Winging it
A small, roach-like robot with plastic wings borrowed from a toy is providing important insights into the natural history of flight.
Photo by Kevin Peterson
Spring 2012
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New tenants at Richmond Field Station
In January 2012, the Berkeley Lab named the Richmond Field Station as its top choice for a second campus; pending regulatory reviews, LBNL aims to open new research space by 2016.
Q+A on excellence and diversity
Berkeley Engineer sat down with Oscar Dubon, associate dean for equity and inclusion, and Executive Associate Dean Fiona Doyle to learn more about the college's efforts to attract a diverse range of highly qualified students.
Told in tears
Bioengineering professor Amy Herr and graduate student Kelly Karns developed a microfluidic assay to test human tears for eye disease-specific proteins.