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April 23, 2013 – It’s spring. And that means another session of thought-provoking, experience-building SURF-IT research opportunities is right around the corner. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology program, sponsored by CALIT2 and UROP (UCI Und

April 22, 2013 – Five micrographs taken on scanning electron microscopes in the CALIT2 Microscopy Lab were named winners in an SEM image and data competition sponsored by LEXI – the Laboratory for Electron and X-ray Instrumentation. The research behind one image, which depicts a

April 08, 2013 – U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez tried her hand last week at the Kilowatt Hour Challenge. So did Phillip Ramos, founder and CEO of Philatron Wire and Cable, the largest wire and cable manufacturer in Southern California. Both were treated to a tutorial on plug load ene

April 05, 2013 – Two UC Irvine undergraduate students have achieved a rare educational triumph: they are the lead authors of a paper accepted at a major research and design conference. English and global cultures major Christine Bediones and psychology major Camille Macalinao, b

March 15, 2013 – Two CALIT2 academic affiliates and a graduate student received encouraging news recently about their research efforts. Matt Law, assistant professor of chemistry and faculty director of LEXI – the Laboratory for Electron and X-ray Instrumentation – is one of thr

March 13, 2013 – Spinoff success story Hiperwall Inc.’s CEO wanted to say “thank you” to CALIT2 for the institute’s many years of nurturing and support. So the company, which had incubated in the CALIT2 Building from the time it incorporated in 2008 until its move last December

February 20, 2013 – He was nursing a sore throat but that didn’t stop UC Irvine professor Sanjoy Mazumdar from sharing his passion for design with students in CALIT2/UROP’s Multidisciplinary Design Program. Mazumdar, professor of planning, policy and design, is co-mentoring a gr

February 15, 2013 – Microfabrication and metal plating technologies – mainstays of electronic and biomedical devices – are rapidly advancing in complexity and sophistication. Both became a bit more transparent yesterday to an overflow audience at CALIT2 during a technology showc

January 25, 2013 – Startup company Biopico Systems is pushing the boundaries of the “lab on a chip” concept to picoliter scale. Founder John Collins and his staff are tapping the pumping and mixing capabilities of biofluidics to engineer a tiny chip that can process millions of

January 14, 2013 – As winter quarter at UC Irvine begins, 100 undergraduates from diverse majors are embarking on a cross-disciplinary experience that has the potential to benefit them long after the school year ends. They have been selected as Fellows in the Multidisciplinary D

January 04, 2013 – The company may not be completely moved into its new headquarters but TechPortal’s most recent tenant already feels right at home in the CALIT2 Building. Flint Rehabilitation Devices – a partnership among two UC Irvine graduate students and their faculty advis

December 19, 2012 – Sandwiched between the room-sized computers of the 1940s and the smart phones currently in millions of pockets worldwide is an era of unprecedented technological advancement. Equally significant is the accompanying social revolution. A new multidisciplinary c