Berkeley robot learning pioneer Pieter Abbeel wins ACM Prize in Computing
04/06/22 — Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications
Faculty honors
Ashok Gadgil wins inaugural Zuckerberg Water Prize
04/05/22 — Award recognizes his outstanding vision and lasting global impact in water research
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
8 engineering faculty named biohub investigators
01/11/22 — The eight professors, representing three Berkeley Engineering departments, are among 21 Berkeley faculty members selected by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub for the awards, each worth $1 million over five years.
QB3 director David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors
12/07/21 — One of 164 new NAI fellows, Shaffer holds appointments at UC Berkeley in chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, and molecular and cell biology
AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer
10/14/21 — Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world
Berkeley engineers named American Physical Society Fellows
10/13/21 — The honor recognizes the outstanding contributions to physics by Lane Martin and Kristin Persson, both professors in the Department of Materials Science.
Jay Keasling receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow award
09/23/21 — Berkeley Lab: Bioengineer and senior faculty scientist is honored by DOE for scientific leadership and engagement with the academic and research communities
Award fuels female STEM leaders
07/02/21 Johnson & Johnson — Mechanical engineering assistant professor Hannah Stuart is one of six 2021 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars
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
EECS professor David Culler awarded Berkeley Citation
05/21/21 — The prestigious honor, one of the highest given by UC Berkeley, recognizes achievements that exceed the standards of excellence
Three engineering faculty receive Young Investigator Award
05/17/21 — Alvin Cheung, Somayeh Sojoudi and Grace Gu to receive highly competitive grants to support their early-career research.
EECS professor Michael Jordan named to Royal Society
05/06/21 — Jordan is among 10 foreign members, 52 fellows and one honorary fellow elected to the academy.
Alessandro Chiesa among five UC Berkeley faculty named Sloan Research Fellows
02/16/21 — The two-year fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early career researchers
Cryptography pioneer Shafi Goldwasser receives the Women in Science Award
02/11/21 Simons Institute — The L’Oréal-UNESCO honor for Goldwasser, director of the Simons Institute, comes on the International Day for Women & Girls in Science
David Patterson receives prestigious Frontiers in Knowledge award
02/10/21 BBVA Foundation — The UC Berkeley Turing laureate shares the prize, which includes 400,000 euros, with Stanford's John Hennessy for turning computer architecture into a science and designing the processors that power today’s devices.
Professors receive Berkeley Faculty Service Award
02/09/21 — Mechanical engineering's Alice Agogino, Oliver O'Reilly honored by Academic Senate for "outstanding and dedicated service to the campus"
