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
Alumni
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.
High school named in honor of alum
11/15/21 — Archie Williams, a mechanical engineering alum, was recognized for his achievements in education, national service and athletics.
New & noteworthy
11/15/21 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Farewell
11/15/21 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
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
The art of engineering
07/20/21 — Berkeley Engineering alum blurs the line between art and science
Accidental billionaires
06/02/21 Forbes — How seven Berkeley artificial intelligence engineers who didn't want to make a cent are now worth billions
Farewell
04/26/21 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
New & noteworthy
04/26/21 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Cultivating female coders in Africa
04/26/21 — Graduate student Gloria Tumushabe has launched Afro Fem Coders, a remote coding program for women in Africa.
Dean’s note: Next-gen engineering leaders
04/26/21 — The myriad challenges of the past year underscore the significance of better preparing our students to become engineering leaders.
Biden nominates Jill Hruby to top nuclear security post
04/19/21 Homeland Preparedness News — Berkeley mechanical engineering alumna (M.S.'82) chosen as administrator of National Nuclear Security Administration
Hayley Iben: Science and math meet artistic expression
04/13/21 — Pixar director of engineering and BE alumna Hayley Iben has won a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Leslie Robertson, who engineered World Trade Center, dies at 92
02/16/21 New York Times — Berkeley civil engineering alum (B.S.'52) designed structural systems of several notable skyscrapers around the world