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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,

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

January 26, 2015 – Regis Kelly, the newly-named special advisor on innovation and entrepreneurship to UC President Janet Napolitano, spoke to a CALIT2 audience last week. His presentation, “University Associated Entrepreneurship,” highlighted his work at the California Institute

January 22, 2015 – Today the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced its formal partnership with the California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug), joining the center in its efforts to advance energy efficiency, environmental quality and economic growth. Already among

January 21, 2015 – At a workshop last week titled “This is What a Scientist Looks Like: Changing the Face of STEM, Internships & Research Opportunities,” participants were reminded of the dismal statistics facing women seeking careers in science, technology, engineering and

January 20, 2015 – The most important thing mentors can teach UC Irvine students is how to fail, CALIT2 Irvine Director G.P. Li told the newest group of Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) fellows at the group’s orientation this month. Li, also an MDP mentor, says, UC Irvine

December 16, 2014 – CALIT2 TechPortal startup Shoelace Wireless today launches a Kickstarter campaign to fund its newest app, Netup, created to make mobile Internet faster and cheaper. By combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks, Netup helps mobile users stream HD videos more smoot

December 05, 2014 – A renowned Samueli School professor and chair, who is also an active CALIT2 affiliate, has added yet another award to an already impressive collection. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, The Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and

November 25, 2014 – Four UC Irvine researchers in the areas of medicine, computer science, biological sciences and physics have been made fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. A total of 401 AAAS membe

November 24, 2014 – A couple of years ago, when global politics sent gasoline prices racing towards $5 per gallon, drivers made a conscious effort to reduce consumption. They consolidated errands, eliminated or reduced road trips, carpooled and even traded in gas guzzlers for mo

November 24, 2014 – The loud buzz coming from the CALIT2 Auditorium on Nov. 13 was another standing-room-only Igniting Technology presentation, one that spotlighted a most au courant topic: the Internet of Things and its potential to change the world. Now concluding its ninth ye

November 24, 2014 – Sung-Jin Kim may have majored in math as a university undergraduate, but even he couldn’t have calculated the way his experiences would add up. Arriving at UC Irvine in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree from Korea University and a master’s from the University of