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Unveiling the hidden culprits of air pollution in Los Angeles

06/21/24 — Rausser College of Natural Resources: Berkeley researchers found that approximately 60% of pollution-forming compounds are linked to reactions associated with growing urban plants

McLaughlin Hall, UC Berkeley College of Engineering.

U.S. News ranks Berkeley Engineering No. 3 grad program nationally

06/18/24 — Berkeley holds top spot for public engineering programs

A firefighter standing in front of a grassfire.

Student engineers named UC Berkeley Climate Innovation fellows by CITRIS

06/14/24 — CITRIS: Rising entrepreneurs Youngseok Jo and Bear Häon will receive $10,000 each to advance innovative projects that address urgent environmental challenges

Sunset in London, England, with traffic light trails and illuminated skyscrapers.

Using AI to get people out of their cars and into HOVs

06/10/24 — HumanLight traffic signal technology incentivizes ridesharing

on the left: Ashok Gadgil, professor of the graduate school at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in the middle: EECS professor Boubacar Kanté in his Cory Hall lab on the right: BB-8 from Star Wars

Summer magazine is here

06/05/24 — Latest Berkeley Engineer features laser technology, BB-8 and a new interdisciplinary class that explores the relationship between art, AI and robotics

Nine people stand in front of a small stage. Two people at the center are holding a small trophy.

Winners of 2024 CITRIS Aviation Prize reach great heights

05/31/24 — CITRIS: UC Berkeley team received the Joby Aviation Award for Best Overall Design and the CITRIS Aviation Excellence Award

Stretch robot presents a rose in its gripper.

Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

05/31/24 — MIT Technology Review: Researchers are using generative AI, other techniques to teach robots new skills — including tasks they could perform in homes

Recycling symbol using circuitboards shaped like arrows

Going big with nano

05/31/24 — Scientists have devised a way to grow nanomaterials that are recyclable and large enough for industrial applications.

Impressionistic illustration in cool blues and greys

Cool it down

05/31/24 — How groundbreaking freezing technologies can protect food, organs — and even the planet

Three professors elected to NAE

05/31/24 — Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica — as well as nine Berkeley Engineering alums — were inducted by the organization.

Support Berkeley Engineering

05/31/24 — Create your legacy at Berkeley today.

Hands wearing blue gloves hold a tongue-controlled MouthPad^ touchpad.

A new paradigm

05/31/24 — Augmental, a company co-founded by alum Corten Singer, has developed a unique tongue-controlled touchpad.

New Berkeley Space Center

05/31/24 — The Moffett Field site will foster collaboration between NASA scientists and university researchers and students.

Oliver O’Reilly, Theresa Honein, Jessica "Psy" DeLacy and a replica BB-8 robot.

Ready to roll

05/31/24 — Advanced navigation for spherical robots like BB-8 may be possible thanks to new insights into holonomy.

Farewell

05/31/24 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

Putting on the heat

05/31/24 — Viruses can generate electricity when exposed to heat, which may lead to next-gen biosensors and diagnostic tools.

So to speak

05/31/24 — Researchers have identified parallels between bats and humans in the parts of the brain related to vocalizations.

Pyramid-textured sound insulation lit by colored lights

Grand designs

05/31/24 — An innovative design method leverages AI and additive manufacturing to create better-performing materials.

EECS professor Boubacar Kanté in his Cory Hall laser lab

Light science

05/31/24 — Advanced laser technologies may be key to applications ranging from clean energy to a quantum internet.

Dancer, roboticist and mechanical engineer Catie Cuan flails her arms, mimicking the movements of a UR5e robot arm, in the performance piece "Breathless."

Bridging the brain

05/31/24 — A new interdisciplinary class explores the relationship between art, AI and robotics.