The startup is developing a personalized evacuation platform to help communities prepare for and respond to emergencies.
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Salahuddin receives APS McGroddy Prize
CITRIS researcher Sayeef Salahuddin has been awarded the 2026 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials from the American Physical Society.
Berkeley Frontier Fund jump-starts nanofabrication research with new faculty award
The $75,000 gift provides four new faculty members with research credits to begin work in one of the nation’s premier academic nanofabrication facilities.
Push forward, come prepared: Tips for getting the most out of your internship
CITRIS’s former student writer, a UC Berkeley chemical engineering major, shares what she learned in her 2025 CITRIS Workforce Innovation internship.
Bridging a ‘crucial gap’: CITRIS internship program ends on a high note
More than a hundred UC students in the fourth and final cohort developed valuable skills in high-demand industries.
Rethinking the smart thermostat
Isabel Méndez, a Fulbright–García Robles Visiting Research Scholar at UC Berkeley and postdoctoral researcher with the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) and CITRIS […]
CITRIS to partner with DNV on embodied AI
UC Berkeley’s Murat Arcak will lead work to develop new ways to improve the safety of AI systems that make decisions in unpredictable environments.
CITRIS announces partnership with TITAN Group
The initial phase of the joint research effort, launched in September, focuses on advancing “digital twins” for cement plants.
Summit caps UC Berkeley’s first Tech Policy Week
Hosted by CITRIS, the Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Information, the event examined the intersection of research, public sentiment and policymaking in an era of rapid technological change.
UC Berkeley to celebrate inaugural Tech Policy Week
CITRIS is co-hosting the first UC Berkeley Tech Policy Week, which will showcase technology policy efforts across campus from Oct. 20–23.
CITRIS senior advisor to lead Berkeley Space Center
Victoria Coleman, former chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force, will succeed CITRIS’s Alexandre Bayen as associate provost for the Berkeley Space Center.
Job opportunity: Digital marketing assistant (open to UC Berkeley students)
The communications team at CITRIS’s UC Berkeley headquarters is seeking a student assistant to assist with a variety of digital marketing tasks.
‘Startup Campus’ highlights CITRIS’s role in UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurial efforts
The book recognizes CITRIS and sibling institute QB3 for demonstrating how corporate funding could boost the university’s research capabilities.
Robot butlers on the horizon? Not so fast, says Goldberg
Leading roboticist Ken Goldberg explains the vast data gap between today’s AI chatbots and humanoid robots that can complete real-world tasks.
Job opportunity: Technology writer (open to UC Berkeley students)
The communications team at CITRIS’s headquarters at UC Berkeley is seeking a student writer for the 2025–26 academic year.
CITRIS and Kajima bring smart infrastructure tech closer to real-world deployment
A collaboration between UC researchers and the Japanese construction powerhouse seeks to advance underground sensing and slope disaster modeling for resilient cities. A cross-Pacific partnership […]
Researchers receive $2M to develop energy control for commercial buildings
The Super-GX platform uses an open-source solution that makes it easier for building managers to respond to changing energy needs.
How CITRIS scholars are helping the Bay Area prepare for wildfires
Michael Gollner’s wildland fire science course gives students the opportunity to model real-life fire scenarios in Bay Area communities.
CITRIS Seed Awards fund 4 multicampus projects for public good
Teams will receive up to $60,000 to propel their research into full-fledged solutions to some of society’s most pressing challenges.
CITRIS Seed Award project leads to low-cost, at-home diagnostics
The team’s rapid test, which combines the “coffee-ring effect” with plasmonics and AI, is up to 100 times more sensitive than equivalent tests.
UC Berkeley team combats deepfakes with data-driven solution
A recent study led by Hany Farid demonstrates a need for better techniques to recognize increasingly undetectable voice cloning.
2025 Art Rosenfeld Award recipient advances energy efficiency
Aoyu Zou, winner of the 2025 Art Rosenfeld Award, will use the funds to improve energy sustainability in the built environment.
Learning by doing: UC students take on CITRIS Workforce Innovation internships
High-performing students from four UC campuses will spend eight weeks gaining hands-on, real-world experience in high-demand tech fields this summer.
Marvell NanoLab gets high-tech boost with Lam Research gift
The donated multimillion-dollar etching system will enable the fabrication of nanoscale semiconductor devices for next-generation chip technologies.