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Home > News > Rising to new heights
Construction siteEngineering Center construction at UC Berkeley. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Rising to new heights

Cover of Berkeley Engineer Fall 24 magazine with two people standing between two Amtrak cars
November 20, 2024
This article appeared in Berkeley Engineer magazine, Winter 2024
  • In this issue
    Professor Joshua Apte measures air quality aboard a diesel train bound for San Jose from San Francisco. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

    Unequal burden

    Professor Rebecca Abergel peers through a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner at Berkeley Lab

    In sickness and in health

    A helicopter dropping water on a California wildfire in rugged terrain, backlit by a setting sun filtered through multiple layers of smoke.

    Burning questions

    Dean Liu shakes hands with Chancellor Lyons

    Innovation with impact

    Upfront

    • New glues
    • Staying alert
    • In a twist
    • Rising to new heights
    • On the map
    • A shark of inspiration
    • Q+A on AI and traffic management

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    • Manufacturing in microgravity
    • Precision under pressure
    • Farewell
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THE ENGINEERING CENTER continues to take shape on campus, as progress on its construction remains on target. The building has obtained LEED Gold certification and is now on track to be LEED Platinum certified. Scheduled to open in spring 2025, the center will house an array of student services and programs, student organizations, entrepreneurship activities and more. For updates and timelapse videos of the construction, visit the Berkeley Engineering website.

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