Thomas Nesbitt named CITRIS@Davis Chief Scientist

Thomas Nesbitt has been named CITRIS@Davis Chief Scientist. He is currently the Executive Associate Dean for Administration and Clinical Outreach and is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine who specializes in rural health and the use of advanced telecommunications technologies to improve access to medical education and care.

Student competition at CITRIS: $25K in prizes

Deadline is April 23 at 5:00 p.m. for the second annual CITRIS White Paper competition, which will give away $25K in cash prizes for the best ideas that demonstrate the ability of IT to address a major societal challenge.

CITRIS Newsletter Online

Read about the technology behind the dazzling holiday gala in addition to our efforts to support student research in the February/March newsletter.

New Multicampus Hazards California Institute

Preventing California’s many natural hazards from turning into natural disasters is the aim of the new California Hazards Institute, a multicampus research program of the University of California.

Studying Membranes at the Nanoscale

The composition of lipid membranes, similar to those that surround living cells, can now be mapped at the nanometer scale. The work, by researchers at Stanford University, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and UC Davis, is published in the Sept. 29 issue of the journal Science.

CITRIS Research Exchange, Fall 2006 Schedule

These popular talks are held every Wednesday at
noon in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus and are
all free, open to the general public, broadcast live online, and archived on the
CITRIS website.

Agricultural projects win CITRIS White paper competition

Two agricultural proposals’one on supporting
urban agriculture in Mexico City and the other on alleviating water scarcity in
California farming’are co-winners of the first annual CITRIS White Paper
competition and will receive $7500 each.

CITRIS and Hong Kong open R&D Centers

On April 20, five new R&D centers opened in Hong Kong to further
promote the development of innovation and technology.  Hosted by
local universities and technology support organisations, including CITRIS, the Centers
provide a one-stop service for applied research, technology transfer and
commercialisation and help facilitate industries to move up the value chain.
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Air Solutions

Due to pollution, a breath of fresh air isn't what it used to be. Find
out how a new center at CITRIS campus UC Davis is increasing our
understanding of the causes and effects of bad air on human health

Chen-Nee Chuah

Child Family Professor in Engineering and Co-director of the AI Center in Engineering
UC Davis

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Ag And Health Technologies, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks Bio, Information And Networking, Information Systems, Machine Learning And Applications

Ross Boulanger

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Davis

Engineering, Geotechnical And Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Geomechanics, Infrastructure Resilience, Seismic Performance, Soil Mechanics

Steven Velinsky

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UC Davis

Engineering, Mechanical Design, Automated Systems, Automation Of Highway Machinery, Engineering Mechanics, Machine Design, Mechanical Systems, Mechanics-based Design, Mechanisms, Mechatronics, Mobile Manipulators, Mobile Robots, Robotics

Daniel Wilson

Associate Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling
UC Davis

Engineering, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Centrifuge Modeling; Soil-structure Interaction; Geotechnical Instrumentation And Data Acquisition, Earthquake Engineering

Caroline Rodier

Associate Director, Urban Land Use and Transportation Center (ULTRANS)
UC Davis

Transportation Studies, Transportation, Activity-based Microsimulation, Demand Management, Environmental Policy, Integrative Modeling, Inter-regional Travel, Land Use Planning, Performance Measurement, Policy Analysis, Public Investment Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Transportation Planning

David Rocke

Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Biostatistics
UC Davis

Health, Radiation Biology, Biomedical Statistics, Formal Models, Gene Expression Analysis, Human Skin Biology, International Relations Modeling, Low-dose Radiation, Metabolomics, Moderate-dose Radiation, Proteomics, Radiation Effects, Statistical Modeling, Wound Healing