Berkeley Engineering

A group of students sits in a large yellow disposal bin that is filled with small twigs and branches. The bin is on a hilly street next to a white house.

UC Berkeley scholars help Bay Area communities prepare for wildfire season

Professor Michael Gollner and his students are applying advanced wildfire simulation tools to help neighborhoods understand their specific wildfire risks

A furry brown bat hangs upside down from a piece of fruit.

UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory

Neuroscientists record activity from hundreds of neurons simultaneously in bats, providing new clues into how memories are stored

An illustration shows a ring of small purple particles, representing disease proteins, sitting on a surface. The ring is partially covered by a droplet of liquid containing enlarged cartoons of plasmonic particles.

From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy

Novel technology uses the ‘coffee-ring effect,’ paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics

Check out the new podcast: Exploring Engineering

Episode 01: What’s Engineering?

Welcome to Exploring Engineering at UC Berkeley — a new podcast series where we uncover what it means to be an engineer and dive into the paths that lead there. Listen to all the episodes now!

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Exploring Engineering Ep. 01: What’s Engineering?

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Professor Lining Yao with models created in the Morphing Matter Lab.

Inspired by nature, engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph

UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what’s possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials

Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies

The open-source Berkeley Humanoid Lite provides an entry point into the robotics field

rendering of a blue dna helix with color blocks behind it

Cracking the code of life

The Evo 2 machine learning model enlists the power of AI in the fight against diseases.

Magazine header with DNA graphic, Grimes Engineering Center facade, and Tsu-Jae King Liu holding a molecular model

Summer magazine is here

Latest Berkeley Engineer features stories on the new Grimes Engineering Center and the power of AI in the fight against diseases.

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