Under the radar
11/18/22 — Engineered piezoelectric materials achieve new levels of wave-scattering performance
Mechanical engineering
Fine print
11/07/22 — Micro-CAL is a new, faster way to 3D print glass microstructures that produces stronger and higher quality objects.
Digging deep
11/07/22 — The design of EMBUR, one of the first legged robots that can self-burrow vertically, was inspired by the Pacific mole crab.
Digging deep
10/10/22 — Inspired by nature, the burrowing mole crab robot is a feat of engineering with real-world applications
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
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
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
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
Berkeley students flip, float and experiment on zero-g flight
05/23/22 — Engineers put 3D printing technology to the test for possible use on future NASA space missions
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
Making the cut
04/15/22 — A new technique for making wearable sensors replaces photolithography with a $200 vinyl cutter.
Researchers develop innovative 3D-printing technology for glass microstructures
04/14/22 — New system enables faster production, greater optical quality and design flexibility
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
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.