Balsells-Generalitat Programs - Catalunya-California Technology Exchange

1. The Balsells-Generalitat Programs (Becas Balsells-Generalitat) Pete J. Balsells and Family Generalitat de Catalunya

2. California-Catalunya Technology Exchange www.eng.uci.edu/~balsells Balsells Fellowship Program at the University of California, Irvine Balsells Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine Engineering Innovation Program Girona Fellowship at UC Irvine Gaspar de Portola Faculty Exchange www.gencat.es/dursi/

3. University – Industry – GovernmentPartnership Catalan University System Engineers, Scientists University of California Irvine Catalan Industry and Society M.S. and Ph.D.’s

4. Pete J. Balsells Born in Barcelona 1928 Bellprat 1936-1939 Boulder, Colorado 1947 Married Joan Charlotte Bartheld 1951 Engineering Degree 1952 Ohio 1952-1956 California 1956 - present Bal Seal Engineering 1958 President Casal de California 1992 Balsells Fellowship 1995 Sta Coloma de Queralt Library 2000 Francesc Macia Medal 2002

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7. The University of California Marks of Distinction • 44 Nobel Prizes since 1939 • 23 Current Nobel Prizes • 300 Members of the National Academy of Sciences • Over 150 disciplines • Over 173,500 students • More programs in the top 10 than any other university • 41,000 students graduate every year • 7.5% of the U.S. Ph.D’s graduate from UC each year • 1.3 million degrees awarded

8. University of California Campuses Berkeley (1868) 31,000 students Davis (1908) 25,000 students Irvine (1965) 22,000 students Los Angeles (1919) 36,000 students Merced (2004) 1,000 students Riverside (1954) 11,000 students San Diego (1959) 21,000 students San Francisco (1873) 3,500 students Santa Barbara (1944) 19,000 students Santa Cruz (1965) 11,000 students

9. Irvine Established 1965 Size 1,400 acres (5.5 sq km) Enrollment Undergraduate 18,000 Graduate 4,000 Total 22,000 www.uci.edu

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29. www.eng.uci.edu

30. Departments Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Civil & Environmental Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

31. Research Centers Center for Pervasive Communications National Fuel Cell Research Center UCI Combustion Laboratory Integrated Nano-systems Research Facility Spray and Droplet Science and Technology Research Center Institute of Transportation Studies Center for Biomedical Engineering California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology - Cal-IT2

32. Focus Areas Biomedical Engineering Information Technology Micro and Nano Fabrication Transportation and Energy Systems www.eng.uci.edu

33. BEQUES DE POSTGRAU BALSELLS Balsells Family - UC Irvine - Generalitat de Catalunya University of California, Irvine Apply by February 1, for September admission. For additional information please contact: balsells@eng.uci.edu or visit the web site www.eng.uci.edu/~balsells/fellowship/

34. BEQUES DE POSTGRAU BALSELLS The Fellowship includes: Total Value:$35,000 Annual Tuition and Fees: $19,000 Monthly Stipend: $1,300 for 12 months

35. BALSELLS POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWHIP The Fellowship includes: Monthly Stipend: $2,400 Health Insurance: $300-500 a month Hosting by Research Group

36. Balsells Fellowship 1996-2003 URV ETSEQ…… 2 UPC ETSEIB…11 ETSETB….4 FIB………..2 ETSEIT…..2 Math ……. 2 UB Chem.Eng…2 35 Graduate (pre-doctoral) fellowships 3 Post-doctoral fellowships INSAT Civil Eng….. 2 URL IQS ……….2 La Salle…..2 UdG EPS……….. 5

37. Balsells Fellowship 1996-2003 Graduate Fellows (33) MAE…… 15 EECS……. 14 ChEMS….. 2 CEE…….. 3 34 Graduate (pre-doctoral) fellowships 4 Post-doctoral fellowships Postdoctoral Fellows (3) CEE (ITS)………. 1 MAE ..…… 2

38. Balsells Fellowship 1996-2003 M.S vs. Ph.D. breakdown (34 graduate students) M.S.…… ………… 22 Ph.D at UCI……… 9 Ph.D elsewhere…… 2 Other post M.S…… 1

39. Balsells Fellowship 1996-2003 Yearly Breakdown (40 awards) 1996.… 2 1997…… 3 1998…… 4 1999…… 4 2000…… 4 2001…… 8 2002…… 7 2003…… 8

40. Balsells Fellows 1996-2000

41. 2001 Balsells Fellows

42. 2002 Balsells Fellows

43. …at Angels baseball game Aplec de tardor 1999 Soccer on Sundays

44. Aplec 1998 Aplec 2000

45. Aplec 2001 Aplec 2001

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47. Welcome to California

48. Welcome to California

49. Fellows at work

50. Fellows at work