Engineered crystals could help computers run on less power
04/07/22 — New negative capacitance material reduces energy needed to control advanced silicon transistors
Electrical engineering
Tiny switches give solid-state LiDAR record resolution
03/09/22 — Work led by UC Berkeley researchers could lead to new generation of powerful, low-cost 3D sensors for autonomous cars, drones, robots, smartphones and more.
Early-career scholars named Sloan Research Fellows
02/18/22 — Grace Gu of mechanical engineering and Avishay Tal of electrical engineering and computer sciences are among four UC Berkeley assistant professors receiving the prestigious award
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
Ruzena Bajcsy elected to AAAS
01/26/22 — Professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer sciences is one of nine from UC Berkeley named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
New Kavli Center to foster ethics, engagement in science
12/14/21 — The Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, directed by EECS professor Stuart Russell, will equip the next generation of scientists with the tools to tackle the ethical and societal implications of their research.
Making lasers more efficient, versatile and compact
12/07/21 — With support from his Bakar Fellowship, EECS associate professor Boubacar Kante is preparing to fabricate a prototype of a new laser with a range of applications from microsurgery to satellite telemetry.
Awesome agility
11/15/21 — AI algorithms are equipping legged robots with an enhanced ability to navigate and adapt to unfamiliar terrain in real time.
Leaps and bounds
11/15/21 — The extraordinary agility of squirrels is tied to the many split-second decisions they make while leaping across tree canopies.
UC Berkeley alum Reginald DesRoches named president of Rice University
11/12/21 — DesRoches is the seventh Berkeley Engineering alumnus to become the head of a university in the past four years
Kathy Yelick named vice chancellor for research
09/30/21 — UC Berkeley computer scientist, an active scholar, teacher and leader on campus and at Berkeley Lab for three decades, will assume her new role on Jan. 1, 2022
Microbatteries that make sense
08/31/21 — Bakar Fellows: EECS professor Kristofer Pister's research shows how embedding batteries on a chip could enable wearable sensors
LED material shines under strain
08/26/21 — Berkeley Lab: EECS professor Ali Javey's team has devised a simple tactic to increase the efficiency and brightness of LED devices
Earbuds that read your mind
08/18/21 — Bakar Fellows: EECS assistant professor Rikky Muller has developed comfortable earbuds that detect and record brain activity, a platform technology that could support consumer and health monitoring apps
Researchers demonstrate new semiconductor device possibilities using black phosphorus
08/11/21 — Material's "magical" properties under stress and strain could help meet growing demand in optical communications and more
UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech and USC launch new National AI Research Institute
07/29/21 — NSF awards $20M for researchers to deploy AI to tackle massive optimization challenges
New AI strategy enables robots to rapidly adapt to real-world environments
07/09/21 — Rapid motor adaptation system outperformed peers in navigating unfamiliar terrain
EECS faculty featured as luminaries in Electron Devices Society podcast series
05/25/21 — Chenming Hu, Tsu-Jae King Liu and Leon Chua share insights from their lives and careers
2D transistor technology overcomes barrier to ever-shrinking computer chips
05/17/21 — Atomically thin semiconductor could be game-changing alternative to silicon