The National Fuel Cell Research Center (UCI)
The mission of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) is to promote and support the genesis of a fuel cell industry by providing technological leadership within a vigorous program of research, development and demonstration. By serving as a locus for academic talent of the highest caliber and a non-profit site for the objective evaluation and improvement of industrial products, NFCRC's goal is to become a focal point for advancing fuel cell technology. By supporting industrial research and development, creating partnerships with State and Federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and California Energy Commission (CEC), and overcoming key technical obstacles to fuel cell utilization, the NFCRC has become an invaluable technological incubator for the fuel cell industry.

The Institute of Transportation Studies (UCI)
The Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at UC Irvine is one of three branches, with UC Berkeley and UC Davis, of the UC research organization. Established to conduct interdisciplinary research on transportation issues as well as to provide education and training in the field, students and faculty from engineering, social sciences, social ecology, management and computer science come together to work on a broad spectrum of transportation issues. Research is conducted in the Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) laboratories at UCI. The laboratories include workstations tied directly to a modern traffic management center and to the local Caltrans district's freeway traffic management center. In addition, the state and federally supported California ATMS Testbed at UCI is developing and evaluating new technologies for traffic system monitoring and control.