Alumni

hohlraum converting laser energy into X-rays

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

12/22/22 — Andrea 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

Campanile and the Golden Gate Bridge on a supermoon sunrise

Farewell

11/07/22 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

New & noteworthy

11/07/22 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

Lighting up Hollywood

11/07/22 — Alum Paul E. Debevec received a lifetime achievement award at the 74th Emmy Awards.

NASA astronaut candidates Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Kayla Barron, Frank Rubio and Zena Cardman.

To infinity and beyond

11/07/22 — Alum Warren “Woody” Hoburg will pilot a spacecraft mission to the International Space Station in spring 2023.

Glyphic Biotechnologies cofounders Joshua Yang and Daniel Estandian

Bringing biotech to market

08/17/22 — MTM alum advances medical technologies with two startups

Lighting up Hollywood

08/03/22 — UC Berkeley alum wins Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award

FIRE Foundry crew take a break from training at a Wildland Academy event

Fired up for the future

07/19/22 — FIRE Foundry aims to increase diversity among fire crews and accelerate the adoption of advanced firefighting technologies

Hoburg in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft

To infinity and beyond: EECS alum becomes spacecraft pilot

07/07/22 — A NASA astronaut since 2017, Warren Hoburg (M.S.’11, Ph.D.’13 EECS) will be piloting the spacecraft Dragon to the International Space Station

Parallel journeys, lasting legacies

06/30/22 — 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

Farewell

04/15/22 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

New & noteworthy

04/15/22 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

Masayoshi Tomizuka named to National Academy of Engineering

02/09/22 — Mechanical engineering professor among 76 academy members at Berkeley Engineering

The art of engineering

11/15/21 — Mechanical engineering alum Alireza Lahijanian is the co-founder of Rbhu, a company that specializes in large-scale artwork and entertainment structures.