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
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
UC Berkeley-PEER shaking table turns 50
Remains the largest multidirectional earthquake simulator in the US
News
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 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
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
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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Number of Berkeley Engineering undergraduate and graduate programs ranked in the Top 5 nationally by U.S. News & World Report.
Stellar faculty
Our current and emeritus faculty includes 74 members of the National Academy of Engineering.
