Reposted from Berkeley Engineering | 6/17/2015 To mark the National Week of Making 2015, a handful of Berkeley engineers participated in the National Maker Faire […]
Labs & Programs
Tearing Down the Silos between Education, Research and Social Impact
by Charvi Shetty, Founder and CEO of KNOX Diagnostics What do a farmer from India, a professor in clinical education from the UK, and the […]
2015 CITRIS Seed Funding awards $600,000 to eleven information technology projects
We are delighted to announce that the 2015 CITRIS Seed Fund Awards have been selected. This year, CITRIS received 24 highly competitive proposals from the […]
CITRIS Nominates Sage Scholars for 2015 Assembly in Paris
Sanjay Krishnan, Omoju Miller, and Charvi Shetty were named as Sage Scholars and invited to present their work in Paris this month. From April 16 […]
CITRIS Foundry Demo Day 2015 Celebrates Graduating Cohort
The CITRIS Foundry hosted its annual Demo Day on March 31, 2015, to mark the graduation of the Spring 2014 cohort of startup companies.
CITRIS Foundry partners with LAUNCH Festival 2015, March 2-4
The CITRIS Foundry is excited to be a Media Partner of this year’s LAUNCH Festival, one of the largest startup and entrepreneurship events in the country. The festival […]
Deadline to Apply for the CITRIS Foundry is Feb. 22
Founding a Startup is Hard. We Can Help. Application Deadline is February 22nd at 11:59PM! The CITRIS Foundry is a technology incubator at UC Berkeley that helps […]
Chancellor Dirks and EVCP Steele Visit the Marvell NanoLab and CITRIS Invention Lab
UC Berkeley’s Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele visited the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory and CITRIS Invention Lab today, December 19th, 2014. NanoLab […]
Finding Hidden Joules
Ferroelectric material could help the arc of Moore’s Law reach new heights and radically reduce energy consumed by digital devices by Gordy Slack For the […]
Students Demo Final Projects for Interactive Device Design and User Interface Design
This semester, students in the UC Berkeley Interactive Device Design class (CS294-84/ME290U) spent 14 weeks designing, prototyping, and fabricating novel wireless smart products in the CITRIS Invention Lab. […]
Seed Funds Awarded to Three U.S.-Mexico Research Teams
CITRIS is pleased to announce that three innovative proposals have been selected to receive joint seed funding grants from Tecnológico de Monterrey and CITRIS. The winning proposals represent the […]
CITRIS Awards Prizes for Inaugural CalHacks
CalHacks debuted on October 3, 2014, as the largest collegiate hackathon in the nation. The first event of its kind in the Bay Area, more […]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Tours UC Berkeley
Oakland, CA – Today Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) toured the UC Berkeley’s research and innovation facilities including the Center for Information Technology Research in the […]
The CITRIS Foundry first cohort of graduates
by Gordy Slack The road to start-up success is littered with great ideas. Turning an idea into a prototype, a viable business plan, and an […]
The CITRIS Foundry Announces the New Cohort of Teams for Spring 2014
Five new teams have recently joined the CITRIS Foundry. Created in 2012, the Foundry helps entrepreneurs build companies that make a significant impact on the […]
2014 Seed Funded Projects Announced
CITRIS is pleased to announce that 11 innovative proposals have been selected in this year’s round of seed funding. Each of these proposals is multi-campus […]
Roundup of the Recent “A Hack Day for Global Health”
The Diagnostics by Design hackathon was designed as a cross-communities effort to bridge the gap between makers and do-it-yourself innovators and the sphere of global health.
Educating a Maker: The Berkeley Perspective
Forbes.com article on Invention Lab’s Critical Making and Interactive Device Design courses.
2014 CITRIS Seed Funding now open: Deadline Jan 26
The 2014 Seed Funding Opportunity invites CITRIS PI’s to apply for a one-year Seed Grant that will support CITRIS research initiatives.
Hartmann and Paulos named Co-Directors of CITRIS Invention Lab
Both Professors bring their extensive experience in interactive product design and engineering to the lab.
CITRIS Foundry now open at UC Berkeley!
The CITRIS Foundry has officially launched! This program for UC entrepreneurs is now open for applications, and initial teams are expected to be announced in mid-December.
CITRIS Foundry at UC Berkeley and Hub Ventures Announce Collaboration
CITRIS Foundry focuses on helping entrepreneurs develop their innovations to be ready for market.
Positive Impact on California’s Healthcare, Energy, and Water
CITRIS attracts approximately 75 million dollars a year of fresh research funds to our campuses.
2012 CITRIS Seed Funded awards announced
13 proposals were funded this year.