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April 08, 2011 – An innovative program launched this spring is giving UC Irvine undergraduate students practical experience with the type of multidisciplinary collaborations they are likely to face after they graduate. The inaugural Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP), sponso

April 05, 2011 – Many of us depend on ubiquitous communications – the ability to be connected 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no matter how far afield we venture. This constant connectedness requires technology that can overcome a multitude of challenges in communications sys

March 10, 2011 – What do a cinematic opera performance and a scientific visualization of a Midwest tornado have in common? The answer: a super high-definition (SHD) 4K digital video projector. Attendees of the 2011 CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in Californ

March 09, 2011 – SURF-IT, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology, is again accepting applications from UCI undergraduate students who want to gain hands-on experience in IT-related research. Faculty members have submitted 14 multidisciplinary summ

March 05, 2011 – To technology enthusiast Chris Van Dusen, an elevator pitch is the most important instrument in the entrepreneur’s toolbox. A clear, concise, easily understood pitch can open the door to capital and customers; a poorly crafted pitch can scuttle interest in even

February 22, 2011 – Drew Senyei, M.D. knows a little something about healthcare. For more than 25 years, the physician and venture capitalist has built emerging life science and healthcare companies and holds 25 patents of his own. He invented the first FDA-approved test to pred

February 16, 2011 – Lean is an oft-repeated buzzword and a desired result in cuisine, muscle mass and manufacturing. It’s also a key concept in the evolving startup environment, as would-be entrepreneurs learned at this month’s TechPortal Entrepreneurs Series from business devel

February 15, 2011 – The storms that showered Orange County in late 2010 have provided a healthy start to an innovative UC Irvine pilot project on how local and imported plants affect each other – and how to help restore the more delicate native plants. The Hiperwall in CALIT2

February 09, 2011 – The U.S. Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research has one paramount goal: to make even the “gee-whiz” technologies of today obsolete. In order to accomplish that ambitious agenda, it is reaching out to universities and research laboratories around the world

February 08, 2011 – This summer CALIT2 and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program will again offer UCI faculty members an opportunity to have undergraduate researchers assist them in mentored projects. The projects may be in any discipline, but they should have a subst

February 08, 2011 – CALIT2 affiliate Bill Tomlinson, informatics associate professor, delivered a plenary address last week in Washington, D.C. at a workshop that explored research challenges facing worldwide sustainability. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the C

January 18, 2011 – Hamid Jafarkhani, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a CALIT2 academic participant, is one of four UC Irvine professors recently elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The four were h