Robotics project featured in U.S. News

CITRIS Researchers are working on a project to “teach” robots to function in the operating room as human surgical assistants. This work is currently highlighted in U.S. News and World Report.

Dr. Gary Baldwin dies at 67

Dr. Gary Baldwin, Director of Special Projects, CITRIS @ Berkeley, passed away on November 16, 2010, after a short battle with cancer.

October 2010 Newsletter

This newsletter covers the recent SCHEME meeting to promote collaborations of engineers, doctors, and health administrators; and the Teleimmersion for Physicians project

July newsletter online

This recent newsletter has stories on (1) Cory Hall Testbed project through i4Energy, which installed a network of
monitoring equipment to track the flow and use of electricity, and (2) a new program, Cleantech to Market, that is
partnering with CITRIS to help select suitable clean energy projects and bring them to
market.

Steven Glaser Named Fellow at the Technical University of Munich

Professor Steven Glaser was recently named a TÜV SÜD Guest Professor and Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, at the Technical University of Munich, one of the premier universities in Germany. Glaser is leading a student workshop, “From Earthquakes to Acoustic Emissions: Non-destructive Testing in Engineering,” to take place in Munich from July 19 to 24.

CITRIS Receives $2.3 Million DOE Research Award

CITRIS was recently awarded a $2.3 million U.S. Department of Energy American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contract to develop a Distributed Intelligent Automated Demand Response (DIADR) management system for buildings. The purpose of the research is to achieve 30% peak demand reduction while still maintaining the building as a healthy, productive, and comfortable environment for the building occupants.

CITRIS to help build sustainability toolkit for California

CITRIS, in collaboration with Calit2 and the Institute for the Future, has launched a project aimed at developing a sustainable future for California over the next ten years and beyond. The diverse group of researchers will produce a comprehensive roadmap of key issues facing California.
Read EarthTimes article.

Application to Access to Siemens CAD/CAM/CED: NX Software

The Siemens corporation has made a generous donation of industrial  
software to UC Berkeley. The attached documents provide details on the
software and an application (process) to obtain access to it.  The
software will soon be installed on the CITRIS server. In addition, you
can also install the  software locally in your lab (on your local
server). There are a total of 50 licenses and it is possible to  
allocate multiple licenses to groups within your group. In addition to
the attached documentation, the following website has further information:

CITRIS Newsletter Online

The CITRIS Newsletter (May 2010) focuses on art and technology: algorithms to depict thousands of opinions on several issues in one simple, two-dimensional animated illustration; and enabling computer animations to express themselves more richly.

John Holdren speaks at the 17th Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment

John P. Holdren, speaking at the UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group – The 17th Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment, presented "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being." John Holdren is Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Assistant to the President of Science and Technology.