Three professors, nine alums named to NAE
05/11/26 — Three Berkeley Engineering professors have been named to the National Academy of Engineering
Industrial engineering
The art of grasping
05/11/26 — Redefining robot manipulation with creativity and code
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
Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
02/10/26 — Ken Goldberg, Kam Lau and Felix Wu are among five UC Berkeley faculty elected to the esteemed organization
UC Berkeley study shows how patenting boosts pure research
12/01/25 — UC Berkeley Haas: Researchers who both publish papers and file patents were found to produce work that is more novel and more influential
Berkeley IEOR professor secures NSF grant to advance safety in power systems
09/29/23 — IEOR: Javad Lavaei’s pioneering project is poised to transform the design of learning-enabled, safety-critical systems
Life isn’t fair … yet
05/17/23 — Berkeley engineers have demonstrated the first proven approach to creating fairer algorithms.
Fastest ever laundry-folding robot is here
10/24/22 — NPR: But SpeedFolding method, from an international team including Berkeley Engineering's AUTOLab, is likely still slower than you.
New technology helps robots move objects quickly and safely
06/22/22 — Robot arms don’t have to compromise on speed
The future of meat
04/15/22 — The Alt: Meat Lab pairs scientific innovation with entrepreneurship to bring plant-based proteins from the classroom to the market.
Put to the test
11/15/21 — A method that uses a common machine learning algorithm can help detect cancer from a simple blood test, well before the first symptoms are present.
At Berkeley’s Alt: Meat Lab, some students learn to be CEOs
10/22/21 — LA Times: A program at Berkeley Engineering connects students interested in creating plant-based alternatives to animal products with potential investors
Using machine learning to detect early-stage cancers
08/16/21 — Berkeley researchers develop algorithm for method that identifies cancer from blood tests, well before first symptoms are present.
UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech and USC launch new National AI Research Institute
07/29/21 — NSF awards $20M for researchers to deploy AI to tackle massive optimization challenges
Time more important than funding for food assistance, study finds
06/25/21 School of Public Health — A paper co-authored by IEOR associate professor Anil Aswani showed that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients who had more available time were able to prepare higher quality meals
Berkeley engineers win Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Awards
04/27/21 — Nine engineering teaching groups were honored for innovations in remote instruction
Smooth operator
04/26/21 — A research team has developed AI software that allows robotic arms to quickly grasp and move objects in a steady motion.
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.
Deep learning helps robots grasp and move objects with ease
11/18/20 — Combining neural networks with motion planning software gives robots the speed and skill to assist in warehouse environments
Better eye screening
10/25/19 — Researchers from the RADAR Lab have developed algorithms that can help with the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy — the most common cause of vision loss among people with diabetes — by detecting features in retinal images with better than 97% accuracy.