Features

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

December 14, 2012 – In a high-definition example of successful startup strategy and implementation, Hiperwall Inc. is leaving the nest. The spinoff company, which grew out of NSF-funded visualization research conducted in the CALIT2 Building, is moving into its own Irvine facili

December 11, 2012 – Multidisciplinary research and Dr. Steven George fit together like a hand and glove. The UCI engineering professor also is a medical doctor by training – so he has a firm grasp of both worlds. Last July, George received a prestigious $1 million NIH grant, one

December 10, 2012- Through cutting-edge research in electrochemistry, a Japanese industry-university consortium has made huge strides in advanced electroplating technology – the process of chemically applying thin layers of metal to materials. This layering process adds specific prope

December 10, 2012 – What if you could turn a knob and dial down a friend’s Twitter feed, fading those tweets into the background rather than rudely “unfollowing” him? Called AmpDamp, this conceptual product is an analog interface that allows users to filter their digital informa

December 07, 2012 – Faculty research on university campuses traditionally occurs within the silos of individual academic departments. Last week’s Igniting Technology event, however, promoted a new model. Six presenters at “Venture Science: Crossing Disciplines, Creating Innovati

December 06, 2012 – Not so long ago, the word ‘network’ brought to mind electrical engineers hunched over silicon chips. Today, networks encompass sociology, biology, communications, public health, criminology and a myriad of other realms, all of which cross disciplinary boundar

December 05, 2012 – In one corner: research scientists toiling on technologies to tackle perplexing biomedical problems. In the other corner: doctors searching for efficient remedies while treating patients and juggling paperwork. Between them: the so-called “valley of death,” b