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Photo of Gridware's founders posing on an aerial lift near a power pole with the Gridscope device mounted to it (left to right): Hall Chen, CTO; Abdulrahman Bin Omar, COO; Tim Barat, CEO. (Photo courtesy Gridware)

Energized for real-world impact

Founded by Berkeley Engineering alumni, Gridware uses sensors to tackle the threat of wildfires

ME Ph.D. student takes the road less traveled to UC Berkeley

Alexander Alvara pushes past life’s obstacles and sets his sights on new frontiers in engineering

hohlraum converting laser energy into X-rays

Berkeley Engineering alumni help achieve decades-long quest for nuclear fusion

Annie Kritcher (M.S.’07, Ph.D.’09 NE) and Brian Spears (Ph.D.’04 ME) share their thoughts on the future of fusion research and how their time at Berkeley shaped their careers

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Get ready to graduate

Berkeley Engineering’s spring 2023 commencement ceremonies will be held on Wednesday, May 17 (bachelor’s and master’s) at the Hearst Greek Theatre, and Thursday, May 18 (doctoral) at Zellerbach Audit0rium. Registration will open in the new year; get more details on our Engineering commencement page.

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From Ethiopia to Berkeley and back again

EECS Ph.D. student Tsegereda Esatu, a UC-HBCU Initiative fellow, shares her educational journey and her hopes for bringing semiconductor research to students in Ethiopia

Photo showing three of the 11 members of the Yankho women’s co-op (left), the backbone of and inspiration for Umodzi, along with Brian Ndongera (third from right), an advisor to Umodzi, Mathews Tisatayane (second from right), founder and president, and Sean Mandell, co-founder and CEO.

Berkeley engineer brings sustainable development to Malawi

Mathews Tisatayane (M.DevEng’22) applies his knowledge of development engineering and social entrepreneurship to provide fellow Malawians clean energy and new economic opportunities

Graphic collage depicting an air conditioning unit, the earth, a spilled salt container, an arm spraying an aerosol can and various ions and arrows in front of an orange and blue gradient background.

Scientists develop a cool new method of refrigeration

Berkeley Lab: Berkeley engineers Drew Lilley and Ravi Prasher hope ionocaloric cooling can someday replace current refrigerants and provide safe, efficient cooling and heating for homes

Community members from Bolinas, California, play an evacuation-simulation board game

Researchers to help reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling, serious games

CITRIS: With a $2.5 million NSF grant, an interdisciplinary UC team led by civil engineering professor Kenichi Soga is partnering with Bay Area communities to help residents respond to natural disasters more quickly — and more safely.

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