Electrical engineering

In a twist

11/20/24 — Researchers have demonstrated the world’s first micromachine that can twist 2D materials at will.

Illustration of a person with the earbuds that can help them stay awake. Illustration by Adobe Stock and Adam Lau

Staying alert

11/20/24 — Engineers have designed earbuds that can detect signs of drowsiness in the brain.

Close-up of a blue-gloved hand constructing a microchip.

UC helps bring first-of-its-kind semiconductor hub to California

11/12/24 — UC Newsroom: Berkeley Engineering will collaborate with Natcast to launch a Visiting Scholars program

Photo splice with electrical engineering and computer sciences associate professor Rikky Muller on the left and bioengineering professor Adam Arkin on the right (Photos by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards

10/10/24 — UC Berkeley researchers in two multi-institutional teams have won major awards to fund pioneering biomedical research

The 3D rendering of mitochondria overlaid by the motion map. The 3D volume was captured by a 3D SIM microscope in the Biological Imaging Facility and reconstructed by NSTM using the compute cluster from the Advanced Bioimaging Center.

Bringing clarity to computational imaging

09/30/24 — New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples

Conceptual illustration of AI chip on circuit board

AI hardware hub awarded $16.3M from DOD

09/26/24 — Hub led by Stanford and UC Berkeley gets funding for three projects aimed at ultra-efficient hardware for AI applications

Christopher Sutardja (B.S.’10, Ph.D.’17 EECS), Sehat Sutardja (M.S.’85, Ph.D.’88 EECS), Weili Dai (B.A.’84 CS), Nicholas Sutardja (B.A.’12 Applied Mathematics; B.S.’12, Ph.D.’19 EECS), from left, during CITRIS and Sutardja Dai Hall grand opening at UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Dai Hall in Berkeley, Calif. on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.

Sehat Sutardja, semiconductor pioneer and Marvell co-founder, has died

09/19/24 — Alum was longtime supporter, board member of Berkeley Engineering

Three individuals are pictured in separate circular frames against a background of a green circuit board. The person on the left has a beard and short dark hair, wearing a blue shirt. The person in the center has long black hair and is smiling, wearing a dark shirt. The person on the right has a beard and is wearing a suit jacket over a white shirt.

New computer simulations help scientists advance energy-efficient microelectronics

09/13/24 — Berkeley Lab: EECS professor Sayeef Salahuddin part of team working to fast-track the development of ultra-low-power microelectronics

Laura Waller, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences.

Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal

09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy

Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery

08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery

World’s first micromachine twists 2D materials at will

08/21/24 — Device expands ways to manipulate low-dimensional quantum materials

Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds

08/05/24 — Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness

Jessica Boles, assistant professor of electrical engineering.

EECS professor Jessica Boles to receive IGNIITE 2024 award

06/28/24 — ARPA-E: Award recognizes early-career scientists and engineers converting disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies

on the left: Ashok Gadgil, professor of the graduate school at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in the middle: EECS professor Boubacar Kanté in his Cory Hall lab on the right: BB-8 from Star Wars

Summer magazine is here

06/05/24 — Latest Berkeley Engineer features laser technology, BB-8 and a new interdisciplinary class that explores the relationship between art, AI and robotics

EECS professor Boubacar Kanté in his Cory Hall laser lab

Light science

05/31/24 — Advanced laser technologies may be key to applications ranging from clean energy to a quantum internet.

Bright object with fiery trail approaching curve of Earth in image from space

Q+A on solar sails

05/31/24 — The BLISS project aims to create a fleet of miniaturized, autonomous spacecraft for exploring asteroids and comets.

Five engineers among 2024 Spark Award winners: (top row, from left) Adam Yala, Jennifer Listgarten, Liana Lareau; (bottom row, from left) Zakaria Al Balushi, Robert Pilawa-Podgurski.

Five engineering professors among 2024 Spark Award winners

05/22/24 — Bakar Fellows Program: Recipients embody the spirit of innovation and collaboration that defines UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Futuristic batteries on top of a computer chip emitting powerful lightning bolts, neon blue colors, black background.

Researchers achieve giant energy storage, power density on a microchip

05/06/24 — New generation of electrostatic capacitors could change the energy storage paradigm for microelectronics

Paige Balcom, Tomás Vega and Corten Singer, from left, Berkeley alums featured in the award-winning documentary “Pathways to Invention.”

UC Berkeley innovators featured in ‘Pathways to Invention’ film

04/26/24 — Special to debut in May on PBS stations and streaming apps

EECS professor Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

04/24/24 — Berkeley EECS professor recognized for excellence in developing and improving a variety of modern electronics systems