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
Mechanical engineering
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 named to National Academy of Engineering
02/09/22 — Mechanical engineering professor among 76 academy members at Berkeley Engineering
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.
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.
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.
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.
Could liposomes be the unsung heroes of the pandemic?
11/12/21 — 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.
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
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.
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
The art of engineering
07/20/21 — Berkeley Engineering alum blurs the line between art and science
Fighting wildfires with computing and data science
07/13/21 — Berkeley's Fire Research Group uses algorithms, machine learning, and simulation to improve fire prevention efforts.
Award fuels female STEM leaders
07/02/21 Johnson & Johnson — Mechanical engineering assistant professor Hannah Stuart is one of six 2021 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D scholars
Insect-sized robot navigates mazes with the agility of a cheetah
07/02/21 — Flexible, durable robot developed by mechanical engineering professor Liwei Lin's team could become an asset for search and rescue operations
Three engineering faculty receive Young Investigator Award
05/17/21 — Alvin Cheung, Somayeh Sojoudi and Grace Gu to receive highly competitive grants to support their early-career research.
Berkeley engineers win Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Awards
04/27/21 — Nine engineering teaching groups were honored for innovations in remote instruction
Bring in the reinforcements
04/26/21 — A team of engineers have developed a new way to reinforce concrete using a 3D printer to build octet lattices out of polymer.
Biden nominates Jill Hruby to top nuclear security post
04/19/21 Homeland Preparedness News — Berkeley mechanical engineering alumna (M.S.'82) chosen as administrator of National Nuclear Security Administration
Berkeley engineers demonstrate unprecedented control of light with a new quantum device
03/15/21 — The at-will control over the behavior of single photons is key to developing optical quantum gates.