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Photo from 1992 of David Hodges, engineering dean, speaking at a Sproul Asoociation Luncheon

David Hodges, former dean of engineering and pioneer in integrated circuit design, dies at 85

11/29/22 — His work contributed to the rapid growth of the tech industry
Campanile and the Golden Gate Bridge on a supermoon sunrise

Farewell

11/07/22 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

New & noteworthy

11/07/22 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Aaron Streets standing at a podium

Aaron Streets named to Popular Science’s Brilliant 10

10/19/22 — CDSS: The list honors trailblazing early-career scientists and engineers who are tackling pressing challenges with innovative solutions
Lab equipment centrifuging blood

Study finds medical procedure that rejuvenates old human blood

09/15/22 — Berkeley researchers find that plasmapheresis could advance our understanding of human aging, inform treatment of age-related diseases
Two students with math formulas in background. One child is looking at a book while sitting on an elevated area, while the second child, who appears Black, is standing below with hands on hips.

Jelani Nelson weighs in on state efforts to reform math education

09/08/22 — New Yorker: The EECS professor says proposed California Math Framework could worsen disparities in STEM
Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramesh named Rice University’s vice president for research

08/01/22 — UC Berkeley materials scientist and physicist will assume post Aug. 15
McLaughlin Hall patio on Sept. 9, 2020

New study evaluates NOAA’s wildfire smoke forecasting model

07/05/22 — Using data from the 2018 Camp Fire, civil engineering researchers identify ways to improve experimental smoke prediction tool
Oliver O

Oliver O’Reilly named vice provost for undergraduate education

06/30/22 — Mechanical engineering professor since 1992, O'Reilly will be responsible for supporting teaching, learning and undergraduate discovery
Pravin Varaiya

Pravin Varaiya, pioneer in smart transportation, dies at 81

06/23/22 — Credited with spearheading the self-driving car revolution in the 1990s, Varaiya brought an economist's grounding to research on the internet, energy and transportation systems and urban environments
Karl Pister sitting inside the Faculty Club.

Former UC Santa Cruz chancellor, Berkeley Engineering dean Karl Pister has died

05/16/22 — Pister, a structural engineering professor who devoted more than 70 years to the university, to higher education and to expanding educational opportunities for students from kindergarten to graduate school, was 96.

Farewell

04/15/22 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

New & noteworthy

04/15/22 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
BRETT the robot and Pieter Abbeel

Abbeel hosts AI robotics podcast

04/15/22 — EECS professor sits down with top experts and entrepreneurs for “The Robot Brains Podcast.”
Child holds glass of water

Examining the effects of chlorinated drinking water on the gut microbiome

04/14/22 — New research shows no negative impact on children's digestive bacteria from chlorinated drinking water
Pieter Abbeel

Robots, AI and podcasting: a Q&A with Pieter Abbeel

03/18/22 — Professor Pieter Abbeel has launched “The Robot Brains Podcast,” featuring discussions with leading AI experts and entrepreneurs.
Amy Herr in the Bakar Bioenginuity Hub

Amy Herr named chief technology officer of CZ Biohub Network

02/28/22 — Berkeley bioengineering professor will help lead Chan Zuckerberg group's efforts to advance technologies to observe, measure, and analyze human biology in action
supercapacitor array

Slicing the way to wearable sensor prototypes

02/11/22 — A $200 vinyl cutter can replace a multistep clean room technique to churn out the prototypes researchers need to rapidly test new stretchable sensors.
Catherine Koshland

Veteran campus leader Catherine Koshland to retire

02/03/22 — Koshland, the Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering, has held many senior positions in her 38 years at Berkeley, culminating in her current service as interim executive vice chancellor and provost.
Head shot of Ikhlaq Sidhu, SCET faculty director

Ikhlaq Sidhu named dean of Spain’s IE School of Technology

12/13/21 — The founding faculty director and chief scientist of Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology to remain in current position until June 2022.
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