As tough as they come
05/17/23 — Researchers measured the highest toughness of any material ever while studying an alloy made of chromium, cobalt and nickel.
News
New & noteworthy
05/17/23 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Keep it cool
05/17/23 — Ionocaloric cooling, a new method developed by Berkeley engineers, could help phase out HFC refrigerants that emit greenhouse gases.
On the grid
05/17/23 — A device from Gridware, founded by engineering alums, uses harmonics from power poles to evaluate grid integrity and hazard risks.
In training
05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.
Farewell
05/17/23 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Life isn’t fair … yet
05/17/23 — Berkeley engineers have demonstrated the first proven approach to creating fairer algorithms.
Stopping traffic
05/17/23 — A traffic experiment suggests that just a few AI-equipped vehicles on the road can ease traffic jams and reduce fuel consumption.
A Eureka-1 moment
05/17/23 — The Space Enterprise at Berkeley student team launched a liquid-fueled rocket that reached 11,000 feet in altitude.
With flexibility comes possibility
05/17/23 — Funding for faculty fellowships will ignite the most important discoveries of the future.
Distinguished Teaching Awards
05/17/23 — Abigail De Kosnik and Joshua Hug are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious honor.
Berkeley engineers develop multicolored light-emitting array on a single chip
05/10/23 — With limitless colors, device may lead to advances in spectroscopy
UC Berkeley joins NSF-backed AI institute for cybersecurity
05/08/23 — Five faculty members to develop 'foundational technologies in learning and reasoning'
Stuart Russell receives ACM’s AAAI Allen Newell Award
05/04/23 — EECS professor is recognized for fundamental achievements in AI
Researchers reveal the ‘hidden’ costs of drinkable water
05/04/23 — Successful water treatment technologies require a deeper understanding of users’ challenges
Two EECS professors recognized with NSF CAREER Awards
05/02/23 — Honors for Gireeja Ranade and Yakun Sophia Shao are among the agency’s most competitive for early career professionals
A path to resourceful autonomous agents
05/01/23 — In latest AI lecture, EECS professor Sergey Levine discusses how advances in offline reinforcement learning can enable machine learning systems to learn to make more optimal decisions from data
Berkeley breaks ground on new Engineering Center
04/25/23 — The center will serve as a new nexus for student collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship on campus
US News ranks Berkeley Engineering grad programs No.3 in the nation
04/24/23 — Latest national engineering rankings place all Berkeley programs in top 4
ChatGPT architect, Berkeley alum John Schulman on his journey with AI
04/20/23 — Schulman talks about why he chose Berkeley for graduate school, the allure of towel-folding robots, and what he sees for the future of artificial general intelligence