On June 13th, 2008 five Balsells fellows participated in the 43rd commencement ceremony at UC Irvine. The students Roger Piqueras, Javier Rodriguez and Marcel López received their M.S degree and Alfred Grau and Julius Klein received their Ph.D degree. For
February 2008: Pete Balsells celebrates 80th birthday.
On February 11th, 2008, Pete Balsells celebrated his 80th birthday. In a party at a hotel in Huntington Beach, California, his family and friends surprised him with a cake made after Gaudi’s famed Sagrada Familia. The Henry Samueli School of
November 2006: Professor Roger Rangel receives the Narcis Monturiol Medal.
Professor Roger Rangel, Chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department has received The arcis Monturiol Medal in Catalonia, Spain. This Medal is awarded to Professor Rangel for distinction in science and technology and for contributions to the scientific development
July 2006: Balsells Fellowship Celebrates tenth anniversary.
The Balsells Fellowship program celebrated the tenth anniversary of the arrival of the 1st Balsells fellow. The event was commemorated with a luncheon hosted by Pete Balsells in Barcelona which was attended by over seventy guests including more than twenty
March 2006: Balsells Fellow Francisco Lopez Dekker joins UPC as a Ramon y Cajal researcher.
Francisco (Paco) Lopez Dekker (1997 Balsells Fellow) has joined the Signal Theory and Communications Department at the Politechnical University of Catalonia (UPC) as a Ramon y Cajal Researcher. The Ramon y Cajal program is oriented at incorporating distinguished researchers holding
March 2006: Delegation from the 22@Barcelona project visits UCI.
Miquel Barcelo, Chairman of the 22@ project, Vicente Lopez, Director General of 22@Barcelona Media, and Xavier Kirchner, Director of Innovation of Telefonica visited UCI to discuss collaborations related to technology transfer and the California-Catalonia Engineering Innovation Program. They met with
December 2005:California and Catalonia establish alliance in miniaturization science and engineering.
Professor Roger H. Rangel, chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support the California-Catalonia Alliance for Miniaturization Science and Engineering program, which is an expansion of the
November 2005: Conseller Carles Solà visits UCI.
On November 10, 2005 and accompanied by three representatives from DURSI, Conseller Carles Solà visited the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. On this occasion, Conseller Solà visited some of the laboratories where the Catalan
October 2005: Former President Pujol hosts luncheon with Balsells fellows.
Former Catalan President Jordi Pujol and his wife Marta Ferrusola hosted a luncheon at the Majestic Hotel in Barcelona on October 10, 2005. Mr. Pujol offered some remarks regarding his view of the current challenges facing Catalonia and listened as
September 2005: Catalan students build human Pillar of Four
On Sunday September 25th, the California Kids had their second public performance during the fall gathering (Aplec de Tardor) organized by the Catalan Club (Casal) of Southern California. The California Kids group consists of human tower builders (colla castellera) at