New assistive device enhances grasping for people with spinal cord injuries 02/10/25 — Dorsal Grasper provides an intuitive, collaborative grasping approach
White House honors engineering faculty with early career awards 01/17/25 — Grace Gu, Sergey Levine and Grace O’Connell have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
New electromagnetic material draws inspiration from the color-shifting chameleon 01/15/25 — Applications include defense, wireless communications, energy and smart infrastructure
UC Berkeley researchers offer insights into the Los Angeles fires 01/13/25 — Scholars discuss the fires’ causes and impacts on health, housing and the path ahead
Grace Gu named ‘game-changing’ researcher in materials science 12/12/24 — Nature: She is recognized for using techniques such as machine learning to design composite materials
Homayoon Kazerooni elected to the National Academy of Inventors 12/10/24 — A leading expert in robotics and human-machine systems, he has created medical exoskeletons that enable paralyzed individuals to stand and walk
NASA-funded project offers new insights into fire behavior in space 12/09/24 — Testing in microgravity reveals materials can burn at lower-than-expected oxygen levels
Manufacturing in microgravity 11/20/24 — Berkeley researchers sent their 3D printing technology to space as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission.
Burning questions 11/20/24 — A new wildfire simulation model sheds light on how fires spread through communities in the wildland-urban interface.
A shark of inspiration 11/20/24 — A textured surface designed to mimic shark skin can reduce drag and mitigate noise on underwater sonar systems.
New model sheds light on how wildfires spread through communities 09/16/24 — Insights could lead to more effective mitigation that saves lives and property
Berkeley researchers send 3D printer into space 07/02/24 — SpaceCAL tests the limits of additive manufacturing on Virgin Galactic 07 mission
Cool it down 05/31/24 — How groundbreaking freezing technologies can protect food, organs — and even the planet
Three professors elected to NAE 05/31/24 — Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica — as well as nine Berkeley Engineering alums — were inducted by the organization.
Ready to roll 05/31/24 — Advanced navigation for spherical robots like BB-8 may be possible thanks to new insights into holonomy.
Q+A on solar sails 05/31/24 — The BLISS project aims to create a fleet of miniaturized, autonomous spacecraft for exploring asteroids and comets.
Researchers design soft actuators that mimic ‘bone-in-flesh’ structure of human limbs 05/28/24 — Devices exhibit ultrafast performance, extreme impact resistance — and can be easily fabricated in under an hour
Berkeley engineer Lilly Etzenbach among 2024 University Medal finalists 05/07/24 — Forced into COVID-era isolation, this year’s finalists embraced resilience, compassion
UC Berkeley innovators featured in ‘Pathways to Invention’ film 04/26/24 — Special to debut in May on PBS stations and streaming apps
Ravi Prasher and Sayeef Salahuddin elected lifetime fellows of AAAS 04/18/24 — Honorees are among six UC Berkeley researchers recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements