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
Nuclear engineering
Are heavy metals toxic? Scientists find surprising new clues in yeast
06/07/21 Berkeley Lab — Joint study led by nuclear engineering's Rebecca Abergel maps potential toxicity of lanthanide metals used in medicine, electronics
It’s elemental
04/26/21 — New research could lead to advanced cancer treatments as well as a better understanding of a little-known element.
Do you know the way to Berkelium, Californium?
03/24/21 Berkeley Lab — Heavy elements and a really powerful microscope help scientists map uncharted paths toward new materials and cancer therapies
10 years after Fukushima, Berkeley monitoring still in use
03/11/21 Berkeley Lab — Response to earthquake, nuclear plant disaster led Kai Vetter and colleagues to new programs and technologies
Berkeley-led consortium awarded $25M to advance nuclear security
02/16/21 — This is the consortium's third five-year, $25 million grant, allowing it to continue its mission of educating nuclear scientists and advancing nuclear technologies.
Rachel Slaybaugh to lead Cyclotron Road
01/07/21 — Nuclear engineering associate professor takes the helm at Berkeley Lab’s division for entrepreneurial scientists
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer
12/14/20 Berkeley Lab — Methods from team led by nuclear engineering assistant professor Rebecca Abergel could lead to systems for both diagnosing and treating cancer in real time
Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold
12/10/20 LBL — Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
Researchers lead federal efforts to improve COVID-19 testing
04/24/20 — Rebecca Abergel, Paul Adams, and Adam Arkin are overseeing projects designed to boost coronavirus diagnostic technology
Dan Kammen elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/23/20 — Professor of energy and resources, public policy and nuclear engineering is one of 9 new Berkeley faculty members
Double duty
04/14/20 — A pill developed to treat radiation poisoning may also be effective in protecting MRI patients from the potentially toxic effects of gadolinium.
Peterson honored as top engineer
04/14/20 — Nuclear engineering professor Per Peterson has joined the ranks of National Academy of Engineering members.
What’s the future of nuclear power?
04/12/20 Climate One — Professor Per Peterson joins a panel of experts discussing whether nuclear energy should be revived or abandoned.
Can tiny, invisible particles help stop the spread of nuclear weapons?
03/12/20 — Researchers are closer than ever to deploying technology that can help detect the illicit production of plutonium, a key fuel for nuclear bombs
Two Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
02/06/20 — Per Peterson and Paulo Monteiro are among 78 Berkeley Engineering faculty members in the National Academy of Engineering
Abergel, Schaffer named to AAAS
11/26/19 — Rebecca Abergel, assistant professor of nuclear engineering, and David Schaffer, professor of bioengineering and of chemical and biomolecular engineering, are among five Berkeley faculty members named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Separate ways
10/25/19 — Nuclear engineers have created a more efficient method for separating out contaminants from chemical elements known as actinides.
A single dose for good measure
09/13/19 Berkeley Lab — Nuclear engineering professor Rebecca Abergel and her colleagues at Berkeley Lab have developed a new pill to treat radiation poisoning. The pill could also double as an anti-gadolinium-toxicity pill for MRI patients injected with a commonly-used contrast dye.
Students make neutrons dance beneath campus
09/11/19 — In an underground vault enclosed by six-foot-thick concrete walls, nuclear engineering students are making neutrons dance to a new tune: one better suited to producing isotopes for geological dating, forensics, diagnostics and medical treatment.