Coding better healthcare
11/07/17 — Byron Zhang (B.S'15 EECS) is using computer science to make health care more accessible in developing economies.
News
Berkeley startup to train robots like puppets
11/07/17 — Robots today must be laboriously programmed by writing computer code, but imagine donning a VR headset and virtually guiding a robot through a task instead. That's the vision of EECS professor Pieter Abbeel and three of his students.
A ‘stillsuit’ for cities
11/06/17 — Berkeley water expert David Sedlak, a professor of civil & environmental engineering, says cities may soon have to develop their own version of the science fiction novel Dune's "stillsuit" to recycle wastewater for drinking.
Building AI that can build AI
11/06/17 New York Times — As the tech industry hunts for new ways to quicken the development of artificially intelligent machines, Berkeley researchers are focusing on machine-learning algorithms that will help robots learn new tasks based on things they've learned before. "Computers are going to invent the algorithms for us, essentially," says EECS professor Pieter Abbeel.
Ultrafast magnetic reversal points the way toward speedy, low-power computer memory
11/03/17 — Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have developed a new, ultrafast method for electrically controlling magnetism in certain metals, a breakthrough that could lead to speedier, more energy-efficient computer memory.
Major progress in realizing new type of lithium cathode
11/02/17 Berkeley Lab — A team of Berkeley Lab scientists led by Gerbrand Ceder, professor of materials science and engineering, have reported major progress toward making lithium battery cathodes with so-called “disordered” materials.
Bot-spotting college kids, doing what Twitter won’t
11/01/17 Wired — Berkeley computer science undergrads Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte are doing what they say Twitter won't: sorting out and tagging the angry propaganda bots designed to undermine, destabilize and inflame American political discourse.
Farewell
11/01/17 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni
New campus hotspot
11/01/17 — With mugs in hand, the college community gratefully welcomes a new café on the ground floor of Etcheverry Hall.
VR maker named to “30 under 30” list
11/01/17 — Han Jin, founder and CEO of Lucid VR, was recently named to Inc's “30 under 30” list.
Alumni notes
11/01/17 — News and photos of Berkeley Engineering alumni from decades past.
The future of engineering education
11/01/17 — Executive Associate Dean Phil Kaminsky writes about how the emerging triad of technology, entrepreneurship and design are being used to reimagine how engineers are prepared.
Case studies in forward thinking
11/01/17 — Nine Berkeley Engineering faculty members share some of their forward-looking work and how it might impact what's to come.
Forward thinking
11/01/17 — Dean Sastry, faculty keep the focus on tomorrow in new Berkeley Engineer
Dean’s word: Future bound: Partners wanted
11/01/17 — Dean Sastry ponders what's in store for the future here at the college, and how to connect that vision to reality.
Inventing the future
11/01/17 — In a Q&A with Berkeley Engineer, Dean Shankar Sastry outlines his vision for the future of the college and beyond.
Chest sound waves
11/01/17 — The award-winning Tabla, a device that digitizes chest sounds for diagnosing pneumonia (and other ailments), began as a class project in Jacobs Hall.
No sense, no feeling
11/01/17 — Berkeley engineers are experimenting with bringing tactile feeling into virtual worlds, first with a glove called Tacto.
Shoestring theory
11/01/17 — Ever wonder why shoelaces come untied? Well, wonder no longer.
Artificial skin grafts
11/01/17 — Researchers are looking at chicken skin dynamics to figure out how to build artificial skin to be used for grafts.