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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

November 17, 2014 – When the California Plug Load Research Center opened at CALIT2 in 2012, its mandate was to unite researchers, utilities, manufacturers, nonprofits and policy makers in pursuit of improved energy efficiency in the rapidly expanding plug load sector. This month

November 14, 2014 – In the United States, women hold fewer than 25 percent of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs, even though they comprise 57 percent of the work force. At UC Irvine, efforts are underway to render those statistics obsolete. A group of first-y

November 05, 2014 – Throughout the four-story CALIT2 Building – and the institute’s history on the UC Irvine campus, for that matter – runs a recurring and very active mandate: develop and integrate communication technology into devices and applications for improving the way we