A new book co-authored by Berkeley Mechanical Engineering graduate student Joel Wilson and Prof. Paul Wright describes the development of new technologies to support first-responders more effectively and more safely manage large urban/industrial incidents.
Ming Wu has been appointed the new Chief Scientist for
CITRIS at Berkeley. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Sciences at Berkeley, and Co-Director of Berkeley Sensors and
Actuators Center (BSAC).
The June 2008 newsletter is now online, with two stories on key energy projects in both engine development and predicting solar availability for utilities.
Currently, CITRIS has awarded approximately $2 million in
seed grants on all four campuses. These projects will help fulfill
the CITRIS mission of creating societal-based research through collaborations
across the CITRIS campuses.
A group that wants to make a cheap fuel cell that can efficiently convert hydrocarbon fuel into
electricity won this year's CET Cleantech Innovation Contest.
Ethan Miller's group has come up with a new approach, called Pergamum, which uses hard
disk drives to provide energy-efficient, cost-effective storage.
The April newsletter features stories about technology for social impact: CellScope (cell phone + microscope) and enabling eye care in India using cheap, reliable Wi-Fi.
A recent NY Times articles discusses the challenge and possible solutions to California's concerns about available energy, including the Demand Response project at CITRIS.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia recently tested technology that could
soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and
obtain information about road conditions.
All Research Exchange talks take place at noon on Wednesdays in 290 Hearst
Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus, As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line.
Civil Engineering Professors Abolhassan Astaneh and Robert Bea are featured in a California Magazine article on the repair of the collapsed MacArthur Maze freeway connector.
The 
A recent article on Big Ideas appeared in 
Talks and discussions from the recent Services in Health care conference are online at 
The fall semester schedule for the popular Research Exchange series is now 
The June 2008 newsletter is 
Currently, CITRIS has awarded 
A research project between UC Berkeley and Nokia tests how well cell phone GPS can gauge
upcoming traffic and is featured online 
A group that wants to make a cheap fuel cell that can efficiently convert hydrocarbon fuel into
electricity won this year's 
Ethan Miller's group has come up with a new approach, called Pergamum, which uses hard
disk drives to provide energy-efficient, cost-effective storage.
The 
Read about innovative work at CITRIS in the latest newsletter, now 
A recent NY Times articles discusses the challenge and possible solutions to California's concerns about available energy, including the Demand Response project at CITRIS.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia recently tested technology that could
soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and
obtain information about road conditions.
Read more about sustainable building and trusting Wikipedia in the latest CITRIS newsletter.
CITRIS researchers at UC Berkeley are exploring new ways to use sensors
to monitor our infrastructure—including water and traffic.
The CITRIS newsletter is online with a story about engineering for pure water and an interview with UC Merced professor Roger Bales.
Five UC Berkeley researchers have been awarded a $1.4 million grant to improve homeland security through detection of nuclear materials.