Ikhlaq Sidhu marks 15 years at SCET
02/16/21 — The faculty director and chief scientist created a new model for the academic innovation center that embraces innovation in both academia and industry.
Faculty
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"
Rachel Slaybaugh to lead Cyclotron Road
01/07/21 — Nuclear engineering associate professor takes the helm at Berkeley Lab’s division for entrepreneurial scientists
The computer scientist who shrinks big data
12/08/20 Quanta Magazine — EECS professor Jelani Nelson designs clever algorithms to remember slivers of massive data sets; he also teaches kids in Ethiopia how to code
New & noteworthy
11/05/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Farewell
11/05/20 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni and faculty.
Q+A on women in engineering
11/05/20 — Professor emerita Fiona Doyle discusses her experiences as a woman in the field of engineering.
How SCET director is protecting trees needed for a COVID vaccine
10/23/20 — A compound in Chilean soapbark trees is a key ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine; Ricardo San Martin wants to ensure that the bark is sustainably harvested.
Berkeley engineers give graphene a new twist to boost optoelectronics
10/20/20 — By stacking sheets of graphene on top of each other and twisting them, researchers have converted a common linear material into one with nonlinear optical capabilities crucial to everyday technology.
Computer science professor engages students through creative prerecorded lectures
10/20/20 Daily Cal — Berkeley Engineering faculty go to great lengths to create engaging remote lectures.
Berkeley researchers use 3D printer to make stronger, greener concrete
10/13/20 — The team built octet lattices out of polymer, creating a novel way to reinforce concrete
Berkeley Engineering announces five new faculty fellows
09/28/20 — Five new faculty members are joining the College of Engineering as faculty fellows, with ample funding to equip labs, hire graduate students and get their research projects up and running.
Boubacar Kanté selected among 2020 cohort of Moore Inventor Fellows
09/16/20 — Associate EECS professor is a pioneer in topological light sources and lasers
Richard White, pioneer in ultrasonics and micro-electromechanical systems, dies at 90
08/26/20 — White's work on acoustic properties at the micro-scale contributed to the development of ever-smaller sensors and semiconductors.
Kristin Persson named director of Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry
08/05/20 — MSE professor's pioneering use of data-driven methodologies for materials discovery is spurring a new age of innovation
A better way to measure progress in semiconductors
07/22/20 — Four EECS professors are featured in an IEEE Spectrum article about efforts to replace Moore's Law with a better metric to measure progress in semiconductors
Light shows the way to build ‘smart’ infrastructure
07/01/20 Berkeley Research — Kenichi Soga, Chancellor's Professor in civil and environmental engineering, is using fiber-optic cables to monitor structures ranging from tunnels to building foundations