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Spring 2020 magazine

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Berkeley engineers give graphene a new twist to boost optoelectronics

10/20/20 — By stacking sheets of graphene on top of each other and twisting them, researchers have converted a common linear material into one with nonlinear optical capabilities crucial to everyday technology — from spectroscopy and material analysis to communications and computing.

Computer science professor engages students through creative prerecorded lectures

10/20/20 Daily Cal — Berkeley Engineering faculty go to great lengths to create engaging remote lectures.

Berkeley researchers use 3D printer to make stronger, greener concrete

10/13/20 — The team built octet lattices out of polymer, creating a novel way to reinforce concrete

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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.

Berkeley Engineering announces five new faculty fellows

09/28/20 — Five new faculty members are joining the College of Engineering as faculty fellows, with ample funding to equip labs, hire graduate students and get their research projects up and running.

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.

Boubacar Kanté selected among 2020 cohort of Moore Inventor Fellows

09/16/20 — Associate EECS professor is a pioneer in topological light sources and lasers

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Berkeley Engineering ranked #2 for undergrad programs

09/14/20 — Latest U.S. News & World Report national rankings lift Berkeley into a tie with Stanford

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UC Berkeley and MIT awarded $12.5M to study critical issues in data science

09/01/20 — New Foundations of Data Science Institute, funded by NSF, to include 20 UC Berkeley faculty across multiple disciplines

UC Berkeley team advances food systems in new $20M research center

08/26/20 — Campus expertise in simulation technologies will play a key role in the new AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems

Richard White, pioneer in ultrasonics and micro-electromechanical systems, dies at 90

08/26/20 — White's work on acoustic properties at the micro-scale contributed to the development of ever-smaller sensors and semiconductors.

The Clean Air Car Race turns 50

08/26/20 — In 1970, Berkeley Engineering students envisioned low-emission cars of the future

Berkeley leads $10M program to probe foundations of deep learning

08/25/20 CDSS — EECS professors to head five-year, multi-institution research project funded by NSF, Simons Foundation

Berkeley researchers develop highly efficient, energy-dense capacitor

08/19/20 Berkeley Lab — New material could ultimately combine the efficiency and robustness of capacitors with the energy storage capabilities of larger-scale batteries for use in consumer electronics.

Why the U.S. leads in power outages

08/19/20 Popular Science — Our grid is outdated, run down and vulnerable to climate change, says Berkeley electrical engineer Alexandra von Meier; microgrids are one potential solution

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing gets renewed support with $35.5M grant

08/13/20 — The award brings the Simons Foundation's support of the institute, launched in 2012, to nearly $100 million.

Train engines underneath bridge over bullet train route

‘Horrible sequence of mistakes’: How contractors botched a bridge project

08/11/20 — Berkeley civil engineers Robert Bea and William Ibbs weigh in on cascading problems with a massive Madera County bridge over the planned route of the state's much-delayed bullet train

Kristin Persson named director of Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry

08/05/20 — MSE professor's pioneering use of data-driven methodologies for materials discovery is spurring a new age of innovation

UC Berkeley accelerates bio-preservation research as part of $26M NSF center

08/04/20 — The Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) center could dramatically expand organ transplant options

Researchers create surface coating that can create false infrared images

07/23/20 — The visual decoy technique could lead to new advances in encryption technology