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Enclosures assist research projects: special cabinets allow professors to "have their space" for experiments.

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Research is the lifeblood of any credible university, whether student-driven or homegrown from professors on campus. This is particularly true of universities with a reputation for pushing technology forward. The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), located on the campus of University of California at Irvine (UCI), is one such example.

Calit2 opened its doors on the UCI campus in 2005. The two-campus multidisciplinary research institute integrates UC Irvine and UC San Diego research expertise with industry insight. The UCI location, a four-story, 120,000-square-foot building, is a testing facility where university professors can design, build and test projects to advance telecommunications and data technology. With 167 faculty members actively engaged in Calit2 activities, the institute is conducting research in areas as diverse as the environment, transportation, emergency management, healthcare, global economics, education and entertainment.

"Calit2 is one of the few buildings on campus that had numerous advance preparation meetings," says Todd Strand, infrastructure engineer at UCI. "From conception to conclusion, our design...

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