Students

It that a flying saucer? Nope, it’s CalSol’s Zephyr

07/19/21 Bay Area News Group — The CalSol student team departs in a week for the Midwest, solar car in tow, to compete in the 5-day, 1,000-mile American Solar Challenge — the team’s first return to competition after more than a year sidelined by the pandemic

Student teams partner with armed forces to improve disaster response

06/24/21 Blum Center — Prototypes developed through a Blum Center for Developing Economies class tackle language, diplomacy and distance barriers

Berkeley engineering students pull off novel chip design in a single semester

06/17/21 — In an advanced circuit design course, 19 students with no prior experience in chip design went from basic introductions to tape-out by the end of a four-month period, resulting in a novel chip that will be manufactured this summer.

Having faith in your journey, despite the turmoil

05/13/21 — Civil engineer and CalNerd Jose Magana, uprooted from his life in El Salvador, overcame arduous life experiences to graduate from Berkeley

Top graduating senior a tech whiz and musician

05/10/21 — With full-ride fellowship offers from Stanford and MIT, electrical engineer Leyla Kabuli is sticking with Berkeley.

M.E.T. program celebrates first graduating class

04/26/21 — Thirty-two students will be among the group completing dual bachelor’s degrees in engineering and business in just four years.

New & noteworthy

04/26/21 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

Dean’s note: Next-gen engineering leaders

04/26/21 — The myriad challenges of the past year underscore the significance of better preparing our students to become engineering leaders.

Fence at Golden Gate Fields vaccination site

Fung Fellows create vaccine ‘Shotline’

04/21/21 Daily Californian — Volunteer service helps overcome digital barriers to booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments

Rajavi Mishra, Sudarshan Gopalakrishnan and their Study Pact app

Need a study group? There’s an app for that

02/09/21 Berkeley Haas — Engineering and M.E.T. undergrads build feature for Berkeley Mobile app to simplify finding virtual study groups

Graduate student Connor Tsuchida at work in the Doudna lab

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

New & noteworthy

11/05/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

The Fung Institute offers an MEng degree.

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.

Paige Balcom and Peter Okwoko wearing face shields.

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.

Screenshot of CoronApp mapping global coronavirus spread

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