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Hany Farid and Alexei Efros, with the Facebook logo

Berkeley links up with Facebook, but wants to see tech giant’s accountability

05/17/19 — Stung by bad press and government investigations, Facebook is investing $7.5 million in a partnership with three universities - UC Berkeley, Cornell and Maryland - to develop new methods to improve detection of fake content, fake news and misinformation campaigns. At Berkeley, the work will be led by EECS professors Hany Farid and Alexei Efros.
Nighttime traffic on U.S. Highway 101 south of San Francisco

Shifting gears

05/01/19 — The integration of self-driving vehicles requires policy decisions that consider how travel behavior will shift with the introduction of new mobility choices.

New & noteworthy

05/01/19 — Class notes and other updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni and faculty.

Farewell

05/01/19 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering faculty and alumni
Berlekamp playing the game Amazons

Elwyn Berlekamp, game theorist and coding pioneer, dies

04/18/19 — Elwyn Berlekamp, professor emeritus of mathematics and of EECS, developed error-correcting codes that allowed spacecraft from Voyager to the Hubble Space Telescope to send accurate and detailed images back to Earth.
photonic switch being manufactured using a technique called photolithography

Microscopic ‘traffic cops’ for optical communications

04/15/19 — Berkeley engineers have built a new photonic switch that can control the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently than ever - and possibly revolutionize how information travels through data centers and high-performance supercomputers.
Professor Joyashree Roy and project team member Sreeman Mypati tasting water from ECAR plant.

This innovation removes deadly arsenic from India’s water

12/12/18 The Better India — Everyday, tens of millions of people drink water that significantly increases their risk of cancer and other deadly diseases. UC Berkeley professor Ashok Gadgil amd Asian Institute of Technology's Joyashree Roy hope to fix that with an efficient and cost-effective system called Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation (ECAR) for removing arsenic contamination from drinking water.

New & noteworthy

11/14/18 — Class notes and other updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni and faculty.

Farewell

11/14/18 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering faculty and alumni

Berkeley engineers selected to modernize the grid

11/02/18 — The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected eighteen teams, including two with Berkeley Engineering researchers, to participate in the Grid Optimization Competition. which aims to develop new management software for the nation's electricity grid.
Chancellor Tien, with his provost, Carol Christ, at a Charter Day celebration on the Sproul steps

In Chang-Lin Tien, a leader to emulate

10/03/18 — Chancellor Carol Christ reflects back on the legacy of Chang-Lien Tien, her predecessor and mentor, professor of mechanical engineering, builder of community and "an extraordinary leader."
Cartoon of worker relaxing at desk while computer does work.

AI may not be bad news for workers

09/14/18 The Economist — Countering fears that artificial intelligence will eliminate millions of jobs, a new report co-authored by Berkeley Engineering roboticist Ken Goldberg says AI may instead enhance job satisfaction for ordinary workers by taking over mundane tasks.
James Anderson

Surveying expert James Anderson dies at 92

08/30/18 — Professor James Anderson, civil and environmental engineering faculty member for 25 years and an expert on the theory and practice of surveying, died on Aug. 23; he was 92.
Fiona Doyle

Fiona Doyle to retire

08/27/18 — Fiona Doyle, vice provost of graduate studies, longtime leader in the College of Engineering and campus, champion of student services and an influential pioneer in mineral engineering, will retire in June 2019 after a remarkable 36-year career at Berkeley. Read more about her many accomplishments
Ravi Prasher

Ravi Prasher to lead energy technologies at Berkeley Lab

07/19/18 Berkeley Lab — Ravi Prasher, adjunct professor of mechanical engineering, has been promoted to associate laboratory director for energy technologies at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he previously headed the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division.