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Gary May, Darryll Pines and Reggie DesRoches

Parallel journeys, lasting legacies

Inside Higher Ed: Gary May, Darryll Pines and Reggie DesRoches met at Berkeley Engineering in the 1980s. Now they all head large research universities — and remain close friends
Schematic of the Berkeley Surface Emitting Laser (BerkSEL)

New single-mode semiconductor laser delivers power with scalability

Breakthrough by Berkeley engineers could dramatically improve the efficiency of lasers for sensing, communication and imaging
Shaking table at UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station in early 1970s.

UC Berkeley-PEER shaking table turns 50

Remains the largest multidirectional earthquake simulator in the US

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Oliver O'Reilly at Sather Gate

Oliver O’Reilly named vice provost for undergraduate education

Mechanical engineering professor since 1992, O’Reilly will be responsible for supporting teaching, learning and undergraduate discovery
Kaichen Dong

Kaichen Dong named one of 35 Innovators Under 35

Kaichen Dong, a Berkeley postdoc in materials science and engineering, has been named among MIT Technology Review’s 2022 35 Innovators Under 35 contest
Rendering of autonomous self-driving vehicles on metro city road.

UC Berkeley advances cyber-physical systems research as part of $6 million NSF project

Project aims to improve safety and reliability of autonomous transportation systems
Electron microscope images show the precise atom-by-atom structure of a barium titanate (BaTiO3) thin film sandwiched between layers of strontium ruthenate (SrRuO3) metal to make a tiny capacitor.

Ultrathin capacitor could enable energy-efficient microchips

Berkeley Lab: Scientists led by materials science professor Lane Martin turn century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices
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N=17

Number of Berkeley Engineering undergraduate and graduate programs ranked in the Top 5 nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

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Stellar faculty

Our current and emeritus faculty includes 74 members of the National Academy of Engineering.

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Artist's concept of new Engineering Student Center at dusk

Meet our new Engineering Student Center

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