New & noteworthy
05/11/26 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students
Faculty
Farewell
05/11/26 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students
The making of a Nobel Prize
05/11/26 — Professor Omar Yaghi was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in creating metal-organic frameworks
The art of grasping
05/11/26 — Redefining robot manipulation with creativity and code
Katherine Yelick named director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
05/06/26 — UCOP: EECS professor currently serves as vice chancellor for research at UC Berkeley
Peter Bartlett elected to the National Academy of Sciences
04/30/26 — EECS and statistics professor is among six Berkeley researchers recognized for ‘distinguished and continuing achievements in original research’
Kristin Persson elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/24/26 — Materials scientist is among seven UC Berkeley faculty recognized for excellence
CEE professor Arpad Horvath named ASCE Distinguished Member
04/24/26 — This is the highest honor bestowed on civil engineers, recognizing the most accomplished individuals in the profession
Ying Cui receives NSF CAREER Award for optimization research
04/22/26 — IEOR professor's work focuses on advancing mathematical tools that underpin modern artificial intelligence and decision-making systems
UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers are using AI to revolutionize medical imaging
04/17/26 — EECS professor Adam Yala’s startup strives to make medical imaging more efficient — and more effective
Michael Yartsev wins illustrious Guggenheim Fellowship
04/17/26 — Berkeley engineer was one of four UC Berkeley professors named a 2026 Fellow
Matei Zaharia awarded ACM Prize in Computing
04/08/26 — CDSS: EECS professor’s visionary development of open-source systems has helped enable large-scale machine learning, analytics and AI at a global scale
Researchers grow immune cells with more targeted cancer-fighting abilities
03/10/26 — New approach could lead to therapies for a wider range of diseases and with fewer side effects
Developing a safer, more efficient autonomous robot
03/03/26 — Berkeley engineer Negar Mehr envisions a future where robot assistants are commonplace, from our homes to deep space
In memoriam: Beresford Parlett (1932–2026)
02/13/26 — This pioneer in numerical analysis was a foundational figure in the history of the EECS department
New AI sensor ‘sniffs’ out spectral targets
02/11/26 — Berkeley Lab: First-of-its-kind smart sensor performs AI tricks to identify targets while it captures spectral images
Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list
02/02/26 — UC Newsroom: Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter?
01/21/26 — UC Berkeley computer scientist Emma Pierson believes we can if we design algorithms with an eye toward equality
UC Berkeley professors explore new ways to integrate AI in engineering courses
01/20/26 — Initiative seeks to drive innovation in undergraduate education
Berkeley Engineering welcomes five new faculty members
01/20/26 — New tenure-track professors will bring their research expertise to multiple departments