CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Fog is fickle. Yet researchers like UC Santa Cruz's Peter Weiss are working to harvest this untapped water resource to make communities more resilient. Weiss has teamed up with art professor Jennifer Parker to develop fog-catching sculptures to inspire conversation — and conservation — with support from a 2024 CITRIS and the Banatao Institute UC Santa Cruz I2P Award. Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle: https://lnkd.in/gqYwTkkU University of California, Santa Cruz | UC Santa Cruz Science #Research #Art #Water #WaterConservation #California

Batteries, buildings and beyond: UC Berkeley professor Scott Moura combats climate change at scale with a wide-lens view of energy efficiency. “It’s exciting to rethink our infrastructure," he said. "Energy is interesting, and delivering it in a way that minimizes carbon emissions is very interesting to me.” Read our profile: https://lnkd.in/g56QStWz University of California, Berkeley | UC Berkeley College of Engineering | UC Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) #ClimateChange #ClimateResilience #Engineering #CivilEngineering #Energy

We are proud to announce that the 2024–25 CITRIS Aviation Prize will feature the DART Community Integration Award, with $6,000 granted to one talented University of California student team. 🛫 We're grateful to DART for its generous support of our student innovators! Learn more about the Aviation Prize: https://lnkd.in/gpD-gapg #Aviation #AviationDesign #EngineeringDesign #StudentDesign

CITRIS researcher Marina Radulaski's team at the University of California, Davis, has demonstrated an etching method for fabricating quantum photonic devices in silicon carbide — bringing the quantum internet a step closer to reality. Read more from the UC Davis College of Engineering: https://lnkd.in/gszHFSAd UC Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Davis Office of Research #Quantum #Nanophotonics #Photonics #Nanofabrication #SiliconCarbide

Two CITRIS-affiliated researchers have received Innovation Catalyst Grants from the University of California, Santa Cruz, to turn their research into real-world solutions. Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand will develop an electrochemical biosensor that can detect the sweetness of zero-calorie beverages — and contamination in groundwater. Mircea Teodorescu is working on a microfluidic drug delivery system integrated with high-density multi-electrode arrays to help automate preclinical drug testing. Learn more about their projects: https://lnkd.in/gzDJe7tj Baskin Engineering at UCSC | CITRIS and the Banatao Institute UC Santa Cruz #Innovation #TechTransfer #Commercialization #Biosensors #DrugDelivery

Nominations are due NEXT WEEK for the 2025 Athena Awards from EDGE in Tech™ at UC! ⏳ Do you know someone who promotes the inclusion of women and other underserved people in tech? Or an org that's doing incredible work to encourage girls or young women to pursue STEM careers? Here's your chance to recognize their leadership. 🏆 All candidates — regardless of gender, age, institutional affiliation and country of residence — are eligible. Nominations are due by 5 p.m. PT on Monday, March 24: https://lnkd.in/dqh3mnQX Jill Finlayson | Camille Crittenden #Tech #WomenInTech #BIPOCinTech #DiversityInTech #TechLeadership

We invite PIs at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz to apply for up to $60K to explore tech solutions for societal good while strengthening University of California connections. Areas of interest are: — Aerospace and aviation — AI, autonomy and robotics — Climate resilience and sustainability — Digital health Proposals are due April 22: https://lnkd.in/gkYfx44a UC Berkeley College of Engineering | UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society | UC Berkeley School of Information | UC Davis Office of Research | UC Davis College of Engineering | CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Merced | Baskin Engineering at UCSC | UC Santa Cruz Science #UCBerkeley #UCDavis #UCMerced #UCSC #ResearchFunding

Meet the Electrified Slugs. ⚡ With support from CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz, these students have taken home prizes from the first two Farm Robotics Challenges — including last year's Excellence in Safety award for their electric tractor emergency stop mechanism. When announcing their award, the judges praised their solution’s connectedness to industry needs, the way the team challenged their own skills, and the delivery of a slick design. The team includes: — Oliver Fuchs — Sam Leveau — Katherine Rogacheva — Milos Suvakovic They're advised by Dejan Milutinovic and Darryl Wong. Read more from the University of California, Santa Cruz: https://lnkd.in/gP5xN6qT Baskin Engineering at UCSC | UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology | UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences | UCANR | AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) | F3 Innovate #AgTech #Agriculture #SmartFarm #ElectricVehicles #Robotics

With CITRIS support, computer scientist Sam King and pediatric endocrinologist Stephanie Crossen have created BeaGL, a "metabolic watchdog" that helps young Type 1 diabetes patients manage their blood glucose. "The daily burden of diabetes care is really extensive," said Crossen. "It's a constant mental drain if you want to do it well." Read the UC Davis College of Engineering story about their collaboration: https://lnkd.in/gv4R___b University of California, Davis | UC Davis Health | UC Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering #Diabetes #T1D #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalHealth

How does CITRIS PI and UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg stay optimistic in a job predicated on failure? He explains this and more in a recent ep of Dax Shepard's popular Armchair Expert podcast. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gtcbps9t University of California, Berkeley | UC Berkeley College of Engineering | Berkeley Industrial Engineering & Operations Research | UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) | Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research | UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society #Podcast #Robotics #Engineering #AI #ArtificialIntelligence