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A little-known problem threatens systems that deliver electric power to residential and commercial customers: the underground distribution cables that operate at 12,000 volts or higher […]

Blast Protection of Bridges is a CITRIS project aimed at determining the response of long-span bridges and elevated freeways to blasts that occur on the […]

Whenever a major earthquake occurs, there are inevitably buildings that collapse, often trapping people inside. A natural impulse is to rescue them, yet worldwide statistics […]

Helping out those who help us A UC Berkeley project known as FIRE—the Fire Information and Rescue Equipment technology system—will help increase the safety and […]

Life-Saving Robots The goal of this project is to develop field-suitable robotic technologies to assist first-responders in the aftermath of natural and/or man-made disasters. After […]

CITRIS researchers at UC Berkeley are exploring new ways to use sensors to monitor our infrastructure—including water and traffic. The Lagrangian Sensor project, led by […]

Two-thirds of the Sierra Nevada precipitation is snow, much of which falls when the temperature is just below 0°C. Therefore, a few degrees increase in […]

Message from Acting Director Paul Wright CITRIS was created to maintain California ’s leadership in safety, security, health and prosperity, and our Intelligent Infrastructures thrust […]

Innovative Energy Research Under One Roof   The Center for Smart Sustainable Energy Technologies is being created to serve as a focal point for research […]

The University of California at Merced is the newest campus in the UC system.  Located in the central valley of California, where both the population […]

Following the California energy crisis of 2000 to 2001, the California Energy Commission (CEC) funded pilot programs in Time-of-Use, Critical Peak Pricing, and Real-Time Pricing. […]

Hydrogen at Room Temperature   Materials exhibiting reversible hydrogen adsorption with high gravimetric and volumetric capacities are sought for use in on-board storage systems of […]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Materials Sciences Division is investigating new classes of materials that can efficiently store hydrogen—a very light and volatile gas—aboard cars under […]

The Hydrogen Pathways Program was a four-year study (2003-2006) from the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) that focused on understanding the potential transition […]

In April 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger issued an executive order proclaiming the benefits and potentials of bioenergy in helping to meet the future needs of California […]

Let the Engine Decide   “Smart Engine Performance with Alternate Fuels” is a five year research program that would include three main components: – Experimental […]

Small-Footprint Nuclear Reactors aim to develop new technologies to utilize nuclear energy in the production of low carbon transportation fuels suitable for use in advanced, […]

Looking for a way to remove carbon from gas?  Professor Arun Majumdar and colleagues at UC Berkeley want use carbonates as a way to capture […]

Maximizing Power from the Sun   By mounting solar photovoltaic (PV) converter panels to a metal surface and forming a wall, Professor Van Carey at […]

About 90 percent of the world’s power is generated by heat engines that convert heat to mechanical motion, which can then be converted to electricity […]

Two
UC projects are attempting to develop technologies to provide millions of families living in Indian slums, and
villagers in rural communities with safe, clean sources of drinking water.

Dear Friends of CITRIS:

As I continue in my role as Acting Director, I keep coming back to the
inspirational vision of UC's first Chancellor, Clark …

Transforming an information glut into an information goldmine is the aim of
knowledge science at UCSC. by Gordy Slack

Nailing Down the Who, What, When, Where, and Who Else: The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. by Gordy Slack