Better marching through algorithms
07/15/16 — Using computer code and a little ingenuity, an introductory engineering course helped solve a confounding problem for the Cal Marching Band.
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Young makers build prosthetic hands for children in need
07/15/16 — During the college's weeklong Girls in Engineering program, young makers build kid-size prosthetic hands from 3-D-printed parts to donate to children in need.
Blogging the Biodesign Immersion Experience
07/13/16 — An eight-week summer program for Berkeley juniors and seniors, the BIE prepares bioengineers to bridge engineering innovation and unmet clinical needs.
Tsu-Jae King Liu named to Intel board
07/13/16 Fortune — Intel has added Berkeley Engineering associate dean and EECS professor Tsu-Jae King Liu to its board of directors, marking just the second woman on the chipmaker's governing body.
Berkeley and San Diego explore future of engineering education through making
07/01/16 California Council on Science & Technology — UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, both located in world-renowned hubs of engineering education and high-tech innovation, have both invested in facilities that break the mold of traditional engineering education, looking to the Maker movement for inspiration.
Fetal surgery stands to advance from new glues inspired by mussels
06/30/16 — Using lessons learned from a lowly mollusk, bioengineer Phillip Messersmith is making better glues that can be used for fetal surgery and other medical procedures.
The bloody battle against aging
06/29/16 Berkeley Science Review — By examining the chemical makeup of young blood, bioengineers Irina Conboy and David Schaffer have discovered a drug that could turn back the age clock.
Remembering Joonhong Ahn, professor of nuclear engineering
06/22/16 — Professor Joonhong Ahn died in Japan on Sunday, June 19, 2016. Professor Ahn's research broadly encompassed the entire nuclear fuel cycle. He was a leading expert on Asian nuclear power and traveled frequently to the Asia-Pacific region advising governments and industry, alongside his extensive academic collaborations.
California is new headquarters for smart manufacturing institute
06/21/16 — President Obama announced $140 million in funding on Monday for an advanced manufacturing institute headquartered at UCLA; Berkeley will host a regional center.
Whooshing into the future
06/21/16 California magazine — Aiming to make speed-of-sound commutes a reality, the bLoop team, made up of 40 UC Berkeley students and faculty, is heading into the final round of the hyperloop competition sponsored by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
Wave energy’s make-or-break moment
06/21/16 University of California — The CalWave team, led by researchers from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab, is working to take their unique “wave carpet” technology out of the test tank and into the open ocean, in hopes of winning a $2.5 million Department of Energy competition.
Finding chemo
06/17/16 Berkeley Science Review — New cancer treatments come in tiny packages, like the 3HM nanocarriers being developed by materials science professor Ting Xu and her collaborators to protect drugs during their journey through the bloodstream to brain tumors.
Massive trove of battery and molecule data released
06/16/16 Berkeley Lab — The Materials Project, a Google-like database directed by materials science and engineering professor and Berkeley Lab scientist Kristin Persson, recently released a huge amount of scientific data to the public as a tool to assist engineers working on fuel cells, especially battery technology.
Scott Aaronson answers every ridiculously big question
06/14/16 Scientific American — In a virtually limitless Q&A with science journalist John Horgan, EECS alumnus and MIT professor Scott J. Aaronson (Ph.D'04 CS) weighs in on everything from simulated universes and the Singularity to shtetls and free will.
Roach-like robots run, climb and communicate with people
06/13/16 National Science Foundation — While the ability of insects to go just about anywhere can be disturbing at times, electrical engineer Ronald Fearing sees their talent as inspiration for a special breed of tiny robots that can travel rough terrain, follow instructions, and work together to save lives in a disaster.
Yartsev wins Pew Scholar award for biomedical research
06/13/16 — Three young assistant professors, including Michael Yartsev of bioengineering, have received research awards from the Pew Charitable Trusts to pursue biomedical science and cancer research.
CEE alumnus pursues gold-medal career
06/10/16 — From London to Sochi to Rio, Daniel Zayas (B.S'12) has built a career that unites his triple passions for engineering, travel and sports.
Q&A: Lead, chloramines and drinking water safety
06/10/16 — Water 4.0 author David Sedlak answers questions about water quality issues in the news.
An energy strategy that can take the heat
06/08/16 Berkeley Research — Working with Chinese colleagues through the Clean Energy Research Center for Water-Energy Technologies, nuclear engineering professor Per Peterson is exploring the use of superhot molten salts to boost efficiency in both nuclear and solar energy production.
We can’t prevent AI changing the world but we can stop robots cooking cats
06/07/16 TechRepublic — EECS professor Stuart Russell on the dramatic changes he believes artificial intelligence will bring about, and the thorny problem of making sure smart machines have our interests at heart.