May 16, 2014 – Said Shokair was supposed to be a doctor. His high school test scores qualified him for medical school, which he entered at age 17 in his native Syria. Six months later, though, after chatting with an uncle who was a pediatric cardiologist at UCLA, he opted to com

May 16, 2014 – A startup company born at CALIT2 was lauded earlier this month at a University of California event that showcased the university’s technology commercialization efforts. Steve Jenks, co-founder and chief scientist at Hiperwall, Inc., was asked to participate on a p

May 16, 2014 – It was a nail-biter, 30 days of networking, texting, calling, emailing, tweeting and Facebooking – sharing by any means possible. Launching a Kickstarter campaign is not for the faint of heart. For Michelle Khine and four of her graduate students, it was an all-co

May 16, 2014 – The California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug) this week hosted its fifth in a series of workshops at CALIT2. Like its predecessors, this daylong event aimed to unite academia, business, government agencies, utilities and other stakeholders in the pursuit of e