Environment draws students to Nobel winners’ labs
12/10/20 — Bioengineering grad student Connor Tsuchida and others reflect on the joys of working in new Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna's CRISPR lab
Students
New & noteworthy
11/05/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
UC Berkeley and College of Engineering take top spots in latest rankings
09/30/20 — UC Berkeley and its College of Engineering ranked first and second in two new rankings by Pitchbook and Grad School Hub.
Eight Berkeley engineers honored as 2021 Siebel Scholars
09/23/20 — Graduate students from bioengineering, computer science and energy science are among more than 90 selected worldwide.
Students’ shoebox-sized satellite gets green light for launch
04/29/20 — Team from campus aerospace club, led by EECS sophomore, gets NASA support for QubeSat launch next year
Cal Students Launch Resource 19 to Connect Creators with Hospitals in Need
04/16/20 SCET — New initiative helps designers, engineers and makers explore open-source plans for medical supplies needed by those on the frontlines of the COVID19 pandemic
New & noteworthy
04/14/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Transferring excellence
04/14/20 — A summer program for prospective transfers gives California community college students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley researchers.
Engineering Ph.D. student turns recycled plastic into face shields for Ugandan medics
04/10/20 Berkeley News — Paige Balcom is co-founder of Takataka Plastics, which has its roots in Berkeley's Big Ideas Contest.
Providing people with coronavirus-related data most useful to them
04/02/20 — A group of Berkeley students have created a website/app that contains localized information about COVID-19
Environmental engineering students win $25K grant from the EPA
02/20/20 — The team, supervised by Professor Ashok Gadgil, will use the money to develop ways to remove arsenic from drinking water in California.
Diversity initiatives help change the face of computer science
12/09/19 — Berkeley's population of burgeoning computer scientists has recently grown a lot more diverse, thanks in part to a series of programs that were launched to support women and underrepresented minorities in computer science.
Dean’s note: A heart for students in engineering
10/25/19 — Engineering Student Services plays a key role in the success and well-being of our students.
Berkeley receives grant to grow public interest technology
10/07/19 — UC Berkeley received a $180,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network to develop an innovative curriculum that encourages students to work across disciplines and understand the ethical, political and societal implications of technology.
ESS turns 10, Bechtel becomes a welcome center
10/07/19 — New center will help visitors and students learn what the college has to offer
Eight Berkeley engineers honored as Siebel Scholars
09/25/19 — Eight Berkeley Engineering graduate students - five from bioengineering, two from computer science and one from energy science - have been named to the Siebel Scholars Foundation's 2020 class.
Kresge Engineering Library unveils a new diversity and inclusion collection
09/24/19 — Today, Berkeley Engineering unveiled a new diversity, equity and inclusion resource collection at the Kresge Engineering Library. The collection consists of physical books as well as electronic books and other electronic resources.
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.
Engineering research entices community college students to pursue STEM careers
08/12/19 — A program called Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates offers students from California community colleges the opportunity to work alongside Berkeley researchers.
Bancroft Library oral history, podcast highlight Berkeley Engineering achievements
08/01/19 — Berkeley Engineering's contributions to the rise of the semiconductor industry were featured in a recent library podcast, while mechanical engineering professor emeritus George Leitmann was interviewed for an oral history project.