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Research Exchange: Real-time Monitoring of Managed Aquifer Recharge

California is highly dependent on groundwater to satisfy fresh water demands, but supplies are increasingly stressed and groundwater in many basins is overdrafted, leading to resource degradation and loss of storage. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is strategy by which excess surface water is infiltrated into the ground in natural or engineered structures, often as part of a broader effort to conjunctively manage and enhance linked surface water and groundwater resources.

UC Berkeley team wins PR2 Robot

After an intense competition, a UC Berkeley team located on the 7th floor of the CITRIS Headquarters Building was awarded with a PR2 robot. The team, led by Pieter Abbeel, will continue developing open source code for robotics.

i4Energy Seminar: Printed Energy Storage Devices for Micro-power Supplies

As electronic devices become smaller in volume and more specialized in functionality, a paradigm shift in energy storage design and manufacture is beginning to emerge and can be realized with the development of simple, low-cost, solutions-based processing methods to incorporate custom energy buffers directly onto a device.

Message from Director Jeff Wright

CITRIS@UCMerced continues its ground-breaking research driven by the goal of bringing computational innovation to bear to societal problems. Recent breakthroughs include improved technologies and methodologies for forecasting solar resources; new sensors for environmental monitoring and assessment; intelligent autonomous systems to assist humans in difficulty situations such as first-response rescue operations; enhanced energy management and controls in buildings; expanded capabilities for monitoring our nations water resources; improved technologies supporting SmartGRID development; and much more.  Technologies that will serve the people and commercial enterprise of California… Jeff Wright Director: CITRIS@UCMerced jwright@citris-uc.org

i4Energy Seminar: Legal implications of Climate Modeling

This presentation discusses the uses and limitations of these models for courts and agencies. Climate scientists have created a unique institutional system for assessing and improving models, going well beyond the usual system of peer review. Consequently, their conclusions should be entitled to considerable credence by courts and agencies.