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Engineering Science

Designing tools for more productive agriculture. Decreasing solar energy costs. Reducing energy dissipation in electronic devices. These are just a few of the projects that our students have developed, promising future solutions for the broader public. UC Berkeley’s Engineering Science Program is an undergraduate offering that prepares students for advanced study and careers in engineering, science, or mathematics. The program offers four distinct majors: Engineering Physics, Engineering Mathematics and Statistics, Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering Science. Each of these academic directions gives our students invaluable interdisciplinary training along with engineering fundamentals, preparing the STEM leaders of the future.

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  • Berkeley researchers are developing new strategies for controlling solar inverters to act as ‘good citizens’ on the electric grid, enabling the use of more solar energy.
  • Berkeley research teams are working to implement community microgrids, making shared, reliable solar energy affordable for all.
  • Flexible wireless and biodegradable sensors are being developed with the goal of increasing the yield of planted crops and decreasing the use of water and fertilizer in agriculture.
undergraduates enrolled
of students are women
faculty representing 6 departments
of students are URM

As an energy engineer, I’ve had the opportunity to approach and solve problems related to energy systems and electrification, including EVs, alongside other engineers passionate about decarbonizing our energy sector and slowing global warming. ❞

Candace Wong
B.S.’24, EngSci

Arrow pointing leftSaving sight using machine learning

Image sensors are used in a wide variety of applications, from consumer products to healthcare to industrial use. Now, Engineering Science students are characterizing new printable semiconducting materials that absorb light in the visible and near infrared. The printability of these devices on plastic substrates can enable low-cost scaling of large-pixel, high SNR image sensors. And the flexibility of the substrates can enable new imaging systems never possible with the rigidity of conventional sensors

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There is a novel project electrifying UC Berkeley’s Recreational Sports Facility (RSF) parking garage: the Smart Learning Research Pilot for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (SlrpEV), which aims to provide a blueprint for the future of electric vehicles. Overseeing SlrpEV is Scott Moura, the Clare and Hsieh Wen Shen Distinguished Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and chair of Engineering Science. Collaborating with TotalEnergies SE, Moura spearheaded efforts to bring the chargers to campus in 2020.

Civil and environmental engineering professor Scott Moura demonstrates SlrpEV, a research project developing next-generation intelligent EV charging stations, at UC Berkeley's RSF parking garage in Berkeley, Calif. on Monday, March 13, 2023. SlrpEV chargers use machine learning and behavioral economics models to understand, predict and efficiently manage electric power and parking, with the aims of building an EV charging service that can be replicated at workplaces throughout the state. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

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