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Photo of Penn State assistant professor Yang Yang. He co-led a study revealing the interaction between short-range order and planar defects, which could enhance the mechanical performance of high- and medium-entropy alloys.

New structural insights could lead to mechanical enhancement in alloys

02/21/24 — Penn State: Researchers advance their understanding of metallic materials with potential applications in airplane turbines, nuclear reactors, equipment for space exploration

Headshots of EECS assistant professors (from left) Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao.

Three EECS professors win prized Sloan Research Fellowships

02/20/24 — Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao among nine young faculty at UC Berkeley named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

Image of BB-8, a robot with a dome-shaped head and spherical body colored white with orange and silver geometric accents, seen in Star Wars films.

Researchers explore the phenomenon of holonomy

02/13/24 — New insights may advance motion and path planning for spherical robots

Jennifer Doudna speaks on stage while standing behind a podium and laptop.

Jennifer Doudna: Delivering the future of CRISPR-based genome editing

02/08/24 — Nobel laureate details new applications at Kuh Distinguished Lecture

Headshots of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica

Three UC Berkeley professors named to NAE

02/06/24 — The election of Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica to the National Academy of Engineering brings the number of engineering faculty members in the NAE to 75

Photo of Robert Brodersen, co-founder of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center and EECS professor emeritus.

Robert Brodersen, co-founder of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center, has died

02/06/24 — EECS professor emeritus and leader in RF and digital wireless communication design, Brodersen passed away Feb. 1

Photo of man grasping his abdominal area in pain with outline of colon superimposed on the area.

Researchers make advances toward more effective IBD therapies

02/01/24 — New regenerative medicine technique may repair and protect the colon

Photo showing members of the MDevEng community wearing colorful SHE 4 Change clothing, featuring African prints.

Patricia Quaye (MDevEng ’22): Empowering rural women and African culture through fashion

01/31/24 — Blum Center: SHE 4 Change uses sustainable fashion design to give talented rural women a path out of poverty

Photo of Augmental co-founder Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS).

Berkeley alum develops tongue-controlled touchpad

01/30/24 — Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS) seeks to create a new paradigm in assistive technologies

Still image from animated IMAX movie, Cities of the Future. Shows young people looking at a futuristic cityscape from inside their flying car.

Berkeley alum Paul Lee (M.S.’16 CEE) discusses cities of the future in new film

01/24/24 — ASCE: Debuting nationwide Feb. 16, IMAX movie gives a glimpse into what the urban landscape may look like in 2070

Photo of Eiffel Tower-shaped luminescent structures 3D-printed from supramolecular ink. Each 2-centimeter-tall device is fabricated from supramolecular ink that emits blue or green light when exposed to 254-nanometer ultraviolet light.

Scientists advance affordable, sustainable solution for flat-panel displays and wearable tech

01/22/24 — Berkeley Lab: New 3D-printable material could enable cheaper manufacturing processes for next-gen OLED televisions, smartphones, light fixtures and wearable devices

Image showing a view of planet Earth and a comet from space.

Small solar sails could be the next ‘giant leap’ for interplanetary space exploration

01/10/24 — Researchers aim to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles

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Berkeley Engineering’s 2023 in review

01/03/24 — Nine of our most impactful stories

Human-sized robot taught itself to walk and balance, then strolled Berkeley’s streets

12/19/23 — SFGATE: Berkeley researchers used billions of simulations and reinforcement learning to teach the robot how to move

Photo of Alexandre M. Bayen, Liao-Cho Innovation Endowed Chair and professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and of civil and environmental engineering, associate provost for the Berkeley Space Center, and director of CITRIS.

Alexandre Bayen named CITRIS director

12/19/23 — CITRIS: Bayen will provide strategic direction to advance a research, entrepreneurship and outreach agenda that aligns with CITRIS’s mission

Photo of Berkeley graduate student Heather Jackson performing research on metamaterial resonators to be used in the plasma haloscope search for dark matter axions.

Researchers awarded $3.7M to build next-generation haloscope in search for dark matter

12/15/23 — Funding will support “tabletop” physics that could change our understanding of the universe

Side-by-side photos of Ashok Gadgil (left), a distinguished professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, and Boris Rubinsky, a professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering.

Two UC Berkeley engineers elected to the National Academy of Inventors

12/12/23 — Ashok Gadgil and Boris Rubinsky receive highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors

‘Boys in the Boat’ movie — and unique campus class — spark pride in Cal’s rowing history

12/05/23 — Mechanical engineering professor Oliver O’Reilly’s seminar is a "Tour de Cal Rowing"

Dan Garcia lectures in front of a classroom with seated students in front of him. Several students have their hands raised.

Making the grade

12/01/23 — EECS professors develop ‘A’s for All’ pilot

A comparison of human brain scans using the NexGen 7T MRI at higher resolution (left) vs a standard 7T scanner (middle) and the standard 3T hospital scanner (right). With higher resolution, neuroscientists can more precisely localize signals (orange) in the brain to understand normal brain circuitry and the changes associated with brain disorders.

Innovative design achieves tenfold better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

11/27/23 — Ultra-high resolution scanner will allow research on underlying changes in brain circuitry in a multitude of brain disorders