Documentary examines rural Calif. town’s fight for water
08/11/25 — Los Angeles Times: Allensworth residents join forces with CEE professor Ashok Gadgil to fight for clean water
Development engineering
Native FEWS Alliance trains students to strengthen tribal food, energy, water systems
05/22/25 — This multi-university consortium now faces an uncertain future due to NSF funding cuts
Student engineers named UC Berkeley Climate Innovation fellows by CITRIS
06/14/24 — CITRIS: Rising entrepreneurs Youngseok Jo and Bear Häon will receive $10,000 each to advance innovative projects that address urgent environmental challenges
UC Berkeley innovators featured in ‘Pathways to Invention’ film
04/26/24 — Special to debut in May on PBS stations and streaming apps
Berkeley Engineering celebrates 2024 mentoring award winners
03/27/24 — Recipients recognized by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division for helping students succeed
Patricia Quaye (MDevEng ’22): Empowering rural women and African culture through fashion
01/31/24 — Blum Center: SHE 4 Change uses sustainable fashion design to give talented rural women a path out of poverty
Two UC Berkeley engineers elected to the National Academy of Inventors
12/12/23 — Ashok Gadgil and Boris Rubinsky receive highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors
Ashok Gadgil awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation
10/24/23 — Distinguished CEE professor's technological innovations have profoundly benefited low-resource communities worldwide
Ashok Gadgil wins inaugural R&D Leader of the Year award
08/24/23 — R&D World magazine cited the distinguished professor's 30+ years of innovations that profoundly benefited low-resource communities
Scientists develop parallel method for fog harvesting and water treatment
08/17/23 — Nanoengineered meshes powered by sunlight work continuously to collect water and remove pollutants
Researchers reveal the ‘hidden’ costs of drinkable water
05/04/23 — Successful water treatment technologies require a deeper understanding of users’ challenges
Berkeley engineer brings sustainable development to Malawi
01/13/23 — Mathews Tisatayane (M.DevEng’22) applies his knowledge of development engineering and social entrepreneurship to provide fellow Malawians clean energy and new economic opportunities
Development Engineering master’s program celebrates first graduating class
12/22/22 — Berkeley's newest engineers — the first in the country to receive the M.DevEng degree — reflect on the importance of working together to develop global solutions
Bringing arsenic-safe drinking water to rural California
09/21/22 — Berkeley engineers have created a simple, low-cost arsenic treatment system to help low-income communities access safer water (With video)
Ashok Gadgil wins inaugural Zuckerberg Water Prize
04/05/22 — Award recognizes his outstanding vision and lasting global impact in water research
Richard Blum, UC benefactor, passes away
03/01/22 — Statement from Blum Center leaders mourns death of Berkeley alumnus and champion of development engineering
Dream on
11/15/21 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, non-electric, reusable warming device that can reduce infant mortality rates.
NSF awards $10M to higher ed alliance to increase Indigenous participation
08/06/21 Blum Center — Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies will be a primary beneficiary, expanding its food, energy and water systems work in Native American communities
Student teams partner with armed forces to improve disaster response
06/24/21 Blum Center — Prototypes developed through a Blum Center for Developing Economies class tackle language, diplomacy and distance barriers
Infant-warming device proven safe, effective
04/29/21 Berkeley Lab — Technology developed by Ashok Gadgil's team shows a big drop in infant mortality in Rwanda hospitals