Rebecca Abergel, Boubacar Kanté, Jay Keasling win 2024 Bakar Prize
03/12/24 — Award helps campus innovators translate their discoveries into real-world solutions
Electrical engineering
Three EECS professors win prized Sloan Research Fellowships
02/20/24 — Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao among nine young faculty at UC Berkeley named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Three UC Berkeley professors named to NAE
02/06/24 — The election of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica to the National Academy of Engineering brings the number of engineering faculty members in the NAE to 75
Berkeley alum develops tongue-controlled touchpad
01/30/24 — Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS) seeks to create a new paradigm in assistive technologies
Small solar sails could be the next ‘giant leap’ for interplanetary space exploration
01/10/24 — Researchers aim to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles
Human-sized robot taught itself to walk and balance, then strolled Berkeley’s streets
12/19/23 — SFGATE: Berkeley researchers used billions of simulations and reinforcement learning to teach the robot how to move
Innovative design achieves tenfold better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging
11/27/23 — Ultra-high resolution scanner will allow research on underlying changes in brain circuitry in a multitude of brain disorders
How to use AI for discovery — without leading science astray
11/09/23 — Berkeley researchers present new statistical technique for safely using predictions obtained from machine learning models to test scientific hypotheses
Scaling up nano for sustainable manufacturing
11/08/23 — Berkeley Lab: Scientists, led by Berkeley engineer Ting Xu, have developed multipurpose, recyclable nanosheets for electronics, energy storage, and health and safety applications
Unearthing a legacy
11/06/23 — A new sculpture outside Blum Hall honors engineering professor Joseph Gier, the first tenured Black professor in the UC system.
Kirk Tramble (B.S.’93 EECS) is new president of Cal Alumni Assoc. board of directors
11/02/23 — CAA: In a Q&A, Tramble discusses his deep connections to UC Berkeley, including co-founding the Black Engineering and Science Alumni Club
Women leaders at six top research universities urge more diversity in semiconductor workforce
10/23/23 — Science: Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu part of new consortium aiming to improve training in microelectronics to meet increased demand
Berkeley Engineering alums among winners of MacArthur Foundation’s ‘genius award’
10/18/23 — UC Newsroom: Linsey Marr (M.S.'97, Ph.D.'02 CEE) and Lester Mackey (Ph.D.'12 CS) recognized for bringing outstanding originality, dedication and drive to their fields
Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology
10/16/23 — UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley; learn more about the Berkeley Space Center
Hybrid cooling leads to 32% energy savings in tropical office buildings — without sacrificing comfort
10/12/23 — CITRIS: Berkeley researchers, academic partners in Singapore combine ceiling fans with higher AC set points
‘Shoulders to stand on’
09/22/23 — Daily Cal: Statue of Berkeley engineer Joseph Thomas Gier, UC system's first tenured Black professor, unveiled in Blum Hall courtyard
Q&A: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli on co-founding Cadence and Synopsys
09/20/23 — DIGITIMES Asia: Berkeley Engineering professor recounts establishing the world's two largest electronic design automation companies, shares innovative projects that he is pursuing
Can we talk to whales?
09/06/23 The New Yorker — The New Yorker: Berkeley engineer Shafi Goldwasser explores how artificial intelligence may allow us to speak to other species
Three Berkeley Engineering professors selected for Bakar Fellows Spark Awards
08/31/23 Berkeley News — Awards will provide support for innovative research in cryptography, robotics and medicine
Stuart Russell: Generative AI tools are quickly ‘running out of text’ to train themselves on
07/14/23 Insider — Business Insider: UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences concerned that AI's strategy behind training large language models is "starting to hit a brick wall"