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Mechanical engineering

Oliver O

Oliver O’Reilly named vice provost for undergraduate education

06/30/22 — Mechanical engineering professor since 1992, O'Reilly will be responsible for supporting teaching, learning and undergraduate discovery
Rendering of autonomous self-driving vehicles on metro city road.

UC Berkeley advances cyber-physical systems research as part of $6 million NSF project

06/29/22 — Project aims to improve safety and reliability of autonomous transportation systems
Winners of 2022 Bakar Spark Award: Grace Gu, Daniel Klein, Liwei Lin, Angjoo Kanazawa and Phillip Messersmith

Bakar Fellows names Spark Award recipients

06/14/22 — Five engineering faculty among the seven honored for research that produces tangible, positive societal impact through commercialization
3D rendering of COVID-19 virus particles.

Researchers devise a new way to detect and quantify SARS-CoV-2 in pooled samples

06/06/22 — Technique is more sensitive than standard PCR tests in large sample volumes and can be adapted to emerging COVID-19 variants
Researchers in zero gravity with 3D printer

Berkeley students flip, float and experiment on zero-g flight

05/23/22 — Berkeley News: Engineers put 3D printing technology to the test for possible use on future NASA space missions
The icy moon Enceladus orbits Saturn.

Study of aqueous salt solutions deepens our understanding of icy planets’ oceans

04/26/22 — New findings may help determine the possibility of extraterrestrial life in our solar system
Flexible sensors

Making the cut

04/15/22 — A new technique for making wearable sensors replaces photolithography with a $200 vinyl cutter.
3D-printed glass lattices and U.S. penny

Researchers develop innovative 3D-printing technology for glass microstructures

04/14/22 — New system enables faster production, greater optical quality and design flexibility
Grace Gu and Avishay Tal

Early-career scholars named Sloan Research Fellows

02/18/22 — Grace Gu of mechanical engineering and Avishay Tal of electrical engineering and computer sciences are among four UC Berkeley assistant professors receiving the prestigious award
supercapacitor array

Slicing the way to wearable sensor prototypes

02/11/22 — A $200 vinyl cutter can replace a multistep clean room technique to churn out the prototypes researchers need to rapidly test new stretchable sensors.
Masayoshi Tomizuka elected to NAE

Masayoshi Tomizuka named to National Academy of Engineering

02/09/22 — Mechanical engineering professor among 76 academy members at Berkeley Engineering
Midair Reconfigurable Quadcopter

Novel drone shape-shifts mid-flight

01/19/22 — Interesting Engineering: Researchers at Berkeley's High Performance Robotics Laboratory (HiPeRLab) have developed an experimental drone called the Midair Reconfigurable Quadcopter that can shape-shift in midair, as seen in the lab's video.
“Baba Yaga

The art of engineering

11/15/21 — Mechanical engineering alum Alireza Lahijanian is the co-founder of Rbhu, a company that specializes in large-scale artwork and entertainment structures.
Illustration of heart tissue in isochoric chamber

Super cool

11/15/21 — Using a method called isochoric supercooling, researchers revived human heart tissue after it had been preserved in a subfreezing state for days.
Archie Williams racing in the Berlin Olympics

High school named in honor of alum

11/15/21 — Archie Williams, a mechanical engineering alum, was recognized for his achievements in education, national service and athletics.
microscope image of "spike-liposome" technique

Could liposomes be the unsung heroes of the pandemic?

11/12/21 — Berkeley News: Berkeley engineers attached SARS-CoV-2 “spike” proteins to the surface of liposomes, creating lab-made mimics of the deadly virus as part of a process to enable efficient testing of antibody therapies.
Reginal DesRoches

UC Berkeley alum Reginald DesRoches named president of Rice University

11/12/21 — DesRoches is the seventh Berkeley Engineering alumnus to become the head of a university in the past four years
Illustration of heart tissue in isochoric chamber

Cold-hearted science: Supercooling technique advances preservation of human tissue

09/22/21 — Berkeley researchers revive human heart tissue that had been supercooled at subfreezing temperatures for days, showing promise of technique that could be a game-changer for organ transplants and medical research.
condensation

With a damp TV, Berkeley engineers demonstrate the potential of a green energy harvester

09/06/21 — Researchers report that moisture-induced energy harvesting could be a potential new source of power, particularly in areas of naturally high humidity
Eternal Return sculpture at Burning Man

The art of engineering

07/20/21 — Berkeley Engineering alum blurs the line between art and science
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