciplinary research fellowship program, give pa

July 09, 2009 – Biology has outgrown the lab. No longer can biologists and biomedical researchers find all their answers in microscopes and Petri dishes. Researchers must catalogue and analyze reams of data, relying on mathematical simulations to detect patterns and derive optim

July 01, 2009 – Indian and American engineers found common ground at CALIT2 this week as they familiarized themselves with each others’ research and explored potential collaborations. The Third INDO-U.S. Workshop on Fabrionics took place June 28-29 at CALIT2’s UC Irvine division

June 24, 2009 – For the fifth consecutive summer, a select group of UCI undergraduates is forgoing sun, surf and travel in favor of labs and learning. The eight, who were chosen to participate in SURF-IT, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology, go

June 23, 2009 – UCI alumna Diane Harkey, state assemblywoman from Dana Point, returned to her alma mater last week, touring some CALIT2 labs while familiarizing herself with the university’s graduate students and programs. Harkey and her chief of staff, Jeffrey Corless, visited