Students

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.

Female students viewing a laptop screen as part of CS KickStart

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 Tsu-Jae King Liu greets students at a Berkeley Engineering community event.

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.

George Leitmann on rocket test track, Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake

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.

Berkeley Engineering recognized for diversity commitment

07/29/19 - Berkeley Engineering has been recognized as an exemplar bronze medalist by the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE's) Diversity Recognition Program.

Berkeley students get a global perspective of technology innovation

07/09/19 - Twenty UC Berkeley students - most with limited travel experience, including some who have never left the United States - went on a whirlwind educational tour of Singapore and the Philippines earlier this summer to learn firsthand how technology innovation and application is approached in countries outside of the United States.

College of Engineering and College of Environmental Design launch new Master of Design program

06/25/19 - The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation will play a key role in the new Master of Design (MDes) program, an innovative advanced degree in design for emerging technologies.

Berkeley students use AI to to help with disaster response

06/07/19 - During a natural disaster, fast and efficient collection of information saves time and lives. With AsTeR, a platform developed by Berkeley MEng students, victims will get help sooner and firefighters will be able to assist a larger amount of people in a limited time.