As the California Public Utilities Commission approves an expansion of eligibility requirements for community microgrids, PG&E offered their partnership with CITRIS on the Oakland EcoBlock as a case study of a successful microgrid project.
Climate
Barbato discusses ways to protect California homes from wildfires
Michele Barbato, faculty director of CITRIS Climate, spoke to The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the wildfire risks of different home materials.
The celebration continues: CITRIS highlights progress in 20th anniversary year
To honor two decades of IT solutions for the public good, CITRIS reaffirms a commitment to empowering University of California students, accelerating deep tech entrepreneurship, diversifying the STEM workforce, and leading the charge in climate and aviation research with interdisciplinary collaboration.
Michele Barbato named faculty director of CITRIS Climate initiative
CITRIS welcomes Michele Barbato, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis, as faculty director of the new CITRIS Climate initiative.
Michele Barbato
Director, CITRIS Climate
UC Merced leads innovative effort to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems
Joshua Viers, director of CITRIS at UC Merced and professor of water resources engineering, will lead the SWIM initiative, the largest research grant in UC Merced’s history.
Alison Post
Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Metropolitan Studies, UC Berkeley
Beth Ferguson
Assistant Professor of Design, UC Davis
Ricardo de Castro
Assistant Professor, UC Merced
Networks and Distributed Systems: Alexandre Bayen Reflects on 15 years of CITRIS Collaborations
The CITRIS principal investigator and engineering professor’s research harnesses mathematics to examine the distributed systems—air traffic control, highways, city streets, and more—that power our daily […]
Analyzing Particle and Droplet Transport During COVID-19 to Enable Safer Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanroom Operation
The pandemic unleashed by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (which causes the disease COVID-19) has infected over 100 million and resulted in over 2.6 million deaths worldwide […]
SlrpEV Electric Vehicle Chargers Available at UC Berkeley
Next-generation of intelligent electric vehicle charging stations change the future of EV charging. UC Berkeley Professor and CITRIS PI Scott Moura and the eCAL research team […]
UC Merced Faculty Advise State’s Energy and Water Efficiency Program
Josué Medellín-Azuara and Sarah Kurtz Join the SWEEP Advisory Board The California Department of Food and Agriculture—or CDFA—recently added two UC Merced faculty to the […]
BECC Conference 2021 Call for Abstracts
This year’s BECC Conference theme is “Reimagining the Future.” The submission deadline for abstracts is April 1, 2021. The length of abstracts should be 300 […]
Brick Consortium Virtual Kickoff
Brick Consortium Virtual Kickoff
Erin Hestir
Associate Director, CITRIS at UC Merced
Tech research at UC Merced grows under Faculty Success Initiative Fellowship
CITRIS co-sponsors two fellowships at UC Merced for early-career faculty. Launched in 2020, the UC Merced Faculty Success Initiative Extramural Funding Fellowship (EFF) program helps […]
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces Call for Papers to Advance AI for Energy and Climate Security
Berkeley, CA; Urbana, IL — (BUSINESS WIRE) – February 2, 2021 – The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute invites scholars, software developers, and researchers to address the challenge […]
Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency Applications Now Open!
The Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency aims to develop resource-efficient societies. This award provides UC Berkeley graduate student funding for technical, social science, and […]
Toward Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems in the Anthropocene with Sam Markolf
Cal Energy Corps 2021 Applications Are Now Open!
Looking for a summer 2021 internship? Apply to the Cal Energy Corps! The Cal Energy Corps, hosted by the California Institute for Energy & Environment in partnership with CITRIS, is […]
California Fires: CITRIS researchers explore tech solutions
Wildfires have shaped California’s landscape for centuries, but increased urbanization and development encroaching into formerly forested land is posing risks to life and property. Climate […]
UC Merced Professors Collaborate to Solve Big Problems in the Central Valley
UC Merced faculty are involved in three new CITRIS seed-funded projects to address society’s—and the San Joaquin Valley’s—problems through technology in the following areas: agriculture, […]