CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges

UC Berkeley

The headquarters of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are located in Sutardja Dai Hall (SDH) on the UC Berkeley campus. Specially designed to house this interdisciplinary research institute, the building contains 141,000 sq. feet of laboratory space for collaborative research, faculty offices, the 149-seat Banatao Auditorium, conference rooms on each floor, and modern classrooms. SDH also hosts the CITRIS Invention Lab, a rapid prototyping space used by UC entrepreneurs in our CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator program and the student maker community. The Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory occupies a two-story, 15,000-square-foot wing of Sutardja Dai Hall where academic and industry researchers develop prototypes for new biosensors, photonics devices, and other MEMS/NEMS sensors. SDH is equipped with hundreds of sensors and sophisticated systems for building management that form a living laboratory on campus for energy research and proof-of-concept demonstrations.

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William Mickelson

Visiting Scholar, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
UC Berkeley

Engineering, Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene, Material Properties, Materials Characterization, Nanomaterials, Nanomaterials Synthesis, Nanoparticles, Nanoscience, Nanostructured Materials, Transmission Electron Microscopy (tem)

Ken Jacobs

Senior Policy Advisor, UC Berkeley Labor Center
UC Berkeley

Berkeley Center For Labor Research And Education (public Service/social Sciences), Labor Policy And Inequality, Labor Economics, Labor Research, Public Policy

Hayden Taylor

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
UC Berkeley

Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Computational Mechanics, Manufacturing, Microfabrication, Nanofabrication, Nanoimprint Lithography, Semiconductor Manufacturing

Gail Brager

Professor, Architecture
UC Berkeley

Environmental Design, Built Environment And Indoor Climate, Building Performance, Indoor Environmental Quality, Thermal Comfort