Scholars on scooters
08/14/14 — Students zip around campus on electric scooters while learning about energy, transportation and vehicle-to-grid systems in a new civil engineering class.
Design
Design innovation at Berkeley Engineering
08/11/14 — This slide show tells the story of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation's first year.
Engineering for all
06/18/14 National Science Foundation — In an article on how the "maker movement" shines a spotlight on DIY design and manufacturing, mechanical engineering professor Paul Wright talks about how more affordable tools, like 3-D printers and design software, are helping young inventors move rapidly from prototype to product.
On the road
06/17/14 — While working in their garage at the Richmond Field Station, the machine shop in Cory Hall, or the Hackerspace, CalSol - the UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team - has completely redesigned their competition vehicle. They will have the opportunity to test their new design in an upcoming endurance race that will take them across eight states, from Texas to Minnesota.
Dean’s word: Made-to-order engineering education
05/01/14 — Paul Jacobs, whose lead gift helped launch the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, joined student speakers Eric Mica, Kate Rakelly and Lavanya Jawaharlal for the April 12 groundbreaking celebration for Jacobs Hall, to open Fall 2015. (Photo by Noah Berger)“I’m not an engineer because I like following procedures. I’m an engineer because of those moments […]
Devices: Optimal distillation
05/01/14 — Students in the hands-on Interactive Device Design course researched the distillery business to design an elegant solution to an age-old challenge.
Student hackers design new ways to research the Free Speech Movement
04/18/14 — A student team that included EECS undergrads Kevin Casey and Craig Hiller took first place in HackFSM, a 12-day hackathon organized by the Bancroft Library and Digital Humanities@Berkeley that shared the Free Speech Movement's aim to create a free marketplace of ideas.
Students show off design projects from TI lab
04/15/14 Texas Instruments — As the first anniversary of the Texas Instrument-funded Electronics Design Lab approaches, TI highlights some of the cool student projects -- from a tic-tac-toe board to an autonomous quadcopter -- that were made possible through this $2.2 million teaching lab and adjoining "maker lounge."
Symposium spotlights clean-technology solutions
01/10/14 — Through the Cleantech to Market program, UC Berkeley students work with campus and Berkeley Lab scientists to bring new, environmentally friendly innovations to the world via commercialization.
Design education shifts to the fast lane
11/22/13 — Given the rising tide of emerging technologies and global challenges in energy, health and elsewhere, we are re-inventing engineering education here at Berkeley. Our students are graduating not only with technical depth, but also with practice in hands-on problem solving, team leadership and entrepreneurship. As Berkeley students, they bring an extra dimension to their learning-a passion for the greater good. The latest chapter in this educational transformation commenced in June, with the creation of our Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
Dean’s word: A new design for education
11/01/13 — A $20 million gift from Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs launches a new center for design innovation.
Jacobs gift launches design institute
11/01/13 — A $20 million gift launches the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, a hands-on design center primarily for undergraduates.
Diving to the edge of darkness
11/01/13 — At Hawkes Ocean Technologies, alum Adam Wright builds manned submarines capable of underwater flight.
Design: The new toolkit for teaching engineering
09/11/13 — While some educators debate the pros and cons of online learning, we think there's a far more pressing and promising innovation that we need to offer today's engineering students: Immersion in experiential design.
College of Engineering plans to implement design minor for fall 2014
08/21/13 Daily Californian — Berkeley Engineering is planning a new minor in engineering design aimed at giving students more opportunities for hands-on education and experience. The minor, expected to be implemented in fall 2014, will be an expansion of Engineering 10, a hands-on course that focuses on design and analysis.
College of Engineering presents design plans for new Northside building
08/19/13 Daily Californian — Jacobs Hall, set for completion in fall 2015, is part of a plan to make the campus's engineering program focus more on design and hands-on experience.
Bringing design thinking to engineering
08/02/13 Forbes — Qualcomm CEO and Engineering Advisory Board chair Paul Jacobs discusses how today's education of an engineer can be dramatically improved, how design thinking and sustainability are critical to long-term innovation, and his $20 million commitment to Berkeley Engineering.
A new design for engineering education
06/24/13 Daily Californian — In an op-ed article, Dean Shankar Sastry and Executive Associate Dean Fiona Doyle write about how a recent $20 million gift from the Jacobs Foundation will pave the way for a complete reinvention of engineering education at Berkeley, providing all students - especially undergraduates - with opportunities to design and build early and often.
$20 million gift launches design institute
06/18/13 — I just returned from Chicago, where I had the great honor of taking the stage with President Bill Clinton and Dr. Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm and chair of our advisory board, as Paul announced a $20 million commitment that he and his wife, Stacy, are making to launch an Institute of Design Innovation here in the college.
$20 million gift from Paul and Stacy Jacobs Foundation will launch design innovation institute at UC Berkeley
06/13/13 — Campus will begin planning educational activities, studio and workshop facility to expand the role of design in engineering education, emphasizing rapid design and prototyping for manufacturability.