Early research
04/27/16 — Berkeley's Bioengineering Honor Society recently hosted 22 high school teams for an annual competition designed to make engineering and STEM more accessible.
Events
Arduino Day: Underwater robots, R/C trains and more
04/08/16 Make — Arduino’s founders and fans gathered at Jacobs Hall on April 2 for Arduino Day, a worldwide celebration of the open-source electronics platform that allowed makers and enthusiasts to show off their projects, share ideas and participate in workshops.
Clintons, CGI University at Berkeley this weekend
04/01/16 — Engineering undergrads Ankita Joshi (B.S.'16 ME) and Anh-Thu Ho (B.S.'16 BioE) are among more than 1,000 students gathering at Berkeley this weekend for the Clinton Global Initiative University, a chance to discuss pressing global issues and dig deep for creative solutions.
Georgia Tech Engineering Dean Gary May delivers Kuh lecture on increasing diversity
03/15/16 — On March 10, 2016, Gary May (M.S'88, Ph.D'91 EECS), engineering dean at the Georgia Institute of Technology, gave the fifth annual Kuh Lecture about increasing participation and diversity in STEM fields.
Getting more women into tech careers (and why it matters)
02/16/16 — In an EECS colloquium, Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe talks about how to increase the number of women in technology.
Ben Horowitz talks honesty, failure and secrets
02/12/16 Sutardja Center — Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz shared life lessons with students - including the likelihood that your great discovery will spring from a big mistake.
Celebrating a semester of design innovation
01/15/16 Medium — Jacobs Hall was buzzing with the sounds of new creations as the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation welcomed guests to the Winter Design Showcase.
Students engineer solutions to industry challenges
12/16/15 — Three energy-related devices developed by students in the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership's Master of Engineering capstone project course are featured in a video from the Berkeley News team.
Roundtable tackles issues facing women in tech
12/07/15 — The lack of women in technology-related positions might seem like an overwhelming challenge. But that didn't stop a group of motivated women engineers, data scientists and senior tech managers from taking steps to tackle the problem in a summit held at Berkeley earlier this fall.
InDinero CEO Jessica Mah delivers Newton lecture
11/17/15 — At the October 27 Newton lecture, alumnus and InDinero co-founder Jessica Mah (B.S'10 EECS) talked about the experience of launching a multi-million-dollar business.
Build Change founder delivers CEE Distinguished Lecture
10/15/15 — Watch: Alumnus Elizabeth Hausler Strand, the founder and CEO of Build Change, is making homes safer, worldwide.
Welcoming new students
09/17/15 — The college community welcomes new students to campus with ice-breaking games, a showcase of student group activities and, of course, a Top Dog lunch.
A new campus hub for design
08/26/15 — On August 20, Berkeley Engineering celebrated the opening of Jacobs Hall, the new headquarters for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
Grand opening for Jacobs Hall, the new hub for all things design
08/21/15 — With balloons, ribbon-cutting and four floors of student demos, the College of Engineering on Thursday threw open the doors of Jacobs Hall, where the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation will immerse students in hands-on, human-centered design.
Congratulations graduates!
05/18/15 — In case you missed it: Watch the 2015 commencement ceremonies.
Seismic song
05/01/15 — Sensors lying on the Hayward Fault, which runs under campus, were connected to lights and sounds for a mid-winter public art show.
UC grad students deliver solutions, startups
04/24/15 University of California — Grad students from across the UC system will descend on Sacramento April 28 for Graduate Research Advocacy Day. Among them will be Berkeley civil engineering grad student André Carrel, who is studying how bus service reliability affects ridership.
Design Fest schedule announced
04/20/15 Jacobs Institute — Design Fest, an open house where UC Berkeley students show and tell their current design projects, kicks off with a seminar by Don Norman, pioneer of human-centered design.
Society of Women Engineers hosts new admits
04/01/15 — The campus chapter of the Society of Women Engineers invites newly admitted students to experience life at Berkeley for a weekend. (See video.)
Bakar Fellows show off their discoveries to tech entrepreneurship world
03/25/15 — Sixteen UC Berkeley faculty, including many Berkeley Engineers, who are conducting commercially promising research supported by the Bakar Fellows Program traveled to San Francisco to deepen their connections with prominent venture capital firms, industry partners and entrepreneurs.
