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Fall 2019 magazine

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Rendering of a sleep apnea device retrofitted to help COVID-19 patients

Turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators

04/02/20 — Converting CPAP and BiPAP machines safely could add tens of thousands to COVID-19 ventilator supply

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

ICU anaesthesia ventilator workstation in an emergency room

Controlling ventilators from a distance

04/02/20 — Professor Michel Maharbiz is working with medical device makers to allow hospital staff to remotely monitor and adjust patients' ventilators

Hands holding N95 face protection mask, ready to wear.

Returning used N95 masks to duty quickly — and safely

04/02/20 — Professor Amy Herr is part of a research consortium that seeks to provide scientific consensus on face mask sterilization methods

Healthcare worker in hospital storage room.

Getting the right equipment to the right people

04/02/20 — Professor Bin Yu and her team are developing models to connect hospitals with needed supplies

Energy-saving AI is coming for your office thermostat

04/01/20 Wired — EECS professor Costas Spanos thinks you should track your workers and hand over the lights and temperature controls to artificial intelligence

Berkeley’s Julia Morgan collection shows alumna designed spaces for women

03/31/20 Berkeley NewsCenter — Berkeley’s Environmental Design Archives highlights the life and works of an iconic architect and a Berkeley Engineering alumna.

COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium

03/26/20 — UC Berkeley and UIUC are the headquarters for the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, which announced a call for research proposals for AI technology to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Illustration of technique to "print" cellular structures

New technique ‘prints’ cells to create diverse biological environments

03/18/20 — Berkeley researchers utilize photolithography and programmable DNA to rapidly “print” two-dimensional arrays of cells and proteins that mimic cellular environments in the body

New rankings show Berkeley still has top public engineering graduate program

03/17/20 — In the latest U.S. News & World Report survey, the college ranked third out of more than 200 graduate engineering schools

Can tiny, invisible particles help stop the spread of nuclear weapons?

03/12/20 — Researchers are closer than ever to deploying technology that can help detect the illicit production of plutonium, a key fuel for nuclear bombs

Jack Moehle receives top earthquake engineering award

03/05/20 — The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute bestowed Moehle, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, with the George W. Housner Medal

UVD disinfectant robot spreads ultraviolet rays in hospitals to kill bacteria and viruses

Using AI to detect and fight the coronavirus

03/05/20 VentureBeat — UC Berkeley robotics lab director Ken Goldberg predicts that if COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, it may lead to more robots in more environments

Eko stethoscope and co-founder Tyler Crouch

Artificial intelligence gives stethoscopes a much-needed upgrade

03/03/20 — Alumni develop algorithms that will help predict possible heart failure

Berkeley launches landmark $6 billion fundraising campaign

03/02/20 — Berkeley’s fourth comprehensive capital campaign, Light the Way: The Campaign for Berkeley, is one of the largest launched by any U.S. university, public or private.

EECS professor Rikky Muller with students

Fundraising campaign to extend impact of top-ranked college

03/02/20 — Berkeley Engineering has raised $476 million to date for faculty, students, facilities and programs

Ruzena Bajcsy honored for ‘upending science’

02/27/20 Popular Mechanics — Popular Mechanics magazine named EECS professor Ruzena Bajcsy as one of 37 women who "upended science, tech, and engineering for the better." Bajcsy, who conducted pioneering work in robotics and artificial intelligence, joins a list that includes Katherine Johnson of NASA and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie