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.
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.
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.
There has been some debate regarding whether we are currently experiencing a nuclear energy renaissance. There are currently 10 contracts to build the Westinghouse AP1000: 4 in China and 6 in the US.
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.
One of the most pervasive technologies in the world –especially for the developing communities– comes in the form of mobile communication devices and associated services.
Structural health monitoring (SHM) for large scale bridges has been practiced over 10 years in Hong Kong, The SHM system for the new Stonecutters Bridge incorporates 1,505 sensors.
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
