Massive traffic experiment pits machine learning against ‘phantom’ jams
11/23/22 — CIRCLES Consortium field trial shows AI-powered cruise control system could help smooth traffic flow, improve fuel economy
Berkeley Engineering in the News
Berkeley climate-tech startup brings Clarity to clean air monitoring
10/12/22 — Clarity Movement Co., co-founded at Berkeley by CEO David Lu, is bringing real-time air quality sensing to cities around the globe, including a new network in Perth, Australia
Nuclear engineers send equipment, expertise to ransacked Chernobyl
08/05/22 — Russia's invasion of Ukraine left scientists at site of 1986 nuclear disaster without tools to contain the lingering radiation
Ramesh named Rice University’s vice president for research
08/01/22 — UC Berkeley materials scientist and physicist will assume post Aug. 15
Bakar Fellows names Spark Award recipients
06/14/22 — Five engineering faculty among the seven honored for research that produces tangible, positive societal impact through commercialization
Berkeley’s graduate engineering programs ranked #3 nationwide
03/29/22 — Latest national rankings by U.S. News & World Report place all its engineering programs in top 5
Dean Liu testifies at House hearing on strengthening microelectronics workforce
02/16/22 — Tsu-Jae King Liu discusses role of universities in addressing labor shortage in the semiconductor industry
Masayoshi Tomizuka named to National Academy of Engineering
02/09/22 — Mechanical engineering professor among 76 academy members at Berkeley Engineering
Innovative faculty members awarded Bakar Prize
02/07/22 — Three Berkeley Engineering faculty — Steve Conolly of bioengineering and EECS, bioengineer Niren Murthy and mineral engineer Kenichi Soga of CEE — are among four winners of the campus's 2022 Bakar Prize for technological innovations that promise solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems
Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID hasn’t peaked everywhere
01/27/22 — SFGate: While indicators suggest COVID-19 cases are on the decline across the Bay Area, wastewater analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 at Berkeley Engineering professor Kara Nelson's lab suggests that three areas of the region may have yet to peak.
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
Berkeley’s undergrad engineering programs ranked No. 2 nationwide
09/13/21 — Latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings maintain Berkeley’s tie with Stanford
Berkeley Engineering ranked among top three for graduate programs
03/30/21 — Latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings place Berkeley in top three engineering graduate schools
Talk to the hand? New device can recognize gestures
12/21/20 — The armband, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devices
Ambidextrous wins ‘Good Robot’ award for overall excellence
12/15/20 Silicon Valley Robotics — Berkeley-founded startup honored for its versatile e-commerce robots with an AI-enhanced operating system
Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold
12/10/20 LBL — Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
The computer scientist who shrinks big data
12/08/20 Quanta Magazine — EECS professor Jelani Nelson designs clever algorithms to remember slivers of massive data sets; he also teaches kids in Ethiopia how to code
CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras
12/04/20 — New diagnostic test, with accurate results in under 30 minutes, developed by scientists at Berkeley (including bioengineer Daniel Fletcher) and Gladstone Institutes
Top scholars named AAAS fellows
12/02/20 — Engineering professors Sanjay Kumar (bioengineering), Robert Ritchie (mechanical engineering and materials science) and Peidong Yang (chemistry and materials science) are among five Berkeley scholars elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Home coronavirus test springs from Berkeley Engineering roots
11/18/20 — First FDA-approved, rapid test for home use was developed by Lucira Health, founded by bioengineering Ph.D. graduates Debkishore Mitra and John Waldeisen