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CITRIS Seed Funding

CITRIS PI restores unique voices with neuroengineering 

CITRIS PI restores unique voices with neuroengineering 
Posted on March 5, 2025

Lee Miller’s research combines muscle signals and recorded speech to rebuild the unique voices of individuals who have lost theirs.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

Seed Award project transforms glucose monitoring with AI 

Seed Award project transforms glucose monitoring with AI 
Posted on February 13, 2025

Researchers at UC Davis and UC Davis Health are piloting a “metabolic watchdog” that anticipates blood sugar issues for users with Type 1 diabetes.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

Call for proposals: CITRIS Seed Funding offers PIs up to $60K for multicampus research

Call for proposals: CITRIS Seed Funding offers PIs up to $60K for multicampus research
Posted on February 13, 2025

Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to apply.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Robotics

Seed Award project helps enable safer navigation for blind people

Seed Award project helps enable safer navigation for blind people
Posted on October 17, 2024

Roberto Manduchi’s lab has developed two smartphone-based apps to help blind people navigate inside buildings.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Santa Cruz

CITRIS-supported caregiving project moves from simulation to pilot study

CITRIS-supported caregiving project moves from simulation to pilot study
Posted on September 3, 2024

UC Davis neuropsychologist Alyssa Weakley developed the Interactive Care Platform to help older adults living alone access family support.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis, UC Merced
Research Interests Health

CITRIS researcher aims to electrify big machines

CITRIS researcher aims to electrify big machines
Posted on August 30, 2024

Off-road construction machinery presents new challenges in vehicle electrification, and Shima Nazari is working on ways to meet them.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis

Serious game helps Californians prep for wildfires

Serious game helps Californians prep for wildfires
Posted on June 13, 2024

Tomales Resilience, a game that simulates a real-life wildfire evacuation, stems from a 2019 CITRIS Seed Award project led by Thomas Maiorana and Kenichi Soga.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate, Policy

Answering the call: Sri Kurniawan designs assistive tech to improve quality of life

Answering the call: Sri Kurniawan designs assistive tech to improve quality of life
Posted on May 10, 2024

Inspired by the accidents she witnessed in the oil fields, the UC Santa Cruz scholar of human-centered design works to serve vulnerable populations.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Santa Cruz

Picking up vibrations: Shijia Pan makes ambient surfaces smarter

Picking up vibrations: Shijia Pan makes ambient surfaces smarter
Posted on April 5, 2024

The CITRIS PI and UC Merced professor combines vibration sensors with the Internet of Things to develop smart devices for health applications and more.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Merced
Research Interests Health

Seed Award project aims to help keep older adults independent ‘as long as possible’

Seed Award project aims to help keep older adults independent ‘as long as possible’
Posted on March 22, 2024

UC Davis neuropsychologist Alyssa Weakley and a multicampus team have been developing new features for Interactive Care, or I-Care, a web-based platform for long-distance caregivers.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis, UC Merced
Research Interests Health

2023 Seed Award will explore safety of AI in air traffic control

2023 Seed Award will explore safety of AI in air traffic control
Posted on February 13, 2024

Ayush Pandey seeks to design trustworthy AI models that can better respond to unpredictable scenarios in air traffic control.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Aviation, CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests Aviation

6 multicampus, interdisciplinary projects selected for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards

6 multicampus, interdisciplinary projects selected for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards
Posted on December 15, 2023

The winning projects will use IT to address challenges in aviation, climate resilience and sustainability, digital health, and semiconductors and systems.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Nanotechnology

Cultivating sustainable systems: Stavros Vougioukas embraces ag tech challenges

Cultivating sustainable systems: Stavros Vougioukas embraces ag tech challenges
Posted on December 6, 2023

The CITRIS PI and UC Davis biological and agricultural engineer harnesses robotic and automated technology to optimize designs, systems and processes in agriculture and beyond.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate, Future of Work, Robotics

CITRIS Seed Award is helping build a smarter microgrid

CITRIS Seed Award is helping build a smarter microgrid
Posted on December 5, 2023

AI-optimized microgrids could provide communities with reliable electricity more quickly after a power outage.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Climate

CITRIS Seed Award project uses drones to detect wildfires

CITRIS Seed Award project uses drones to detect wildfires
Posted on September 5, 2023

UC Davis’s Zhaodan Kong plans to speed up wildfire detection with his integrated UAV and sensor technology systems.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Aviation, Climate

CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for public good

CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for public good
Posted on August 4, 2023

Principal investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Nanotechnology, Robotics

CITRIS Seed Award sparks VR app for California parks

CITRIS Seed Award sparks VR app for California parks
Posted on July 21, 2023

The new Virtual Adventurer app was inspired by the Bodie 3D Project, recipient of a 2016 CITRIS Seed Award.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Merced

‘Mission-driven’: Colleen Naughton integrates anthropology and engineering to advance ag tech and public health

‘Mission-driven’: Colleen Naughton integrates anthropology and engineering to advance ag tech and public health
Posted on June 13, 2023

The CITRIS PI and UC Merced professor and development engineer blends traditional research techniques with improvements in technology and analytical methods to design more sustainable food, energy and water systems.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Merced
Research Interests Climate, COVID-19, Future of Work

Call for proposals: CITRIS Climate Action Acceleration Fund

Call for proposals: CITRIS Climate Action Acceleration Fund
Posted on May 30, 2023

Awards of up to $10,000 will support UC Berkeley projects related to sustainability and climate resilience that are ready to proceed to the next stage of commercialization. 

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Climate, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Berkeley

Preparing for a warming world: CITRIS at the vanguard of climate tech research

Preparing for a warming world: CITRIS at the vanguard of climate tech research
Posted on April 14, 2023

By supporting interdisciplinary work and seeding multicampus projects, CITRIS helps to keep the University of California at the forefront of climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Aviation, CITRIS Climate, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Nanotechnology, Robotics

CITRIS-funded project helps assess post-wildfire fate of ecosystems

CITRIS-funded project helps assess post-wildfire fate of ecosystems
Posted on April 5, 2023

The project, led by led by UC Davis’s Gary Bucciarelli, will apply AI to help predict the impact that fire will have on a landscape.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

CITRIS Seed Award project supports long-distance caregivers

CITRIS Seed Award project supports long-distance caregivers
Posted on February 17, 2023

Interactive Care, or I-Care, is working to make long-distance caregiving for older adults easier.

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis, UC Merced
Research Interests Health

Evolution on fast forward: Grace Gu engineers AI-optimized, bioinspired materials

Evolution on fast forward: Grace Gu engineers AI-optimized, bioinspired materials
Posted on February 10, 2023

The CITRIS PI and UC Berkeley mechanical engineer takes inspiration from nature and uses machine learning to create more efficient materials.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Aviation

CITRIS selects 8 multicampus projects for 2022 Seed Awards

CITRIS selects 8 multicampus projects for 2022 Seed Awards
Posted on December 14, 2022

The eight selected proposals, submitted by interdisciplinary teams from Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz, will receive up to $60,000 for their work, thanks in part to external philanthropic support.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Seed Funding
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Policy, Robotics

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