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Community members from Bolinas, California, play an evacuation-simulation board game

Researchers to help reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling, serious games

12/20/22 — CITRIS: With a $2.5 million NSF grant, an interdisciplinary UC team led by civil engineering professor Kenichi Soga is partnering with Bay Area communities to help residents respond to natural disasters more quickly — and more safely.

Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees Jiachen Li and Alison Borklund

Two from Berkeley Engineering named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

12/09/22 — Magazine cites Ph.D. candidate Jiachen Li for work on an all-season, smart-roof coating, and MEng alumna Alison Burklund of Nanopath for diagnostics that speed treatment of pelvic and gynecologic infections

UC Berkeley physics and engineering professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh elected to the National Academy of Inventors

12/08/22 — Berkeley engineer and physicist receives the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors for his pioneering work in materials science

Close-up image of a mechano-node pore sensing (NPS) device.

The power of simplicity

12/08/22 — Professor Lydia Sohn’s microfluidic device may help solve some of the most complex mysteries in cell biology.

$Microscopy-generated images of a fracture in CrCoNi alloy$

Say hello to the toughest material on earth

12/08/22 — Berkeley Lab: A new study co-led by Berkeley Engineering materials scientist Robert Ritchie reveals the profound properties of a simple metal alloy

Photo illustration of the process for converting carbon dioxide into solar fuels

To battle climate change, scientists tap into carbon-hungry microorganisms for clues

11/30/22 — Berkeley Lab: Scientists led by Peidong Yang have developed a nature-inspired technique for converting carbon dioxide into solar fuels

Photo from 1992 of David Hodges, engineering dean, speaking at a Sproul Asoociation Luncheon

David Hodges, former dean of engineering and pioneer in integrated circuit design, dies at 85

11/29/22 — His work contributed to the rapid growth of the tech industry

Researchers viewing multiple video screens showing field test of AI-powered cruse control system

Massive traffic experiment pits machine learning against ‘phantom’ jams

11/23/22 — CIRCLES Consortium field trial shows AI-powered cruise control system could help smooth traffic flow, improve fuel economy

Illustration of wave-scattering phenomenon with EM coupling.

Under the radar

11/18/22 — Engineered piezoelectric materials achieve new levels of wave-scattering performance

Michael Yartsev in his lab with blue and yellow light simulating bat flight paths.

Yartsev wins Neuroscience Young Investigator Award

11/14/22 — Bioengineering professor Michael Yartsev named 2022 Young Investigator by the Society for Neuroscience in recognition of his work on the neural complexity of free-flying bats

A patient who lost the ability to speak due to severe paralysis uses a brain-computer interface to silently spell out sentences from a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words.

Giving a voice to all

11/08/22 — Advances in brain-computer interfaces may soon make communication easier for those who have lost the ability to speak

Spread of pages from Fall 2022 Berkeley Engineer magazine

Making the news

11/07/22 — Read the latest in the fall issue of Berkeley Engineer magazine

Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu speaks at a CHIPS and Science Act press event

Dean’s note: The CHIPS Act: A call to action

11/07/22 — Berkeley Engineering will play a prominent role in efforts to address the workforce needs of the U.S. semiconductor industry.

People watching a live stream in front of a wall with emoji stickers

Just for you

11/07/22 — Are the algorithms that recommend personalized online content manipulative? A new model figures it out.

A DANNAR remote-controlled electric utility vehicle and energy platform is tested for use during wildfires.

Fired up for the future

11/07/22 — FIRE Foundry trains young adults from underrepresented communities on cutting-edge firefighting technologies.

Artist’s rendering of a human base on a new planet, aerial view.

Taking up space

11/07/22 — Professor Adam Arkin and CUBES researchers are using synthetic biology to find solutions for living on Mars — and a rapidly changing Earth.

Campanile and the Golden Gate Bridge on a supermoon sunrise

Farewell

11/07/22 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

New & noteworthy

11/07/22 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.

A 3D-printed, trifurcated microtubule model alongside a gnat

Fine print

11/07/22 — Micro-CAL is a new, faster way to 3D print glass microstructures that produces stronger and higher quality objects.

Montage of T-PREP students working on projects

Transfer student success

11/07/22 — The Transfer Pre-Engineering Program (T-PREP) has won the 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.