This workshop aims at bringing together researcher and presentations related to diagnostic methods and sensors for enhancing the reliability and improving fault detection for the power distribution grid. Among other, our goal is to stimulate the discussion on how such sensors and diagnostics/fault information can be integrated into the upcoming “Smart Grid” infrastructure.
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.
CITRIS/CSE talk on Science and the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
How can science support efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons and strengthen non-proliferation? Science and scientists have been engaged in support of many security building and arms control and disarmament efforts within different political and administrative frames.
NSF awards $24.5 million for center to stem increase of electronics power draw
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $24.5 million to researchers
at the University of California, Berkeley, to head an ambitious,
multi-institutional center that could one day lead to a million-fold reduction
in power consumption by electronics.
Interview about India Eye Care Hospitals discuss TIER work
Dr. Aravind from Aravind Eye Hospitals was interviewed recently and
discussed TIER's role in setting up the vision centers. The largest and
the most productive eye care facility in the world, it sees over 1.4
million patients and performs over 200,000 sight restoring surgeries
each year. Two-thirds of its services, are free.
Lee Friedman
Professor Emeritus, Goldman School of Public Policy
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Game Theory, Computational Game Theory, Computer Science Education
Professor Laurent El Ghaoui
Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Convex Optimization, Decision-making Under Uncertainty, Machine Learning, Robust Optimization, Semidefinite Programming
David Wessel
Director CNMAT, Professor
UC Berkeley
Greg Niemeyer: Connecting Technology and Art
Professor Greg Niemeyer creates games that can help engage people with serious issues, particularly that of climate change.
DASH to the Next Gen of Robots: Small, Cheap, and Feral
The Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod is a micro-robot made of paperboard and off-the-shelf electronics that could assist in recovery from natural disasters by crawling into spaces too dangerous for rescue workers to enter.
February Newsletter is online
The latest CITRIS newsletter is now online, witha story about a micro-robot made of paperboard and off-the-shelf electronics that could assist in recovery from natural disasters, and an interview with Greg Niemeyer, who creates games that can help engage people with serious issues, particularly that of climate change.
i4Energy Center in the News
CITRIS, the i4Energy Center, and the Climate Energy Policy Institute (CEPI) are featured in current article in the UC Berkeley News.
I4Energy Dedication
On January 29, 2010, we formally introduced the new i4Energy Center, with a panel of distinguished speakers from the California Energy Commission, the State Assembly, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California Institute for Energy and Environment, and the Berkeley Campus. Following the introduction in the Banatao Auditorium, we dedicated the new i4Energy space on the fourth floor of Sutardja Dai Hall in the Banatao Institute at CITRIS. Photos of the event are online.
2010 CITRIS Seed Funding RFP Now Open
CITRIS is pleased to announce a new round of seed funding for FY 2010. It is open to all CITRIS investigators in UC Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz.
CITRIS Research Exchange schedule for Spring 2010 is now online
The spring schedule for the Research Exchange can be found at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-spring2010
Application form for Yahoo! Cloud Cluster
Yahoo!’s cluster is part of the Open Cirrus’ Testbed created by HP, Intel, and Yahoo! (see press release at http://research.yahoo.com/node/2328). The availability of the Yahoo! cluster was first announced in November 2007 (see press release at http://research.yahoo.com/node/1879).
Application to Access to Siemens CAD/CAM/CED: NX Software
NX is the commercial CAD/CAM/CAE PLM software suite developed by
Siemens PLM Software. NX is widely used in the engineering industry,
especially
in the automotive and aerospace sectors.[http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/nx/index.shtml]
2010 MDV Innovators Award Winners Announced
The 2010 Mohr Davidow Ventures Innovators Award Winners have been announced. Mohr Davidow Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm investing in pioneering science, has announced that among its winners are Ali Javey from UC Berkeley and Delia Milliron from LBNL
BBC Radio Interviews David Dornfeld
Professor David Dornfeld, Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability, was recently interviewed by BBC Radio 5 live about the role of manufacturing regarding climate issues. Listen to radio interview.
NSF Supports UC Berkeley in Taming the Data Deluge in Astronomy
A multidisciplinary group from UC Berkeley have been awarded a
$1,573,550 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to tackle
new challenges confronting astronomers who study the dynamic and
variable sky.
Zuo-Jun “Max” Shen
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
UC Berkeley
Professor Barbara Mellers
Professor of Marketing and Organizational Behavior
UC Berkeley
Professor Kevin Healy
Professor, Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Bioengineering, Bioinspired Materials, Biological Interfaces, Biomaterials, Drug Development, Environmental Toxicity Screening, Lineage Specification, Microphysiological Systems, Microtissues, Organoids, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell Microenvironments, Stem Cells, Translational Bioengineering
Ashok Gadgil
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Biomass Cookstoves, Building Energy Systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Development Engineering, Drinking Water Treatment, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Engineering, Indoor Air Quality, Nonlinear System Simulation, Pollutant Transport
Statoil Initiates Mega-Projects Initiative at UC Berkeley’s Project Production Systems Laboratory
One of the world's largest crude oil and gas suppliers, Statoil, has
teamed up with UC Berkeley’s Project Production Systems Laboratory
(P2SL) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to
establish a Mega-projects Research Initiative.