Climate TRACE, a tech coalition co-founded by 2014 CITRIS Foundry venture WattTime, plans to release its first asset-level inventory this fall.
Labs & Programs
Foundry startup supports a tech-savvy firefighting workforce
Recruits at the FIRE Foundry in Marin County will field-test an early detection system developed by spring 2020 CITRIS Foundry venture Gridware.
Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo
The UC Merced engineer launched an international wastewater-monitoring dashboard in 2020 with CITRIS support.
CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples
Lydia Sohn and team demonstrated how their innovative test method can provide clearer insight into a population’s active infections.
A decade of innovation and inspiration at the CITRIS Invention Lab
The community of makers has helped thousands of UC Berkeley affiliates develop creative skills and prototype novel products over the last 10 years.
Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce
CITRIS Workforce Innovation places top student talent from four UC campuses in paid summer internships at established companies, startups, nonprofit organizations, and national and academic labs.
Paulos lab creates wireless, biodegradable heater from a leaf
Researchers in the laboratory of Eric Paulos, faculty director of the CITRIS Invention Lab, have developed a low-cost, wireless heating system out of natural materials.
Clarity Movement Co. provides air monitoring infrastructure for LA schools
The 2014 CITRIS Foundry venture is supporting nation’s largest school-based air monitoring network with software, sensors and more.
CITRIS Foundry venture Ayar Labs raises $130M in series C round
The silicon photonics startup will use the funds to ramp up production and secure supply chain partners for its optical I/O solution.
CITRIS PI engineers more energy efficient transistors in NanoLab
In a recent Nature paper, UC Berkeley professor Sayeef Salahuddin details a breakthrough that significantly reduces the energy needed to operate a transistor.
‘Breathalyzer-style’ COVID-19 test set to enter market this year
The device invented by CITRIS PI Cristina Davis may be used in settings such as airplanes, hospitals or live sports events.
CITRIS PIs lead UC efforts to fight climate change
Several projects led by CITRIS affiliates are among the climate resilience efforts already making a difference in Californians’ lives.
Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission
This UC Santa Cruz professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety with systems and networking expertise.
Finding paths, and making them: Erin Hestir breaks new ground with CITRIS connections
The CITRIS principal investigator and geomatics engineer uses remote sensing to construct complex pictures of aquatic ecosystems under threat.
CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz awards five student teams Tech for Social Good funding
Three student-led technology development projects and two events have received 2021–22 TSG awards.
SafelyYou, grown from CITRIS Seed Award, nets $40M in series B funding
The startup, which provides fall detection with AI-enabled camera systems for patients with dementia, has deep roots in the CITRIS community.
13 cross-campus projects selected for 2021 Seed Awards
The proposals address grand challenges, including climate resilience, digital health innovation, next-generation technology policy, and automation and the workforce.
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Davis works to find COVID ‘breath signature’
With support from a 2020 CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Funding Award, UC Davis professor Cristina Davis is working to develop a portable breathalyzer-like device to detect COVID-19.
CITRIS-supported COVID-19 tracking earns Naughton acclaim
Colleen Naughton, an assistant professor at UC Merced, has received two significant honors for wastewater epidemiology work that stemmed from CITRIS seed funding.
‘Spike-liposomes’ pioneered with CITRIS support
Supported by a CITRIS Seed Award, a team of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley has created mimics of COVID-19 that can be used to test the efficacy of neutralizing antibodies.
Smaller, faster, more secure: CrossBar builds better ReRAM at NanoLab
Sung Hyun Jo, CTO of CrossBar Inc., credits the flexible, accommodating Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at CITRIS for helping the company discover ‘missing pieces’ during the commercialization process.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good
CITRIS is accepting proposals from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz for projects addressing Grand Challenges of IT.
CITRIS Foundry announces fall 2021 cohort
New UC ventures seek to solve pressing challenges in health care equity, energy efficiency, education access and more.