New & noteworthy
11/05/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Faculty
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
Farid: Online disinfo now targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter
06/26/20 Futurism — Digital forensics expert and EECS professor Hany Farid lays out the greatest digital threats facing the country, and how to combat them
Four Berkeley engineers receive awards for COVID-19 research
06/24/20 — C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute announces new funding for projects
Bakar Prize winner hopes to harness sun’s power
06/22/20 — Junqiao Wu, professor of material science and engineering, awarded campus's new $225,000 prize for real-world potential of his thermal-powered material transformations
Researcher creates machine learning tool to help scientists locate materials needed for innovations
05/08/20 — Kristin Persson leads the Materials Project, an open-access online database to assist scientists searching for the next big thing in batteries, solar cells, and computer chips
Scientists invent new ways to peer into the earliest stages of life
04/30/20 — Thanks to research led by Amy Herr, scientists can examine the crucial period when RNA molecules tell cells what they should do
Researchers lead federal efforts to improve COVID-19 testing
04/24/20 — Rebecca Abergel, Paul Adams, and Adam Arkin are overseeing projects designed to boost coronavirus diagnostic technology
Dan Kammen elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/23/20 — Professor of energy and resources, public policy and nuclear engineering is one of 9 new Berkeley faculty members