Ferroelectric material could help the arc of Moore’s Law reach new heights and radically reduce energy consumed by digital devices by Gordy Slack For the […]
Nanotechnology
CITRIS Signal Newsletter: Bits Add Up
Dear Friends of CITRIS: CITRIS is a high-performance, high-energy organization, and we are pleased to feature two projects demonstrating this theme. The first confirms a […]
New Discovery Opens Door For Radical Reduction in Energy Consumed by Digital Devices
Direct Observation of Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Material Reported by CITRIS Engineers and Materials Scientists at UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA (December 15, 2014) – An article […]
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Tours UC Berkeley
Oakland, CA – Today Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) toured the UC Berkeley’s research and innovation facilities including the Center for Information Technology Research in the […]
Patrick Scaglia
Patrick Scaglia is co-Founder of the CITRIS Foundry technology incubator program. He serves on the CITRIS Advisory Board and is a consultant and technology advisor to startup ventures. Patrick was a Hewlett Packard Executive for 12 years, seven of those as CTO, and most recently as VP and CTO of HP Cloud Services and Applications.
Big Ideas has Launched
The 2013-2014 Big Ideas@Berkeley contest is now open.
Fall 2013 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series
This semester marks the start of a new format for CITRIS seminars. The i4Energy series will now be folded into the Research Exchange seminar series…
Camille Crittenden has been named CITRIS Deputy Director
Dr. Camille Crittenden has been named as the Deputy Director of CITRIS
Industry Funding for Scientific Research
CITRIS was featured in a recent article by Joaquin Palomino in the East Bay Express that explores the complicated relationship between corporate support and scientific research on university campuses.
Big Ideas finalists for 2013
Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual innovation contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of UC undergraduate and graduate students who have “big ideas.”
Spring 2013 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series
The Spring 2013 Research Exchange Seminar Series
Integrated Wind Turbine Blade and Tower Health Monitoring and Failure Prognosis
As wind energy production continues to increase its share of the total worldwide energy supply, conditional assessment of wind turbine structure will become increasing important to help reduce interruptions and increase profitability of these important renewable energy resources.
2012 CITRIS Seed Funded awards announced
13 proposals were funded this year.
The Remote Radio Control of Millimeter-scale Insects in Flight
This project focuses on a robust nano air vehicle that will be an invaluable exploratory tool in a disaster response scenario.
Metal-semiconductor Nano-hybrid Platforms for Thermoelectric Power Generation
A collaboration among UC Santa Cruz, Davis, and Merced to develop novel functional material platforms for thermoelectric power generators.
Making Great Ideas Into Great Devices
CITRIS is about more than just cranking out brilliant ideas; our mission is to see those ideas bear fruit in the real world.
Taking Batteries Outside the Box
Ultra-thin, printable batteries are safe, long-lasting, flexible, disposable, and easy to manufacture.
Weili Dai’s commencement address to UC students
I am deeply humbled to deliver the commencement address at my own school, UC Berkeley. In 1988, my husband, Sehat Sutardja, received his doctorate in electrical engineering on this stage…
Spring 2012 Research Exchange Seminar Series Schedule
The Spring 2012 Research Exchange Seminar Series
Dot. The world’s smallest stop-motion animation character shot on CellScope
Professor Dan Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film.
Detecting Gas Molecules with Low-Voltage Ionization
A new approach could allow for more affordable, efficient, and portable gas-detecting devices that could revolutionize industry.
Learn more about the Personal Robotics Project
Since Rosie the Robot first debuted on television’s “The Jetsons” in 1962, the futuristic image of a personal robot autonomously operating in a human home has captivated the public imagination.
Spring 2011 Research Exchange schedule
The weekly series will begin on Wednesday, January 26
i4energy seminar series for Spring 2011
This weekly Friday lunch series begins again on Jan. 21