Roberto Manduchi’s lab has developed two smartphone-based apps to help blind people navigate inside buildings.
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CITRIS convenes workshop on drones and data at UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley
Interdisciplinary experts discuss challenges and opportunities of using drones to advance innovative research.
CIDER to receive NOAA climate resilience funding
The funding will cover the cost for four students per year to learn drone skills in an intensive two-week summer training program.
Immergo Labs awarded $1M by NSF small business innovation program
The startup aims to reduce costs for patients and clinics alike while setting a new standard for hybrid physical rehabilitation care.
UC Santa Cruz students excel in 3rd year of CIDER drone pilot program
The program, which trains students to take the FAA Part 107 commercial drone pilot exam, doubled its size this year and expanded to include an agriculture-focused track.
Answering the call: Sri Kurniawan designs assistive tech to improve quality of life
Inspired by the accidents she witnessed in the oil fields, the UC Santa Cruz scholar of human-centered design works to serve vulnerable populations.
CITRIS Foundry announces spring 2024 cohort
The 12-month program provides business, legal and technological support to student and faculty entrepreneurs affiliated with the four CITRIS campuses.
Sanfelice receives $2.5M to develop aerospace digital twin
A team led by CITRIS Aviation Director Ricardo Sanfelice has received a three-year award to model spacecraft that will clean space debris.
CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz awards Tech for Social Good funding to three student teams
Tech for Social Good awards support events and research projects that explore technology-based solutions to major social challenges.
CIDER drone piloting program welcomes new student cohort
The 2024 program will feature a variety of hands-on experiences and teach essential safety, privacy and security responsibilities.
CITRIS Seed Award is helping build a smarter microgrid
AI-optimized microgrids could provide communities with reliable electricity more quickly after a power outage.
CITRIS-supported UC Santa Cruz student team wins at sustainability decathlon
The winning project — an affordable, innovative net-zero house — was advised by professor Sue Carter and largely student built.
UC Santa Cruz I2P funds climate resilience projects
Researchers receive grants of up to $40,000 to develop information technology solutions to pressing climate issues.
‘Experience is power’: CITRIS Workforce Innovation sets up UC students for success
The second internship cohort a summer working with novel research, developing high-demand skills and gaining insight into unexpected career paths.
CITRIS PIs win UC Santa Cruz coastal resilience funding
CITRIS researchers received support for a diverse array of pilot projects in a recent funding round from the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
The sky’s the limit: Becca Fenwick gives research and education a new perspective with drone tech
The CITRIS PI and director of CIDER at UC Santa Cruz advances wildland management and workforce development with UAVs and remote sensing systems.
Katia Obraczka named director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are pleased to welcome professor Katia Obraczka, professor of computer science and engineering, as the campus director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz.
UC Santa Cruz receives $10M for food and ag workforce development
The project will be led by CITRIS PI Stacy Philpott, and CIDER Director Becca Fenwick will serve as a co-director.
CITRIS-supported UC Santa Cruz team wins prize in Farm Robotics Challenge
A team of students co-advised by CITRIS PI Dejan Milutinovic received the Small Farm prize at the inaugural Farm Robotics Challenge.
CITRIS Foundry startup Wonderfil aims to solve single-use plastic problem
Funded by CITRIS Tech for Social Good and the CITRIS Foundry, Wonderfil allow customers to refill on household products without generating extra waste.
Sanfelice to develop safer GPS alternative for aerial vehicles
CITRIS Aviation Director Ricardo Sanfelice has received support from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design a position, navigation and timing system that is more secure and reliable than GPS.
CIDER receives FAA drone training designation
UC Santa Cruz is the first UC campus to receive FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI) program designation.
Job opportunity: CITRIS/CIDER administrative and program assistant
UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin School of Engineering is looking for a full-time administrative and program assistant to support CITRIS.
The latest research buzz at UC Santa Cruz: Drones
Unique to the UC Santa Cruz campus, CIDER officially launched in late 2021 with 20 undergraduate students in its first Pilot-in-Training Mentorships in winter 2022.