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Cal Concrete Canoe competes during the 2026 Mid-Pacific ASCE Student Symposium, hosted by San Jose State University, at Calero Reservoir in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)Cal Concrete Canoe competes during the 2026 Mid-Pacific ASCE Student Symposium. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Built by Bears. Powered by ingenuity.

berkeley engineer magazine cover with ken goldberg holding robotics
May 11, 2026
This article appeared in Berkeley Engineer magazine, Summer 2026
  • In this issue
    Ken Goldberg in a brown coat, holding a 3D printed object. The object is also being held by a robot

    The art of grasping

    Pallets on fire

    From forest to front door

    Purple led lights from the ceiling lights the room up in purple as a crowd looks from above

    Let there be light

    Mark Asta, UC Berkeley College of Engineering interim dean, wearing a black suit smiling and looking at the distance

    Where ideas come to life

    Upfront

    • New rules
    • Microbes with a mission
    • Robots that reconfigure
    • Back to the elements
    • Straight to the heart
    • When the shaking stops
    • The making of a Nobel Prize

    New & noteworthy

    • William Tarpeh named 2025 MacArthur Fellow
    • Reimagining rehabilitation
    • Three professors, nine alums named to NAE
    • Farewell
    • Support Berkeley Engineering
    • Built by Bears. Powered by ingenuity.
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Who says concrete can’t float? The student-led Cal Concrete Canoe team turns heavy ideas into high-performance boats, as they design and race vessels made from an unlikely material. It’s hands-on learning, Golden Bear style.

Your gift to the Berkeley Engineering Fund supports students such as these as they invent and collaborate — both in and out of the classroom.

Learn more and make your gift at: engineering.berkeley.edu/give

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