With flexibility comes possibility
11/15/21 — The Berkeley Engineering Fund give the college flexibility to adapt to adversity.
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Farewell
11/15/21 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Could liposomes be the unsung heroes of the pandemic?
11/12/21 — Berkeley engineers attached SARS-CoV-2 “spike” proteins to the surface of liposomes, creating lab-made mimics of the deadly virus as part of a process to enable efficient testing of antibody therapies.
UC Berkeley alum Reginald DesRoches named president of Rice University
11/12/21 — DesRoches is the seventh Berkeley Engineering alumnus to become the head of a university in the past four years
UC Berkeley and EBMUD announce new Center for Smart Infrastructure
11/01/21 — Engineers and utility partner to address most urgent infrastructure challenges of the century
At Berkeley’s Alt: Meat Lab, some students learn to be CEOs
10/22/21 — LA Times: A program at Berkeley Engineering connects students interested in creating plant-based alternatives to animal products with potential investors
Stronger, lighter, better
10/21/21 — Berkeley Lab: Research led by Andrew Minor, professor of materials science and engineering, shows sustainable manufacturing potential of nanotwinned titanium
Daniel Kammen named senior adviser to USAID
10/21/21 — Kammen, who holds joint appointments in energy and resources, public policy and nuclear engineering, will serve as senior adviser for energy, climate and innovation for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Bat study reveals secrets of the social brain
10/21/21 — Research led by bioengineer Michael Yartsev provides the first glimpse into how the brains of social mammals process complex group interactions
AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer
10/14/21 — Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world
Berkeley engineers named American Physical Society Fellows
10/13/21 — The honor recognizes the outstanding contributions to physics by Lane Martin and Kristin Persson, both professors in the Department of Materials Science.
Berkeley Engineering launches aerospace major
10/06/21 — New discipline debuts in fall 2022
NextProf Nexus workshop prepares next generation of engineering faculty
10/06/21 — Annual workshop seeks to diversify STEM academic careers by giving senior-level Ph.D. candidates, postdocs and young scientists the tools they need to thrive
Can bats help us design a better driverless car?
10/05/21 — Bakar Fellows: Bioengineer Michael Yartsev is translating bats’ neurological "rules of the road" into computational algorithms to guide development of navigation systems for driverless cars
Kathy Yelick named vice chancellor for research
09/30/21 — UC Berkeley computer scientist, an active scholar, teacher and leader on campus and at Berkeley Lab for three decades, will assume her new role on Jan. 1, 2022
Jay Keasling receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow award
09/23/21 — Berkeley Lab: Bioengineer and senior faculty scientist is honored by DOE for scientific leadership and engagement with the academic and research communities
Seven Berkeley engineers honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars
09/23/21 — They are among 82 exceptional students from the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering.
Cold-hearted science: Supercooling technique advances preservation of human tissue
09/22/21 — Berkeley researchers revive human heart tissue that had been supercooled at subfreezing temperatures for days, showing promise of technique that could be a game-changer for organ transplants and medical research.
Lessons from Hurricane Ida
09/21/21 — Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, associate professor of civil engineering and co-leader of an NSF-funded geotechnical reconnaissance team that traveled to Louisiana, shares her observations about the impact of Hurricane Ida
Engineering student receives rare Generation Change Scholarship
09/21/21 — Sariel Sandoval, a Native American from Montana, gets award for domestic, non-resident students who are game changers, trailblazers, solution seekers and revolutionaries.