Associate Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment and CITRIS Climate
Climate
Sierra-Net and American River Basin Installation: Measuring California’s Water Supply
SynopsisCITRIS researchers have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand on a prototype system that uses a network of wireless […]
Peaceful Apps for a New Generation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Merced’s MESA Lab deploys rugged drones to sample aquatic biodiversity from remote waterways.
Supercharging Our Water-Related Projects
We use water to generate power, to grow half of the nation’s fruits, nuts, and vegetables, to preserve our environment, to prevent wildfires, to make silicon chips…
Snow Net: Joint Berkeley-Merced Snowpack Tracking Project’s Test by Fire
A joint project between UC Berkeley and UC Merced attempts to radically improve the quality and availability of data about the amount of water stored in mountainous parts of the vast American River Basin.
David Culler to receive the Okawa Prize, 2013
Culler selected for “pioneering contributions to the design and development for wireless sensor networks.”
Water Research Facility gets $5M Grant Renewal
The NSF will continue to fund a UC Merced research facility that studies how mountain water flows as the climate changes.
Steve Glaser’s American River Basin Water Supply Project Featured in SF Chronicle
“Smart sensors can measure pretty much anything”
CITRIS helps support new Sustainability Champions Internships
Students will work with four organizations to develop their skills in the business of sustainability.
Professor Steven Glaser interviewed by ScienceLives on Designing Nanoseismic Sensors
Steve Glaser interviewed about his career in designing, making, and using sensors.
Paris and San Francisco chose CITRIS to conduct Smart City research
A new press release on the MoU signed between Paris and San Francisco to support research from INRIA and CITRIS.
CITRIS Co-sponsoring Upcoming Workshop on Smart Cities
The aim of this conference is to tackle the question of “How Smart City approaches can be used to increase city attractiveness and city resilience?
NMO Lab Works with Cisco Engineers to Further Student Experience
Update from the NMO lab at UCSC.
Fall 2012 i4Energy Seminar Series
The Fall 2012 i4Energy Seminar Series
Adura Technologies lets buildings turn on lights efficiently
A CITRIS-supported startup is developing innovative technologies to curb skyrocketing electrical consumption, energy costs and greenhouse emissions.
NSF awards $2 million to expand Sierra Nevada water sensors
A 4-year grant will support CITRIS efforts to monitor our water supply.
Duncan Callaway
Professor of Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley
Sierra Snow Melt
Part of a team effort with the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory to study snowmelt phenomena using large-scale wireless sensor networks.
Solar Irradiance Mapping Initiative (SIMI)
Researchers at UC Merced and UC Davis have set up two experimental solar stations to collect and measure solar data.
Kenneth Loh
Dr. Kenneth J. Loh is the Director of CITRIS at UC Davis and an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. His research interests include the development of multifunctional nanocomposites and biologically-inspired materials for sensing, actuation, and power harvesting applications.
Alexandre Bayen
Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Interview with Roger Bales on the Sierra Nevada and California’s water supply
An interview with Professor of Engineering Roger Bales on measuring snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Fahrenheit 20/20: SmokeNet Communication System
A unique collaboration between Berkeley students led by a CITRIS
researcher and the Chicago Fire Department is bringing critical
information to firefighters when they most need it.